Project Management Professional Certification

Module 1: Project Management Principles

• Project management concepts
• Projects and operations
• Project objectives
• Project constraints
• Organisational value
• Project success factors

Module 2: Project Lifecycle and Delivery Approaches

• Project lifecycle
• Predictive approaches
• Agile approaches
• Iterative delivery
• Hybrid approaches
• Selecting appropriate approaches

Module 3: Project Roles and Responsibilities

• Project manager responsibilities
• Project sponsor
• Project team
• Functional managers
• Stakeholder responsibilities
• Project governance

Module 4: Project Initiation

• Business needs
• Project objectives
• Project requirements
• Project boundaries
• Initial assumptions
• Project charter

Module 5: Project Scope Management

• Scope planning
• Requirements gathering
• Scope definition
• Project deliverables
• Scope validation
• Scope control

Module 6: Work Breakdown Structure

• WBS principles
• Deliverable decomposition
• Work packages
• Activity identification
• Responsibility assignment
• Scope organisation

Module 7: Project Schedule Management

• Activity planning
• Activity sequencing
• Dependencies
• Duration estimation
• Project milestones
• Schedule development

Module 8: Critical Path and Schedule Control

• Network diagrams
• Critical path
• Total float
• Schedule baseline
• Schedule variance
• Schedule optimisation

Module 9: Project Cost Management

• Cost estimation
• Project budgeting
• Cost baseline
• Cost monitoring
• Cost forecasting
• Cost control

Module 10: Project Resource Management

• Resource requirements
• Resource planning
• Resource allocation
• Resource availability
• Workload management
• Resource optimisation

Module 11: Project Team Management

• Team formation
• Roles and responsibilities
• Team development
• Team motivation
• Performance management
• Team collaboration

Module 12: Project Quality Management

• Quality planning
• Quality requirements
• Quality assurance
• Quality control
• Quality metrics
• Continuous improvement

Module 13: Project Risk Management

• Risk identification
• Risk categorisation
• Probability and impact
• Risk prioritisation
• Risk response planning
• Risk monitoring

Module 14: Stakeholder Management

• Stakeholder identification
• Stakeholder analysis
• Power-interest mapping
• Stakeholder expectations
• Engagement planning
• Stakeholder monitoring

Module 15: Project Communication Management

• Communication requirements
• Communication planning
• Project meetings
• Status reporting
• Executive communication
• Communication effectiveness

Module 16: Project Procurement Management

• Procurement planning
• Make-or-buy considerations
• Supplier selection
• Vendor management
• Procurement monitoring
• Supplier performance

Module 17: Project Leadership and Conflict Management

• Leadership styles
• Emotional intelligence
• Team motivation
• Conflict management
• Negotiation
• Influencing skills

Module 18: Agile Project Management

• Agile principles
• Product backlog
• User stories
• Sprint planning
• Incremental delivery
• Agile team collaboration

Module 19: Hybrid Project Management

• Hybrid project concepts
• Combining delivery approaches
• Hybrid planning
• Adaptive scheduling
• Governance considerations
• Hybrid project controls

Module 20: Project Monitoring and Performance

• Project KPIs
• Scope performance
• Schedule performance
• Cost performance
• Earned value concepts
• Performance reporting

Module 21: Project Change and Issue Management

• Change requests
• Impact analysis
• Change approval
• Issue identification
• Issue escalation
• Change and issue tracking

Module 22: Project Closure and Benefits

• Deliverable acceptance
• Project handover
• Project closure
• Lessons learned
• Benefits transition
• Continuous improvement