Project Management Essentials (CAPM) Certification Exam Prep

Enhance your career and project management acumen with our CAPM Certification Exam Prep course, designed for aspiring project managers to master agile, predictive, and hybrid methodologies.

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Essential Skills Gained

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Understand project management fundamentals and core concepts.

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Apply predictive and adaptive methodologies to various project structures.

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Execute effective business analysis and stakeholder communication.

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Plan, document, and control both predictive and adaptive projects.

Format

  • Instructor-led
  • 3 days with lectures and hands-on labs.

Audience

  • Aspiring Project Managers
  • Project Coordinators
  • Junior Project Managers
  • Business Analysts

Description

This course helps individuals gain more responsibility and increase their skills in their current project role by providing additional knowledge of current project management principles and terminology to work on a wide range of projects using a variety of approaches: agile, predictive, and hybrid. It can help prepare individuals for a CAPM certification, essential to gain entry and contributes to career opportunities at entry and associate levels, such as project coordinator and junior project manager. Whether you are looking to build on your current skillset or pursue an exciting new career, the CAPM distinguishes your skills and empowers you to build the project management career of your dreams. This course provides the essential knowledge in building a career as a project manager and provides the foundational knowledge and skills that project teams demand. It focuses on an individual’s knowledge of Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts. It also includes components related to Predictive plan-based methods, Adaptive (agile) frameworks/methods, and Business Analysis frameworks.

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Upcoming Course Dates

September 22-24, 2025

7:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Virtual: Online - America/Los_Angeles

Enroll

$2295

Course Outline

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Lesson 1 – Fundamentals and Core Concepts

  1. Project Management Discipline

  2. Organizational Project Management (OPM)

  3. Organization Structures

  4. Project Management Office (PMO)

  5. Organizational Influences

  6. Life Cycles and Processes

  7. Development Approaches

  8. Organizational Culture

  9. Change Management

Lesson 2 – Leadership

  1. Leadership vs. Management

  2. Leadership Styles

  3. Servant Leadership

  4. Emotional Intelligence (EI)

Lesson 3 – Roles and Responsibilities

  1. Project Management Roles

  2. Stakeholder Roles

  3. Project Management Skills and Competencies

  4. Importance of Project Management

  5. Project Manager Influence

  6. Motivational Theories/Approaches

Lesson 4 – Project Initiation

  1. Project Initiation

  2. Project Charter and Kick-off Meetings

  3. Benefits Planning

  4. Product Roadmaps

  5. Stakeholders

  6. Stakeholder Communications

  7. Communications Management Plan

  8. Stakeholder Engagement Plan

Lesson 5 – Project Management Planning

  1. Planning Concepts

  2. Project vs. Product Management Plan

  3. Compliance and Quality

  4. Risk and Uncertainty

  5. Integrate Plans

  6. Planned Strategies and Frameworks

Lesson 6 – Predictive

  1. Predictive Approaches

  2. Process Groups

  3. Project Planning Components

  4. Requirements

  5. Requirements/Data Gathering Approaches

  6. Project Management Plan – Scope, Schedule and Cost

  7. Predictive Estimating Techniques

  8. Resources

  9. Quality and Risk

  10. Project Integrations

  11. Project Baselines

  12. Predictive Artifacts

  13. Project Controls and Measurement – Scope, Scheduled and Cost

  14. Earned Value Management (EVM)

  15. Control Quality

Lesson 7 – Adaptive

  1. Agile Mindset, Methodologies, and Frameworks

  2. Adaptive Plans

  3. Adaptive Scope and Iterations

  4. Adaptive Schedules

  5. Adaptive Estimating and Prioritization

  6. Adaptive Teams

  7. Activities and Artifacts

  8. Tracking and Measuring Progress

  9. Uncertainty and Risk

Lesson 8 – Business Analysis

  1. What is Business Analysis (BA)

  2. Business Analysis Domains

  3. BA Roles and Responsibilities

  4. Methodology Influences

  5. Validate Requirements

Lesson 9 – Project Closure

  1. Project or Phase Closure

  2. Benefits Realization

  3. Knowledge Transfer

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