Certified Associate in Project Management® - Intermediate Module

Launched in 2003, the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)^® recognises individuals with a demonstrated understanding of the fundamental knowledge, processes, and terminology as defined in "A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge" (PMBOK^® Guide), the standard of project management's good practices. The CAPM^® credential candidate contributes to a project team as a subject-matter expert and may also serve as a sponsor, facilitator, liaison, or coordinator. These project team members assume full or partial responsibility for individual project tasks and their areas of expertise (e.g., finance, marketing and legal), which may not be industry-specific, but relevant across many functional areas and industries.

Course Overview:

The Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)^® certification provides you with a globally recognised project management credential and is one of the best ways to advance your career. Participants will complete the experience through lectures, discussions, cases, exercises and sample examination questions.

Target Audience: Project team members, New project managers, Junior project managers, University students, Recent graduates; Professionals such as attorneys, accountants, auditors, IT specialists, HSE specialists, HR officers and anyone wishing to understand Project Management principles.

Course Objectives:

• Development of a Project Charter

• Preparation of a full Project Execution Plan to include schedules, cost estimates, communication and other sub plans
• Develop and execute QA/QC plans
• Prepare a Risk Management Plan
• Use Project Work Breakdown Structures to develop and maintain a real time program portfolio system
• Apply techniques to effectively control a project and track variance
• Ability to invoice the customer in your project planning and management life cycle, to manage project priorities and control scope changes

CAPM is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

Programme Content

Session 1:     The Project Management Framework and The PMBOK^® Guide

Session 2:    Project Management Processes and Life cycle

Session 3:    Initiating a Project and Preparing the Project Plan

Session 4:    The Five Process Groups          

Session 5:    Project Management Knowledge Areas

• Project Integration Management
• Project Scope Management
• Project Time Management
• Project Cost Management
• Project Quality Management
• Project HR Management
• Project Communication Management
• Project Risk Management
• Project Procurement Management

Session 6:

• Professional Responsibility Topics  
• Case Studies, Exercises and Sample Examination Questions

Registration Information

• Please note that all information is subject to change.  It is advisable to confirm all information before registration
• Registration for all Corporate Training courses can be done at the Champs Fleurs, Port-of-Spain, Trincity or San Fernando Campus.
• Payment of fees can be made by linx, credit card or cheque. SBCS is now CASH FREE!
• An administration fee of $100.00 is payable on all registrations.
• A late fee of $20 will apply on registrations within 1 week of commencement of class.
• A Certificate of participation is awarded to each participant upon satisfying 80% attendance of classes and/or any exam or course-work assigned by lecturer.

Examinations

After this Programme a student can sit the CAPM® Exam:

• View the Examination Schedule

SBCS Ltd is a Registered Education Provider (REP) with the Project Management Institute (PMI)®, USA. Together we provide a means for students to become a Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)®. The CAPM® certification provides a student with a globally recognised project management credential and is one of the best ways to advance your career.

Rules of Progression

For the CAPM® eligibility requirements, please click here.

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