Course ID: #CAPM

Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)

Duration: 3–4 days Dates: 9 August 2027 24 May 2027 8 February 2027 9 November 2026

CAPM is the entry-level certification of the Project Management Institute (PMI) for anyone who wants to learn project management thoroughly. The course follows the current CAPM examination content with four domains: fundamentals and core concepts, predictive plan-based approaches, agile frameworks and business analysis. The course prepares you for the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) exam.

Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts

  • Project life cycles and processes: distinguish between project, programme, portfolio and operations, compare predictive and adaptive approaches
  • Issues, risks, assumptions and constraints; review project scope; projects as a vehicle for change; PMI code of ethics
  • Project planning: purpose of cost, quality, risk and schedule planning, project management plan and product management plan, milestones and activity durations
  • Required resources, risk register and stakeholder register, project closure and handovers
  • Roles and responsibilities: project manager, sponsor, project team and functional managers; leadership and management
  • Implementing planned strategies and frameworks: communication, project initiation and benefits planning
  • Common problem-solving tools: effective meetings, focus groups, stand-up meetings and brainstorming

Predictive, Plan-Based Approaches

  • When a predictive approach fits: suitability for the organisational structure, typical activities per process
  • Scheduling within the project management plan: work breakdown structure (WBS), work packages, critical path and Gantt charts
  • Documenting project control: artefacts of predictive projects, calculating cost and schedule variances

Agile Frameworks and Methods

  • When an adaptive approach fits: advantages and disadvantages compared with predictive approaches, suitability for distributed, co-located, matrix and hierarchical organisations
  • Planning iterations: forming meaningful units, from the work breakdown structure to iterations, inputs for scope, tracking progress
  • Documenting project control in adaptive projects: artefacts
  • Elements of adaptive methods such as Scrum, Extreme Programming (XP), SAFe and Kanban
  • Task management: defining success criteria and prioritising tasks

Business Analysis Frameworks

  • Roles and responsibilities in business analysis, distinguishing internal and external roles
  • Communicating with stakeholders: choosing suitable channels and tools
  • Eliciting requirements: using tools appropriate to the situation
  • Product roadmaps: application and mapping of components to releases
  • Influence of predictive and adaptive approaches on business analysis
  • Validating requirements through product delivery: acceptance criteria, requirements traceability matrix and product backlog
Learning Solution

Blended Learning, Firmenseminar, Individualcoaching, Klassenraumtraining, Online Live Webinar

Language

Deutsch, Englisch, Französisch, Italienisch

Dates

2026/11/09, 2027/02/08, 2027/05/24, 2027/08/09, flexibel, auf Anfrage

Location

Brüttisellen, Lausanne, flexibel, auf Anfrage

After the course you will be able to:

  • distinguish between projects, programmes, portfolios and operations and choose the appropriate approach
  • clarify roles within the project and build project plans covering schedule, cost, risk and stakeholders
  • manage predictive projects using a work breakdown structure, critical path and variance analysis
  • plan iterations and classify agile methods such as Scrum and Kanban
  • elicit requirements, prioritise them via roadmaps and validate them at delivery
  • prepare specifically for the CAPM exam

People at the start of their project management career, project team members, aspiring project leaders, and professionals from business analysis and specialist departments who want to learn project management on the basis of an internationally recognised qualification.

No project management knowledge is required; initial experience working on projects is helpful.

Eligibility

  • Secondary-level qualification (e.g. Matura, vocational diploma or equivalent qualification)
  • 23 hours of project management training, completed before the exam

Exam

  • 150 questions, three hours of exam time
  • Exam domains: project management fundamentals and core concepts, predictive plan-based approaches, agile frameworks and methods, business analysis frameworks

Maintenance

  • 15 PDUs within a three-year certification cycle

Current fees and details are available from the Project Management Institute (PMI).

CTweb online live webinar dates are generally scheduled over 3 days; CTclass classroom training dates are currently scheduled over 4 days. For in-house training, the duration can be agreed together.

Price range: CHF1'990 through CHF10'000 excl. VAT

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