The AMP Project Management qualification is essential for the professional project manager who wishes to build their project management skillset and acquire the understanding, tools and techniques they need to succeed. Course details Duration: 5 days Next available course Please contact the team on 01844 211665 for availability The AMP Project Management qualification is essential for the professional project manager who wishes to build their project management skillset and acquire the understanding, tools and techniques they need to succeed. Course details Subscription options: The AMP Project Management qualification is essential for the professional project manager who wishes to build their project management skillset and acquire the understanding, tools and techniques they need to succeed. Course details Duration: 5 days Next available course Please contact the team on 01844 211665 for availability Who is this course for? The Association for Project Management’s Project Management Qualification is aimed at those wishing to achieve a broad level of project management knowledge sufficient to participate in projects from individual assignments through to large capital projects. Applicants typically have some pre-existing project management knowledge, and it is the ideal next step for anyone who has previously achieved the APM Project Management Fundamentals qualification. About the course The project manager has overall responsibility for the initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of a project. A role requiring extensive expertise. This course provides those wishing to gain the project management skills, knowledge, tools and techniques they need to manage successful projects. The APM Project Management course is based on the APM Body of Knowledge 7th edition, the key repository of project management best practice. How is the course structured? Here's a quick guide to the topics covered on each day of the course. Day 1 9:30 am to 5:00 pm Introduction to the courseThe project environmentProject conceptOrganisational structuresStakeholder managementProject governance Day 2 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Defining and delivering business benefitsBusiness caseDelivering business changeProject planning Day 3 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Requirements managementEstimatingPlanning networks and charts Day 4 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Managing people and teamsRisk managementManaging quality in projects Day 5 9:00 am to 5:00 pm The project management planProject procurementProject monitoring, control and reportingEarned value managementProject transition Course manual For virtual courses, a printed copy of the latest edition of the comprehensive course manual will be sent to your home address in good time for the start of your course. Our delegates tell us that having access to a physical document is beneficial as both a reference document and for taking notes during the course. Is there an exam? Yes. During this five-day course, you will receive all the training you need to prepare for the APM Project Management Qualification online examination, which is a three-hour test where 10 out of 16 questions must be attempted. What’s next? APM also offers the Project Professional Qualification which assesses the ability to deliver professional projects. This is the third stage, following Project Fundamentals Qualification and the Project Management Qualification in APM’s professional development path. Full course outline APM Project Management Qualification (five-day course)Course content The project environment Definition of a project Definition of project management The project management process Projects versus business-as-usual Project management in IT projects Projects and programmes Programme management Portfolio management The concept of a project lifecycle Lifecycles compared Project concept Importance of starting a project properly Understanding the business context Inherent uncertainty The legal and regulatory environment Organisation structures Engaging stakeholders Roles and responsibilities in projects Project governance Documenting the concept stage Project Initiation Document (PID) Defining and delivering business benefits The business case The business case in the project lifecycle Contents of a business case Cost/benefit analysis Financial aspects of the business case (payback, DCF/NPV, IRR) Benefits management and Benefits realisation Critical success factors and key performance indicators Project planning The planning process Work breakdowns and product breakdowns (WBS and PBS) Types of product or deliverable Work packages Cost breakdown structure (CBS) and cost planning Organisational breakdown structure (OBS) Requirements management Requirements management defined Effective requirements management Tacit and explicit knowledge Techniques to capture requirements Assessing the requirements SMART requirements Prioritising requirements Requirements in iterative lifecycles Estimating Definition of an estimate Estimating accuracy