| Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts |
36% |
Demonstrate an understanding of the various project life cycles and
processes.
- Distinguish between a project, program, and a portfolio.
- Distinguish between a project and operations.
- Distinguish between predictive and adaptive approaches.
- Distinguish between issues, risks, assumptions, and constraints.
- Review/critique project scope.
- Apply the project management code of ethics to scenarios (refer to PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct).
- Explain how a project can be a vehicle for change.
Demonstrate an understanding of project management planning.
- Describe the purpose and importance of cost, quality, risk, schedule, etc.
- Distinguish between the different deliverables of a project management plan versus product management plan.
- Distinguish differences between a milestone and a task duration.
- Determine the number and type of resources in a project.
- Use a risk register in a given situation.
- Use a stakeholder register in a given situation.
- Explain project closure and transitions.
Demonstrate an understanding of project roles and responsibilities.
- Compare and contrast the roles and responsibilities of project managers and project sponsors.
- Compare and contrast the roles and responsibilities of the project team and the project sponsor.
- Explain the importance of the role the project manager plays (e.g., initiator, negotiator, listener, coach, working member, and facilitator).
- Explain the differences between leadership and management.
- Explain emotional intelligence (EQ) and its impact on project management.
Determine how to follow and execute planned strategies or frameworks (e.g., communication, risks, etc.).
- Give examples of how it is appropriate to respond to a planned strategy or framework (e.g., communication, risk, etc.).
- Explain project initiation and benefit planning.
Demonstrate an understanding of common problem-solving tools and techniques.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of a meeting.
- Explain the purpose of focus groups, standup meetings, brainstorming, etc
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| Predictive, Plan-Based Methodologies |
17% |
Explain when it is appropriate to use a predictive, plan-based approach.
- Identify the suitability of a predictive, plan-based approach for the organizational structure (e.g., virtual, colocation, matrix structure, hierarchical, etc.).
- Determine the activities within each process.
- Give examples of typical activities within each process.
- Distinguish the differences between various project components.
Demonstrate an understanding of a project management plan schedule.
- Apply critical path methods.
- Calculate schedule variance.
- Explain work breakdown structures (WBS).
- Explain work packages.
- Apply a quality management plan.
- Apply an integration management plan.
Determine how to document project controls of predictive, planbased projects.
- Identify artifacts that are used in predictive, plan-based projects.
- Calculate cost and schedule variances.
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| Agile Frameworks/Methodologies |
20% |
Explain when it is appropriate to use an adaptive approach.
- Compare the pros and cons of adaptive and predictive, plan-based projects.
- Identify the suitability of adaptive approaches for the organizational structure (e.g., virtual, colocation, matrix structure, hierarchical, etc.).
- Identify organizational process assets and enterprise environmental factors that facilitate the use of adaptive approaches.
Determine how to plan project iterations.
- Distinguish the logical units of iterations.
- Interpret the pros and cons of the iteration.
- Translate this WBS to an adaptive iteration.
- Determine inputs for scope.
- Explain the importance of adaptive project tracking versus predictive, plan-based tracking.
Determine how to document project controls for an adaptive project.
- Identify artifacts that are used in adaptive projects.
Explain the components of an adaptive plan.
- Distinguish between the components of different adaptive methodologies (e.g., Scrum, Extreme Programming (XP), Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®), Kanban, etc.).
Determine how to prepare and execute task management steps.
- Interpret success criteria of an adaptive project management task.
- Prioritize tasks in adaptive project management.
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| Business Analysis Frameworks |
27% |
Demonstrate an understanding of business analysis (BA) roles and
responsibilities.
- Distinguish between stakeholder roles (e.g., process owner, process manager, product manager, product owner, etc.).
- Outline the need for roles and responsibilities (Why do you need to identify stakeholders in the first place?).
- Differentiate between internal and external roles.
Determine how to conduct stakeholder communication.
- Recommend the most appropriate communication channel/tool (e.g., reporting, presentation, etc.).
- Demonstrate why communication is important for a business analyst between various teams (features, requirements, etc.).
Determine how to gather requirements.
- Match tools to scenarios (e.g., user stories, use cases, etc.).
- Identify the requirements gathering approach for a situation (e.g., conduct stakeholder interviews, surveys, workshops, lessons learned, etc.).
- Explain a requirements traceability matrix/product backlog.
Demonstrate an understanding of product roadmaps
- Explain the application of a product roadmap.
- Determine which components go to which releases.
Determine how project methodologies influence business analysis processes.
- Determine the role of a business analyst in adaptive and/or predictive, plan-based approaches.
Validate requirements through product delivery.
- Define acceptance criteria (the action of defining changes based on the situation).
- Determine if a project/product is ready for delivery based on a requirements traceability matrix/product backlog.
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| Official Information |
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https://www.pmi.org/certifications/certified-associate-capm |
