CAPM Certification Training

Demonstrate an understanding of the various project life cycles and processes.
•    Distinguish between a project, program, and a portfolio.
•    Distinguish between a project and operations.
•    Distinguish between predictive and adaptive approaches.
•    Distinguish between issues, risks, assumptions, and constraints.
•    Review/critique project scope.
•    Apply the project management code of ethics to scenarios (refer to PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct).
•    Explain how a project can be a vehicle for change.

Demonstrate an understanding of project management planning.
•    Describe the purpose and importance of cost, quality, risk, schedule, etc.
•    Distinguish between the different deliverables of a project management plan versus product management plan.
•    Distinguish differences between a milestone and a task duration.
•    Determine the number and type of resources in a project.
•    Use a risk register in a given situation.
•    Use a stakeholder register in a given situation.
•    Explain project closure and transitions.

Demonstrate an understanding of project roles and responsibilities.
•    Compare and contrast the roles and responsibilities of project managers and project sponsors.
•    Compare and contrast the roles and responsibilities of the project team and the project sponsor.
•    Explain the importance of the role the project manager plays (e.g., initiator, negotiator, listener, coach, working member, and facilitator).
•    Explain the differences between leadership and management.
•    Explain emotional intelligence (EQ) and its impact on project management.

Determine how to follow and execute planned strategies or frameworks (e.g., communication, risks, etc.).
•    Give examples of how it is appropriate to respond to a planned strategy or framework (e.g., communication, risk, etc.).
•    Explain project initiation and benefit planning.

Demonstrate an understanding of common problem-solving tools and techniques.
•    Evaluate the effectiveness of a meeting.
•    Explain the purpose of focus groups, standup meetings, brainstorming, etc.
 

Explain when it is appropriate to use a predictive, plan-based approach.
•    Identify the suitability of a predictive, plan-based approach for the organizational structure (e.g., virtual, colocation, matrix structure, hierarchical, etc.).
•    Determine the activities within each process.
•    Give examples of typical activities within each process.
•    Distinguish the differences between various project components.

Demonstrate an understanding of a project management plan schedule.
•    Apply critical path methods.
•    Calculate schedule variance.
•    Explain work breakdown structures (WBS).
•    Explain work packages.
•    Apply a quality management plan.
•    Apply an integration management plan.

Determine how to document project controls of predictive, plan- based projects.
•    Identify artifacts that are used in predictive, plan-based projects.
•    Calculate cost and schedule variances.

Explain when it is appropriate to use an adaptive approach.
•    Compare the pros and cons of adaptive and predictive, plan-based projects.
•    Identify the suitability of adaptive approaches for the organizational structure (e.g., virtual, colocation, matrix structure, hierarchical, etc.).
•    Identify organizational process assets and environmental factors that facilitate the use of adaptive approaches.

Determine how to plan project iterations.
•    Distinguish the logical units of iterations.
•    Interpret the pros and cons of the iteration.
•    Translate this WBS to an adaptive iteration.
•    Determine inputs for scope.
•    Explain the importance of adaptive project tracking versus predictive, plan-based tracking.

Determine how to document project controls for an adaptive project.
•    Identify artifacts that are used in adaptive projects.
•    Explain the components of an adaptive plan.
•    Distinguish between the components of different adaptive methodologies (e.g., Scrum, Extreme Programming (XP), Scaled Adaptive Framework (SAFe®), Kanban, etc.).

Determine how to prepare and execute task management steps.
•    Interpret success criteria of an adaptive project management task.
•    Prioritize tasks in adaptive project management.
 

Demonstrate an understanding of business analysis (BA) roles and responsibilities.

•    Distinguish between stakeholder roles (e.g., process owner, process manager, product manager, product owner, etc.).
•    Outline the need for roles and responsibilities (Why do you need to identify stakeholders in the first place?).
•    Differentiate between internal and external roles.

Determine how to conduct stakeholder communication.

•    Recommend the most appropriate communication channel/tool (e.g., reporting, presentation, etc.).
•    Demonstrate why communication is important for a business analyst between various teams (features, requirements, etc.).

Determine how to gather requirements.

•    Match tools to scenarios (e.g., user stories, use cases, etc.).
•    Identify the requirements gathering approach for a situation (e.g., conduct stakeholder interviews, surveys, workshops, lessons learned, etc.).
•    Explain a requirements traceability matrix/product backlog.

Demonstrate an understanding of product roadmaps.

•    Explain the application of a product roadmap.
•    Determine which components go to which releases.

Determine how project methodologies influence business analysis processes.

•    Determine the role of a business analyst in adaptive and/or predictive, plan-based approaches.

Validate requirements through product delivery.

•    Define acceptance criteria (the action of defining changes based on the situation).
•    Determine if a project/product is ready for delivery based on a requirements traceability matrix/product backlog.