APM PMQ (Project Management Qualification)

APM Project Management Qualification training provides students with a more advanced understanding of projects including how project management elements interact and how their project fits into their strategic and commercial environment.

The APM PMQ course helps students gain a detailed understanding of:

• Projects and the operating environment
• Organisation structures and project roles
• Project governance
• Project life cycles including linear, iterative and hybrid
• Communication and conflict management
• Leadership, teamwork, and motivation
• Project planning
• Managing stakeholders
• Earned value management (EVM)
• Managing benefits and the business case
• Managing scope, changes, and requirements
• Managing and optimising resources using schedules
• Procurement and supplier selection
• Managing issues and risks
• Planning and managing quality.

Note: The APM PMQ qualification used to be known as the APMP qualification. An APM PMQ course is the updated version of the previous APMP course.

CurriculumAPM PMQ

The APM PMQ courses (online and classroom) covers all topics from the APM Project Management Qualification syllabus. This includes the following topics:

Project context and operating environment

• Business as usual
• Project
• Project management
• Programme management
• Portfolio management
• Tools to understand the project environment.

Structure of projects and organisations

• Organisation structures
• Organisation riles
• Project governance
• Project governance

Project life cycle

• Project life cycle
• Extended project life cycle.

Communications

• Communications
• Project communication plan
• Conflict management
• Negotiating.

Leadership, teamwork, and motivation

• Leadership models for projects
• Motivational theories
• Models for understanding teamwork.

Project management planning

• Stakeholder management
• Benefits management
• Business case
• Earned value management (EVM)
• Information management
• Estimating
• Project management plan.

Scope management

• Scope management
• Change control
• Configuration management
• Requirements management.

Resource scheduling and optimisation

• Resources
• Scheduling
• Resource optimisation
• Cost planning and control.

Procurement

• Types of procurement
• Supplier selection process
• Contract types.

Risk and issue management

• Risk management
• Issue management.

Quality management

• Quality planning
• Quality control
• Quality assurance.

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APM PMQ exam

The APM PMQ exam is taken within one year of purchasing an online self-study course.

• Style: Essay-style
• Questions: 10 from 16 questions
• Pass mark: 55%
• Duration: 180 minutes
• Materials allowed: Closed-book
• Prerequisites: None
• Results: 12 weeks.

Course access duration: 12 months.

An APM PMQ course is suitable for anyone wishing to achieve a broad level of project management knowledge sufficient to participate in projects from individual assignments through to large capital projects.

Certificate of completion

Digital certificate - Included