Certified Associate in Project Management CAPM®

Issued by Ball State University

This program provides students the basic competencies involved in project management and oversight including areas such as effective time management, managing multiple projects simultaneously, scope and estimation of project undertaking and preparing a project plan alongside project risk and cost analysis. The program includes training and exam preparation for students to become a Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM®) as designated by the Project Management Institute.

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Skills

Earning Criteria

Explain the five stages of a project life cycle and illustrate how these stages can overlap in time
Demonstrate how to create a project management plan with subsidiary plans for each of the knowledge areas and explain how progressive elaboration and integrated change management can keep these documents effective and relevant
Explain the overlapping nature of project activities and practice Project Integration
Management to coordinate the various project management processes
Illustrate how a project's various baselines (including scope, cost, schedule, quality, risk, procurement, and others) are determined, planned for, and managed
Recognize how to effectively manage human resources and communicate with all stakeholders
Explain the key methods used to estimate project schedule and cost at the beginning of a project and to forecast cost and schedule variances at any time during the project
Identify key project stakeholders and continuously engage them in appropriate project activities
Describe how the project management knowledge contained in the PMBOK® Guide can be used in practice
A digital badge is awarded for students who pass the evaluation assessments