APMP Training - United Kingdom

APM Introductory Certificate (PFQ) Course Outline

During this 2-day course, delegates will produce various documents required to plan, monitor, and control any project. There will be many opportunities to discuss their findings, their understanding of the processes and their approach to Project Management. Throughout the course additional information will be given to ensure candidates cover the objectives of each session. Individual exercises will also be used to consolidate the subjects taught.

• Introduction to Project Management
• Project Lifecycle
• Project Management Approach
• Project Context
• Project Organisation Structure
• Stakeholder Analysis
• Project Reporting and Reviews
• Detailed Planning
• Networks
• Estimating
• Critical Path Analysis
• Gantt Chart
• Introduction to Programme Management
• People Management and Teams
• Documentation
• Business Case
• Project Management Plan
• Methods and Procedures
• Risks
• Issues
• Change/Configuration Management
• Quality
• Monitoring and Control
• Breakdown Structures

APM Project Fundamentals Qualification (PFQ) Learning Outcomes:

• Understand project management and the operating environment.
• Understand project life cycles.
• Understand the roles and responsibilities within projects.
• Understand project management planning.
• Understand project scope management.
• Understand resource, scheduling, and optimisation in a project.
• Understand project risk and issue management in the context of a project.
• Understand quality in the context of a project.
• Understand communication in the context of a project.
• Understand leadership and teamwork within a project.

APM Project Professional Qualification PPQ 2nd edition Course Outline

Domain 1: Delivering Projects through Effective Leadership and Management

Module 1: Provide Visionary Leadership for a Project

• Evaluate Ethical, Flexible, Inspirational and Collaborative Approaches
• Project’s Strategic Goals
• High-Performance Teams

Module 2: Establish and Develop Teams to Achieve Project Aims and Objectives

• Tools, Techniques and Leadership Behaviours
• How to Respond to Changes in a Project’s Environment?
• Develop And Maintain an Effective Team
• Role of Monitoring and Feedback
• Relationship Between Performance Management, The Team Development Cycle, and Motivation to the Success of a Project
• Evaluate the Usage of Conflict to Improve Individual and Team Performance.

Module 3: Maintain an Engaged and Constructive Team through a Positive Approach to Conflict Management

• Why and How to Act with Objectivity, Impartiality and Honesty
• Analyse Appropriate Actions
• Evaluate Ways to Address Challenges, Issues and Conflict
• Maintain an Awareness of Challenges, Issues, and Conflict

Module 4: Resolve Problems Taking a Logical Approach to the Problem-solving Process

Module 5: Make Decisions which Support the Objectives of a Project

• How to Maintain Decision-Making Hierarchies?
• How Decision-Making Relates to the Organisation’s Governance Structure?
• Logical and Recognised Approach to Decision Making

Module 6: Communicate Effectively with Stakeholders to Achieve a Project’s Objectives

• Analyse Ways Appropriately Communicate with Stakeholders
• Evaluate Ways in Which to Communicate Throughout a Project
• Effective Verbal Communication

Module 7: Negotiate Effectively with Stakeholders to Achieve a Project’s Objectives

• How to Effectively Negotiate with Internal Stakeholders?
• How to Effectively Negotiate with External Stakeholders?

Domain 2: Delivering Projects through Effective Governance and Oversight

Module 1: Establish and Maintain the Governance Structure of a Project to Ensure Alignment to Organisational Practice

• Evaluate Appropriate Structures and Hierarchies for a Project
• Why and How to Establish Roles, Responsibilities and Relationships within a Project
• Establish and Maintain the Reporting Hierarchies and Structure During the Life of a Project

Module 2: Use Information to Inform Reviews and Help Manage Deviations from a Project Plan

• Key Stages in a Project-Based Life Cycle
• Importance of Aligning Reviews with Organisational, Legal and Regulatory Requirements
• Analyse Situations and How to Resolve Them
• Reasons for Accurately Documenting Deviations from a Project Plan

Module 3: Manage Change Control Processes and Protocols

• Implementation And Maintenance of Change Control Process
• Determine The Impact on a Project’s Scope and Objectives
• Implement And Manage Approved Changes to a Project
• Why and How Trends Analysis is used to Add Value?

Module 4: Manage Stakeholder Influence, Interest and Engagement for the Benefit of a Project

• Techniques to Determine Stakeholder Power, Influence and Interest
• Develop and Implement a Stakeholder Engagement and Communication Plan
• Monitor and Amend a Stakeholder Engagement and Communication Plan
• Evaluate Relevant Feedback from Stakeholders
• Why and How to Provide Relevant Stakeholders with Financial Reports

Module 5: Deliver the Intended Benefits of a Project

• Importance of Confirming the Intended Benefits
• Develop a Benefits Management Strategy
• Importance of Prioritising the Achievement of Benefits
• Create a Benefits Realisation Plan
• Evaluate Ways to Maximise Achievement of the Planned Benefits

Domain 3: Delivering Projects through Effective Planning and Control

Module 1: Manage Project Costs within Agreed Budgets Which Supports Management of a Project

• Cost Tracking Tools and Techniques
• Importance of Cashflow and Cashflow Forecasting
• Establish Cost Trends and Monitor the Financial Performance
• Importance of Cost Analysis and its Role
• Importance of Completing all Financial Transactions

Module 2: Respond to Risks to Minimise Threats and Increase Opportunities

• Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches to Risk Identification and Analysis
• How to Record and Plan Responses to Risks
• Why and How to Implement Appropriate Responses to Risks
• Importance of Reviewing How Risks Were Managed

Module 3: Respond to Issues in a Way that Supports the Management of a Project

• Why And How to Record and Plan Responses to Resolve Issues
• How to Implement Appropriate Responses to Issues?
• Importance of Reviewing How Issues were Resolved During a Project

Module 4: Develop and Implement an Integrated Plan to Support the Management of a Project

• Document the Outcomes of a Project’s Planning Process
• Fundamental Components of Scope, Schedule, Resource, Budgets, Risks and Quality
• Purpose of an Integrated Plan
• Why And How to Monitor the Progress of a Project?
• Why and How to Adjust an Integrated Plan?

PMQ for PRINCE2® Practitioners Course Outline

There are 73 assessment criteria that are covered for PMQ certification – 26 of these are covered by PRINCE2® Practitioner. Therefore PRINCE2® practitioners shall only be examined on the remaining 47 assessment criteria. Below are the aim and learning objectives for the PMQ for PRINCE2 practitioners course:

• Structure of organisations and projects
• Project life cycle
• Project contexts and environments
• Governance and structured methodologies
• Communication
• Leadership and teamwork
• Planning for success
• Scope management
• Schedule and resource management
• Procurement
• Project risk management and issue management
• Project quality management