APM PMQ (Project Management Qualification) Online Course

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  • 1 year
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  • Course Overview

    APM Project Management Qualification training provides students with a more advanced understanding of projects including how project management elements interact and how their project fits into their strategic and commercial environment.

    The APM PMQ course helps students gain a detailed understanding of:

    • Projects and the operating environment
    • Organisation structures and project roles
    • Project governance
    • Project life cycles including linear, iterative and hybrid
    • Communication and conflict management
    • Leadership, teamwork, and motivation
    • Project planning
    • Managing stakeholders
    • Earned value management (EVM)
    • Managing benefits and the business case
    • Managing scope, changes, and requirements
    • Managing and optimising resources using schedules
    • Procurement and supplier selection
    • Managing issues and risks
    • Planning and managing quality.

     

    Note: The APM PMQ qualification used to be known as the APMP qualification. An APM PMQ course is the updated version of the previous APMP course.

  • Course Details

    Curriculum

    APM PMQ

    The APM PMQ courses (online and classroom) covers all topics from the APM Project Management Qualification syllabus. This includes the following topics:

    Project context and operating environment
    • Business as usual
    • Project
    • Project management
    • Programme management
    • Portfolio management
    • Tools to understand the project environment.
    Structure of projects and organisations
    • Organisation structures
    • Organisation riles
    • Project governance
    • Project governance
    Project life cycle
    • Project life cycle
    • Extended project life cycle.
    Communications
    • Communications
    • Project communication plan
    • Conflict management
    • Negotiating.
    Leadership, teamwork, and motivation
    • Leadership models for projects
    • Motivational theories
    • Models for understanding teamwork.
    Project management planning
    • Stakeholder management
    • Benefits management
    • Business case
    • Earned value management (EVM)
    • Information management
    • Estimating
    • Project management plan.
    Scope management
    • Scope management
    • Change control
    • Configuration management
    • Requirements management.
    Resource scheduling and optimisation
    • Resources
    • Scheduling
    • Resource optimisation
    • Cost planning and control.
    Procurement
    • Types of procurement
    • Supplier selection process
    • Contract types.
    Risk and issue management
    • Risk management
    • Issue management.
    Quality management
    • Quality planning
    • Quality control
    • Quality assurance.
  • Benefits

    The benefits of gaining the APM Project Management Qualification certificate are:

    • You can build upon your existing project management understanding
    • You can increase your confidence of managing both individual and large capital projects
    • You can boost your recognition within your organisation as someone with advanced project management knowledge
    • You can gain an internationally recognised certification, enabling you to take your skills around the world
    • You can map your skills and identify your career goals by following the APM Competence Framework.
  • Exam Structure

    APM PMQ exam

    The APM PFQ exam is taken after classroom course, or within one year of purchasing an online blended course.

    • Questions:40 questions worth a total of 90 marks
    • Duration: 2.5 hours (There is an optional break of up to 30 minutes between the two parts of the exam)
    • Materials allowed: Closed-book
    • Pre-requisites: None
    • Results: within 8 weeks.

    The APM Project Management Qualification question types include:

    • Multiple response (20 questions worth 1 mark each)
    • Select from list (5 questions worth 2 marks each)
    • Short response (5 questions worth 2 marks each)
    • Long response (10 questions worth 5 marks each)

    APM PMQ blended online course

    • Self-study time required: 40 hours
    • Selected topic sessions: 5×3 hours
    • Orientation and monthly check-in sessions
    • Exam preparation session: 3 hours
    • Course access duration: 12 months
  • FAQ's

    Who’s it for?

    An APM PMQ course is suitable for anyone wishing to achieve a broad level of project management knowledge sufficient to participate in projects from individual assignments through to large capital projects.

    The APM PMQ blended course comes with:

    • Self-paced learning with 12 months’ access to the APM PMQ course
    • Courses and materials accredited by APM
    • 3-hour instructor-led sessions, led by an approved trainer, on selected topics (twice a month)
    • Orientation and monthly check-in sessions
    • Sample exam
    • APM PMQ exam preparation session led by an approved trainer
    • APM PMQ exam
    • APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) certification (on passing the exam)

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