PMI-CAPM® Certification Training

Curriculum

1. Adaptive Methodologies – Foundations
Learning Objective
This introductory module provides a comprehensive overview of project management principles and practices, focusing on PMI's perspective. You'll gain insight into the CAPM exam, learn about project methodologies (predictive, adaptive, hybrid), understand PMI's principles and performance domains, explore core values and ethics, and grasp fundamental CAPM exam terms. Additionally, you'll delve into critical aspects like project planning, time management, risk planning, stakeholder management, project closure, roles in different project methodologies, team dynamics, emotional intelligence, and effective problem-solving techniques.

Topics

• Overview
• The PMI Way of Thinking of Project Management
• The CAPM Exam
• Tools for CAPM Exam Success
• Project Management Methodologies
• The Project Management Guiding Principles
• The Project Management Domains
• The PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
• Project Management Terminology
• The Project Management Plan
• Balancing Competing Constraints
• The Planning Performance Domain
• Planning a Schedule
• Risk Planning
• Stakeholder Management Plan
• Closing a Project
• Project Stakeholders
• The Project Manager vs Project Sponsor
• Agile Roles and Servant Leadership
• The Project Team
• Emotional Intelligence and the Project Manager
• Project Initiation and the Benefits Management Plan
• Communication Management
• Using Meetings Appropriately
• The Tools and Techniques of Problem Solving

2. Predictive, Plan-Based Methodologies
Learning Objective
Learn key aspects of project management, including organizational structures, essential processes and deliverables for predictive projects, Critical Path Method, Earned Value measurement, Work Breakdown Structure importance, influential quality management figures, project manager's role in integration, significance of project documentation, and basic Earned Value calculations for CAPM exam preparation.

Topics

• Organizational Structures of Predictive Project Management
• Project Processes and Deliverables
• Critical Path Method
• Earned Value and the Project Schedule
• The Work Breakdown Structure
• Quality Management Planning
• Integration Management
• Project Artifacts
• Cost and Schedule Variances

3. Adaptive Methodologies
Learning Objective
This section explores the differences between Waterfall and Agile project management. You'll gain insights into Adaptive project management, focusing on iterative execution, product backlog, tracking progress, essential artifacts, and popular Agile methodologies like Scrum, SAFe, eXtreme Programming, and Kanban. Learn how to recognize success in Adaptive environments, the origin of Agile methodologies through the Agile Manifesto, and experience a Sprint demonstration led by a chief software engineer. Prepare for the CAPM exam by understanding the core concepts of Agile project management and its applications.

Topics

• Adaptive vs Predictive
• The Adaptive Environment
• Iterative Progression
• Scope of an Agile Project
• Project Tracking
• Adaptive Project Artifacts
• Scrum
• SAFe
• XP and Kanban
• Executing an Agile Project
• Criteria for Success
• The Agile Manifesto and Guiding Principles
• How to perform a Sprint

4. Business Analysis Framework
Learning Objective
This segment covers essential aspects of business analysis, including roles involved, communication types, inter-team communication, elicitation of requirements, requirement modeling, Requirements Traceability Matrix usage, Product Roadmap creation, steps in business analysis for predictive and adaptive environments, the significance of acceptance criteria, and the importance of evaluation in the predictive lifecycle. Prepare for the CAPM exam by gaining a comprehensive understanding of business analysis processes and their relevance in project management.

Topics

• Business Analysis and Roles
• Communication Methods and Tools
• Communicating Between Teams
• Requirements Gathering (Elicitation)
• Model and Refine Requirements
• Requirements Traceability Matrix
• Introducing the Product Roadmap
• Business Analysts in Predictive Approaches
• Business Analysts in Adaptive Approaches
• What is Acceptance Criteria?
• Validation against Evaluation Activities

5. Exam preparation