Project Management Ready Exam Preparation
A friendly three-day introduction to project management that prepares you for PMI's Project Management Ready exam.
About this course
A friendly three-day introduction to project management that prepares you for PMI's Project Management Ready exam. You will learn the core concepts and roles, then explore predictive planning, agile ways of working and the basics of business analysis.
Short exercises and practice questions build your confidence for the exam and for your first project roles. You receive an Alalamia certificate of attendance; the exam is booked separately, and its fee is paid to the exam provider.
What you'll learn
- Explain core project management concepts, terms and the project life cycle
- Describe the roles of the project manager, sponsor, team and stakeholders
- Apply basic predictive planning tools for scope, schedule and cost
- Explain agile values, principles and common frameworks such as Scrum and Kanban
- Describe business analysis basics, including gathering and documenting requirements
- Use simple techniques to manage risk, communication and change
- Prepare for the Project Management Ready exam with practice questions
Curriculum
- What a project is
- Projects, programmes, portfolios and operations
- The project life cycle
- Project management as a profession
- Project manager, sponsor and team
- Identifying stakeholders
- Ethics and professional conduct
- Teamwork and communication basics
- Project charter and scope
- Work breakdown structure
- Building a simple schedule
- Estimating cost and resources
- Monitoring progress
- Managing change requests
- Basic risk identification and response
- Quality and project closure
- Agile values and principles
- Scrum roles, events and artefacts
- Kanban and visual boards
- Choosing between predictive, agile and hybrid approaches
- The role of business analysis in projects
- Eliciting requirements
- Documenting and prioritising requirements
- Validating the solution
- Exam format and question styles
- Practice questions by domain
- Reviewing weaker areas
- Personal study plan
Who it's for
Students, graduates and early-career professionals who want an entry-level grounding in project management and a first recognised exam.
Before you start
- No formal prerequisites
- Suitable for students and those new to project work
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