International Organisation for professional Qualifications

CPMA
Certified Project Management Analyst

Syllabus

Extend your knowledge of leading a project to success

Certified Project Management Analyst Summary: This award will provide candidates the opportunity to gain advanced level knowledge of Project Management. The syllabus include the nature and scope of the project management, project stakeholders, feasibility studies, the project life cycle, project management methodologies, project tools and techniques, project budget, risk management, project management software, project control, termination of projects and project review and evaluation. Summary of learning outcomes 1 Identify core concepts of Project and Project Management Summary of the content for each learning outcome Assessment criteria for each

learning outcome Definition of project, project management, responsibilities of a project manager, management of the project team, organisational context for projects, projects management challenges, project success factors, project the managing strategy, strategic project project management, project-structured organisation, Identify concepts in of Project light of

Management

the

managerial objectives

management vs. operations management, managing conflict in project, project stakeholders, types of projects. 2 Assess the feasibility of a project Key areas of feasibility, steps in feasibility studies, terms of reference, investment appraisal techniques: payback, ARR, discounted cash flow (DCF), NPV and IRR, principal methods of evaluating the economic viability of a project, feasibility study report. 3 Identify component of a Project Life Cycle and relevant issues Description of the project life cycle, developing an understanding of project scope, process of scope definition, determining performance drivers, project termination and project evaluation, stakeholder interests, project resources skills and people, implementing a project. Identify stages of projects and actions required at each stage Apply simpletools/techniques to assess the feasibility of a project

Identify Project Management Methodologies

Concept

of

most

common

and

popular

methodologies:

Identifyappropriate methods of Project management

PRINCE/PRINCE2, scalable methodologies and agile methodologies, project management plan, implementing the project management plan with a project planning template.

Apply the tools and techniques to manage projects successfully

Management tools and techniques for project, determining resource checklist for projects, Gantt charts, network analysis, the critical path, project evaluation review technique (PERT), resource histogram.

Apply

simple

tools

and

techniques for managing projects in a given situation

Understand the issues of the project budget, risk management and project management software

Estimation of realistic cost of the project through the project budget, the project risk management process,dealing with slippage' or slipping behind schedule, project management software.

Prepare parts of a budget for a project and illustrate associated risk

Identify the objective and use of project management software

Understand the issues of ProjectControl, Termination, Review and Evaluation of Projects

The project monitoring, project monitoring system, reporting progress of a project work, project status reports, budget report, traffic light report, decision to terminate a project, termination criteria, implementation of project termination, the project report: success of the project, learning of project, the post-completion audit, project scorecard.

Identify tools to monitor projects through standard systems

Identify relevant components in considering and undertaking project termination decisions