Exam Code: APM-001
The APM certification is ideal for entry-level professionals, recent graduates, and individuals aspiring to begin a career in project management or transition into project-oriented roles. It is also beneficial for team members who support projects and want a formal understanding of project management processes and terminology. By earning the Associate in Project Management certification, candidates demonstrate their commitment to professional development and gain the knowledge needed to work confidently within project teams and prepare for advanced project management certifications in the future.
The Associate in Project Management (APM) certification is designed to provide a strong foundation in project management principles, methodologies, and best practices. It covers essential concepts such as project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure, along with key areas like scope, time, cost, quality, risk, and stakeholder management. This certification helps individuals understand how projects are structured and managed across industries, ensuring that they can effectively contribute to project success while aligning project goals with organizational objectives.
Project management isn’t just for construction engineers and military logistics experts anymore. Today, in addition to the regular duties of your job, you are often expected to take on extra assignments and to get that additional job done well, done under budget, and done on time. This E-Course and Certification is not intended to take you from a supervisory or administrative position to that of a project manager. However, the Associate in Project Management (APM)® Certification will familiarize you with the most common terms and the most current thinking about projects.
Associate in Project Management (APM)® is an important globally recognized credential in the field of Project Management. Passing the exam and obtaining the APM credential will demonstrate your commitment to project management excellence. The Associate in Project Management (APM)® certificate is an entry-level certification in the field of Project Management Framework, The APM certificate demonstrates that the candidate has a required knowledge in the field of Project Management confining to the entry-level of project management, candidate who have little or no knowledge of project management can appear for the APM certification.
E-Course Duration: 15 to 20 Hours
e-Competence Framework (e-CF)
The mapping of this certificate against the e-Competence Framework. To know more on e-Competence Framework (e-CF) visit, ECF
Module 1 – Project Management Fundamentals
- Defining a project and project management
- How projects can benefit you and your organization
- Project life cycles
- Selling your own project ideas
- Role & skills of the project manager
- Creating a vision
- Setting project goals
- Project planning worksheets
- The statement of work
Module 2 – Project Management Training
- What a project is
- Project management basics
- How projects can help you
- A project’s life cycle
- Selling and preparing a project
- The role of a project manager
- Project goals
- Laying out a project
- Project risks and contingency planning
- The work breakdown structure
- Planning tools and budgets
- Teamwork and development
- Communication
- Closing out a project
- Team meetings
- Project presentations
Module 3 – Intermediate Project Management
- What really needs to be done?
- Scheduling your project
- The Work Breakdown Structure and other planning tools
- Budgeting
- Project risks
- Schedule and budget compression
- Change control process
- Closing out a project
Target Audience
Target Audience
Managers and project team members, students at the graduate or undergraduate level, and/or entry level practitioners, as well as anyone who has an expressed interest in project management as a career or wants to improve their effectiveness in a project management environment
The APM certification is suitable for you if you:
- Have a basic or limited understanding of project management
- Are working in a project environment
- Require knowledge for APM Certification Exam
- Want an internationally recognised project management qualification
