APM Project Professional Qualification in Exeter

APM Project Professional Qualification PPQ Course Outline

Domain 1: Delivering Projects through Effective Leadership and Management

Module 1: Provide Visionary Leadership for a Project

• Evaluate Ethical, Flexible, Inspirational and Collaborative Approaches
• Project’s Strategic Goals
• High-Performance Teams

Module 2: Establish and Develop Teams to Achieve Project Aims and Objectives

• Tools, Techniques and Leadership Behaviours
• How to Respond to Changes in a Project’s Environment?
• Develop And Maintain an Effective Team
• Role of Monitoring and Feedback
• Relationship Between Performance Management, The Team Development Cycle, and Motivation to the Success of a Project
• Evaluate the Usage of Conflict to Improve Individual and Team Performance.

Module 3: Maintain an Engaged and Constructive Team through a Positive Approach to Conflict Management

• Why and How to Act with Objectivity, Impartiality and Honesty
• Analyse Appropriate Actions
• Evaluate Ways to Address Challenges, Issues and Conflict
• Maintain an Awareness of Challenges, Issues, and Conflict

Module 4: Resolve Problems Taking a Logical Approach to the Problem-solving Process

Module 5: Make Decisions which Support the Objectives of a Project

• How to Maintain Decision-Making Hierarchies?
• How Decision-Making Relates to the Organisation’s Governance Structure?
• Logical and Recognised Approach to Decision Making

Module 6: Communicate Effectively with Stakeholders to Achieve a Project’s Objectives

• Analyse Ways Appropriately Communicate with Stakeholders
• Evaluate Ways in Which to Communicate Throughout a Project
• Effective Verbal Communication

Module 7: Negotiate Effectively with Stakeholders to Achieve a Project’s Objectives

• How to Effectively Negotiate with Internal Stakeholders?
• How to Effectively Negotiate with External Stakeholders?

Domain 2: Delivering Projects through Effective Governance and Oversight

Module 1: Establish and Maintain the Governance Structure of a Project to Ensure Alignment to Organisational Practice

• Evaluate Appropriate Structures and Hierarchies for a Project
• Why and How to Establish Roles, Responsibilities and Relationships within a Project
• Establish and Maintain the Reporting Hierarchies and Structure During the Life of a Project

Module 2: Use Information to Inform Reviews and Help Manage Deviations from a Project Plan

• Key Stages in a Project-Based Life Cycle
• Importance of Aligning Reviews with Organisational, Legal and Regulatory Requirements
• Analyse Situations and How to Resolve Them
• Reasons for Accurately Documenting Deviations from a Project Plan

Module 3: Manage Change Control Processes and Protocols

• Implementation And Maintenance of Change Control Process
• Determine The Impact on a Project’s Scope and Objectives
• Implement And Manage Approved Changes to a Project
• Why and How Trends Analysis is used to Add Value?

Module 4: Manage Stakeholder Influence, Interest and Engagement for the Benefit of a Project

• Techniques to Determine Stakeholder Power, Influence, and Interest
• Develop and Implement a Stakeholder Engagement and Communication Plan
• Monitor and Amend a Stakeholder Engagement and Communication Plan
• Evaluate Relevant Feedback from Stakeholders
• Why and How to Provide Relevant Stakeholders with Financial Reports

Module 5: Deliver the Intended Benefits of a Project

• Importance of Confirming the Intended Benefits
• Develop a Benefits Management Strategy
• Importance of Prioritising the Achievement of Benefits
• Create a Benefits Realisation Plan
• Evaluate Ways to Maximise Achievement of the Planned Benefits

Domain 3: Delivering Projects through Effective Planning and Control

Module 1: Manage Project Costs within Agreed Budgets Which Supports Management of a Project

• Cost Tracking Tools and Techniques
• Importance of Cashflow and Cashflow Forecasting
• Establish Cost Trends and Monitor the Financial Performance
• Importance of Cost Analysis and its Role
• Importance of Completing all Financial Transactions

Module 2: Respond to Risks to Minimise Threats and Increase Opportunities

• Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches to Risk Identification and Analysis
• How to Record and Plan Responses to Risks
• Why and How to Implement Appropriate Responses to Risks
• Importance of Reviewing How Risks Were Managed

Module 3: Respond to Issues in a Way that Supports the Management of a Project

• Why And How to Record and Plan Responses to Resolve Issues
• How to Implement Appropriate Responses to Issues?
• Importance of Reviewing How Issues were Resolved During a Project

Module 4: Develop and Implement an Integrated Plan to Support the Management of a Project

• Document the Outcomes of a Project’s Planning Process
• Fundamental Components of Scope, Schedule, Resource, Budgets, Risks and Quality
• Purpose of an Integrated Plan
• Why And How to Monitor the Progress of a Project?
• Why and How to Adjust an Integrated Plan?