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APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) Training

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  • Duration: 5 days
  • Exam Voucher: Yes
  • Language: English
  • 30 PMI PDUs
  • Level: Intermediate

The Association for Project Management (APM) is the only chartered membership organisation for the project profession in the world. Their range of project management qualifications are designed to support you throughout every stage of your career. The APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) is the second step in the progressive suite of qualifications.

Studying the APM PMQ can be a significant career investment, equipping you with essential skills, boosting your professional reputation, and enhancing your career prospects. Whether you're looking to enter the field of project management or advance to higher-level roles, the APM PMQ offers the knowledge and recognition needed to succeed.

The APM PMQ is for professionals who are looking to validate their knowledge or take a lead on bigger projects. It is designed to support you as you continue your project management career.

APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) Delivery Methods

  • In-Person

  • Online

  • Upskill your whole team by bringing Private Team Training to your facility.

APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) Training Information

  • In this course, you will learn how to:

    • Build upon your current project management knowledge. 
    • Demonstrate your expertise in business processes and project lifecycle management. 
    • Keep up with the latest mix of tools, techniques, processes, and skills in project management. 
    • APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) Study Guide (7th edition) included. 
    • APM PMQ exam voucher included with web proctoring. 

  • Training Prerequisites

    The APM Project Management Qualification is designed for professionals who already have some

    knowledge, understanding, or experience of project management and are looking to move deeper into a project management career. It is also the ideal next step for anyone holding the APM Project

    Fundamentals Qualification. While there are no specific prerequisites for experience or other qualifications, it is expected that you will most likely:

    • Be working in a project environment.
    • Have two to three years’ experience as a project professional or be actively undertaking a project management apprenticeship or degree.
    • Be looking to progress your career and improve your employability.

     

    If you don’t already have any of these experiences, then you might want to consider completing the APM Project Fundamentals Qualification before studying for the APM Project Management Qualification.

     

    APM has set the qualification at Regulated Qualifications Framework Level 4 (or Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework Level-7). 72 hours of total study time are recommended prior to taking the exam:

    • 40 -42 hours of personal directed study (your Learner Guide will provide details of how to make best use of your pre-course learning and exam revision)
    • 32 hours of guided learning (provided by your Learning Tree course)

  • Certification Information

    The examination is taken online after the training is completed. Details of the exam are:

    • 2.5 hours long (in two parts, with an optional break of up to 30 minutes in between).
    • Mixed question types:
      • Multiple response (20 questions × 1 mark)
      • Select from list (5 questions × 2 marks each)
      • Short response (5 questions × 2 marks each)
      • Long response (10 questions × 5 marks each)

    The pass mark for the APM Project Management Qualification will vary between exam versions to

    take account of slight differences in question difficulty between different exam versions. You will be advised of your results within eight weeks of completing your exam. You will be sent an email which confirms your result.

    The PMQ is aligned to the APM Competence Framework and is a SCQF Level 7 (equivalent to RQF Level 4).

APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) Training Outline

The PMQ syllabus is based on APM’s Competency Framework and not APM’s Body of Knowledge.  The full list of 24 PMQ Learning objectives can be found below, each topic will be covered during your course.

  • Life cycles - the distinct life cycle stages used to structure and organise a project.
  • Governance arrangements - a framework of authority and accountability for the delivery of a project, which align with organisational practice.
  • Sustainability - balancing the environmental, social, economic and administrative considerations that will impact a project.
  • Business case - the justification for the initiation, investment and/or continuation of a project in terms of benefits, costs and risks.
  • Procurement - securing the provision of resources, choosing strategies for obtaining best value from supply chains.
  • Reviews - a way of gathering information to provide an assessment on the status of a project and the ongoing viability of the work.
  • Assurance - the ability to provide confidence to the governance board that a project is on track to deliver objectives.
  • Transition management - Understand integration of the outputs of a project into business-as-usual.
  • Benefits management - Understand monitoring of benefits realisation throughout a project.
  • Stakeholder engagement and communication management - the ability to work with people internally and externally to achieve intended outcomes.
  • Conflict resolution - the ability to identify and address differences between individuals and/or interest groups.
  • Leadership - ways to empower and inspire others to deliver successful projects.
  • Team management - the ability to work with team members to create and sustain teams.
  • Diversity and inclusion - the ability to build and maintain an inclusive environment that embraces a diverse culture.
  • Ethics, compliance and professionalism - the ability to work consistently in a moral, legal and socially responsible manner.
  • Requirements management - the ability to capture and monitor the requirements of a project.
  • Solutions development - the ability to determine the optimal solution to satisfy agreed requirements.
  • Quality management - the ability to ensure that outputs are delivered in accordance with requirements.
  • Integrated planning - the ability to incorporate multiple plans and processes into an integrated project management plan.
  • Schedule management - the ability to undertake time-based planning with an emphasis on activities and resource.
  • Resource management - the ability to identify and schedule the required internal and external resources.
  • Budgeting and cost control - the ability to estimate costs, develop and agree budgets and monitor actual costs against forecast costs.
  • Risk and issue management - the ability to identify and monitor risks (threats and opportunities); plan responses to those risks and respond to issues.
  • Change control - the ability to manage variations and change requests in a controlled way.
Commercial Pricing

£2,160

  • 5-day instructor-led training course

  • 1 x Official APM PMQ online exam

  • Official APM PMQ Learner Study Pack

  • APM PMQ Pre-course study guide

  • Evening knowledge consolidation work

  • After-course coaching available

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APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) FAQs

  • Project Management professionals with 2 to 3 years experience in the role or
  • Learners who have embarked on a project management apprenticeship or degree programme.

Learners who don’t satisfy either criteria should consider the APM Project Fundamentals Qualification (PFQ)

The PMQ syllabus is based on APM’s Competency Framework and not APM’s Body of Knowledge. The full list of 24 PMQ Learning objectives will be covered during your course.

APM has set the qualification at Regulated Qualifications Framework Level 4 (or Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework Level-7). 72 hours of total study time are recommended prior to taking the exam.

Before the training we recommend 10 hours of study.

The total study time recommended before taking the exam is below:

  • 40-42 hours of personal directed study (your Learner Guide will provide details of how to make best use of your pre-course learning and exam revision)
  • 32 hours of guided learning (provided by your Learning Tree course)

  • Learning Tree needs a minimum of 5 days’ notice to book your exam.  Please email customer_services@learningtree.co.uk with your completed Guided/Directed Learning Register and the date and time you wish to sit your exam.
  • Exam slots are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, so there are no restrictions.
  • Once your exam is booked with APM, you will get an automated email confirmation.
  • You will receive a system check request 36 hours prior to your exam. If you do not run this check, you may still be charged if you can’t complete your exam.

Note: Once your exam date has been confirmed, fees apply for cancellation or nonattendance, if you withdraw from the examination up to five working days before the examination a cancellation fee will apply.

  • 1 x Official APM PMQ online exam
  • Official APM PMQ Learner Study Pack
  • APM PMQ Pre-course study guide
  • 5 days instructor-led training
  • Evening knowledge consolidation work

Certification candidates and existing credential holders are responsible for reporting all Continuing Certification Requirements Program (CCR) activities to PMI (Project Management Institute). To report the completion of a Learning Tree course, you can use the Online PDU (Professional Development Units) Resources System.

  • Go to the PMI Continuing Certification Requirements System https://ccrs.pmi.org/
  • Log in with your username and password
  • Locate the claim code associated with your course in the table in this document
  • Click on “Report PDU for this activity”
  • Fill in the date started and date completed
  • Click on the box agreeing that this claim is accurate and then submit

PDU Information for This Course:

  • Total PDUs: 30
  • Ways of Working PDUs: 18
  • Power Skills PDUs: 7
  • Business Acumen PDUs: 5
  • PMI Claim Code: 11544ZYKLU

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