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Syllabus

Extend your knowledge of

leading a project to success

International Organisation for

professional Qualifications

CPMACertified

Project Management Analyst

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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 projectreview and evaluation.

Summary of learning outcomes Summary of the content for each learning outcomeAssessment criteria for each

learning outcome

1 Identify core concepts of Project

and Project Management

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 managing strategy, strategic project

management, the project-structured organisation, project

management vs. operations management, managing conflict in

project, project stakeholders, types of projects.

Identify concepts of ProjectManagement in the light of

managerial objectives

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.

Apply simpletools/techniques toassess the feasibility of a project

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 andactions required at each stage

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4 Identify Project Management

Methodologies

Concept of most common and popular methodologies:

PRINCE/PRINCE2, scalable methodologies and agile methodologies,

project management plan, implementing the project management

plan with a project planning template.

Identifyappropriate methods ofProject management

5 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 andtechniques for managing projects

in a given situation

6 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 aproject and illustrate associated

risk

Identify the objective and use ofproject management software

7 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 projectsthrough standard systems

Identify relevant components inconsidering and undertaking

project termination decisions