Target Student

This course is intended for project managers and aspiring project managers. It is recommended that delegates have two to three years of experience as project professionals or are actively undertaking a project management apprenticeship or degree.

Pre-requisites

Delegates should have experience working in a project environment and have a basic understanding of project management issues.

Pre-Course Reading

This is an intensive five-day course, and delegates are expected to undertake 16 to 18 hours of pre-course work to be fully prepared.

Delegates will be emailed pre-course reading prior to attending the course. Close attention to the pre-reading materials will enhance their success on the course.

Performance-Based Objectives

Delegates will learn how to:

• Set up a project for success
• Prepare for change
• Manage people and behaviours
• Plan and manage deployment

Course Content

The course is intensive and therefore delegates are expected to undertake revision work in the evenings to prepare for the examination that will be taken at the end of the course. The additional work required during evenings will comprise consolidation reading and mock examination questions. The evening work is integral to the course and delegates should expect to spend two to three hours each evening on these activities.

The course covers the 24 Learning Objectives found in the APM PMQ syllabus. This covers:

1. Life cycles
2. Governance arrangements
3. Sustainability
4. Business case
5. Procurement
6. Reviews
7. Assurance
8. Transition management
9. Benefits management
10. Stakeholder engagement and communication management
11. Conflict resolution
12. Leadership
13. Team management
14. Diversity and inclusion
15. Ethics, compliance and professionalism
16. Requirements management
17. Solutions development
18. Quality management
19. Integrated planning
20. Schedule management
21. Resource management
22. Budgeting and cost control
23. Risk and issue management
24. Change control

The APM Project Management Qualification Examination

Extensive examination practice and feedback is included in the workshop. The APMP examination is normally scheduled for 13:00 on the final day of the course.

Key exam information:

• 2.5 hours duration
• The exam is in two parts with a break of up to 30 minutes in between
• Closed-book
• 40 questions worth a total of 90 marks
• 4 x question types
• Multiple response – 20 questions x 1 mark each
• Select from a list – 5 questions x 2 marks each
• Short response – 5 questions x 2 marks each
• Long response – 10 questions x 5 marks each
• The pass mark for the exam will vary between exam versions to take account of slight differences in question difficulty between different exam versions.