APM® Project Management

APM® Project Management is a nationally and internationally recognised APMP® certification required today across multiple industries. This prepares you to deliver improved project success across the organisation.

On passing your APMP® examination you will have confirmed yourself as a recognised aspiring project management professional with a higher valued contribution to your organisation’s projects.

The new knowledge and skills learned will significantly improve your chances of earning a higher income with current or future employers.

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Includes:

• Unlimited online access for 1 year
• Engaging, heaps of multi-media and tutor-led
• Extensive practice exams to confidently prepare you
• Broken down into small byte sizes to make studying easy
• Stop, rewind and replay as often as you need to

Course Curriculum

Structure of organisations and projects

• Distinguish between different types of organisational structure
• Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)
• Roles and responsibilities of project sponsor, project manager, team members, project steering group, users
• Relationship between project sponsor and manager
• Functions and benefits of project office

Project life cycle

• Project life cycle phases
• Difference between project life cycle and extended life cycle
• Sharing knowledge
• Benefits of conducting reviews

Project contexts and environments

• Project context, environmental factors
• Use of PESTLE, SWOT
• Difference between project and business as usual
• Characteristics of programme management
• Challenges of programme management
• Situations where portfolio management is used
• Distinguish between project management and portfolio and programme management
• Health safety and environmental legislation

Governance and structured methodologies

• Principles of governance of project management
• Methods and procedures to support governance
• Advantages of using structured methodologies

Communication

• Communication plan, barriers to communication
• Importance of effective communication
• Conflict management
• Negotiation

Leadership and teamwork

• Impact of leadership
• Situational leadership approach
• Creation and management of teams

Planning for success

• Business case, ownership, authorship
• Benefits management
• Information management
• Project management plan, authorship, approval
• Project management plan contents
• Estimating
• Earned value management
• Earned value calculations and interpret earned value data
• Stakeholder management
• Use of payback, internal rate of return and net present value
• Project reporting cycle

Scope management

• Product Breakdown Structure {PBS}, Work Breakdown Structure {WBS}
• Configuration
• Requirements
• Change control, links with configuration

Schedule and resource management

• Project scheduling
• Categories and types of resources
• Resource smoothing and levelling
• Financial and cost management
• Budget and cost control

Procurement

• Supplier relationships
• Contracts
• Supplier selection

Project risk management and issue management

• Risk management process
• Risk as threat and opportunity
• Benefits of risk management
• Distinguish between a risk and an issue escalation

Project Quality Management

• Describe quality management
• Quality planning, assurance, control and continual improvement

Why study your APM® Project Management online?

Technological improvements and advances in educational design mean that e-learning is no longer just a low cost alternative to traditional training methods. In many respects our courseware offers training which is superior to the majority of available “classroom” options.

Not only is the effectiveness of the training process enhanced, but also the convenience and overall cost efficiency of e-learning makes it a compelling option for training. You can learn at your own pace and can repeat each section as many times as required unlike in a classroom environment.

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“At ITonlinelearning the course advisors were great in helping me choose courses that would be better for me, and setting it up was quick and easy. I have passed 2 exams and will be purchasing my next course soon” - Kim Simmons

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