EC-Council - Certified Project Manager (C|PM)

Curriculum

Project Management & Enterprise Digital Transformation

• Fundamentals of Project Management
• Business Case & Benefit Value
• Project Sponsor, Project Stakeholders, Project Constraints
• Project Life Cycle and Phases
• Project Management Methodologies
• Project Management Approach
• Project Management Standard - ISO 21500, PMBOK
• Project Management Methodologies
• Predictive Approach - Traditional Methodology
• Adaptive Approach - The Agile Manifesto, Lean Principles
• Adaptive Methodology - the Agile Manifesto, Scrum, Extreme Programming, Kanban
• Project Management Processes & Constraints Management
• Latest Trends in Project Management
• Digital Project Management
• Emergence of Digital Alternatives Tools
• Internet of Things Changes Project Management
• Transition from Predictive to Adaptive Methodologies
• Big Data in Project Management
• Case Studies on Project Management
• Enterprise Digital Transformation
• Digital Transformation - Digital & Leadership Capability
• Enterprise Digital Transformation - Steps
• How Important Is Project Management to The Digital Transformation
• Digital Transformation - Project Success Criteria
• Technology Overview
• Case Studies in Digital Transformation
• Project Manager Skillset & Competencies
• Best Practice

Project Scope & Technology Integration

• Trends
• Creative Tasks Encourage Work dedication
• Technical Automation Potential
• High Performing Organisation
• Requirements Management
• Steps of Gathering Requirements
• Best Practices - Analyse Requirements, Characteristics of a good Requirement
• Tips While Writing Business Requirements
• Techniques - Gathering Requirement
• Predictive Approach
• Adaptive Approach
• Best Practices
• Causes of scope changes
• How to improve the process of scope change management
• Recommendations from experts
• How to implement a process automation solution
• Reasons to manage your project online
• Competencies
• Efficient Scope Management
• Collaboration Culture
• Collaboration Team
• Technology Integration
• Third-Part Integration
• Technology Integration and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• AI and Automation
• Data-driven actions and optimisation
• Big Data & Data Analytics
• Labs - Management Tools
• Lab Manuals
• Lab Challenges

Project Scheduling & Time Management

• Trends
• Time Delay
• Agile Methodology Adoption
• Project Completion
• Case Studies
• Efficient scheduling reports in engineering
• Adoption to respond to the changing needs of the environment
• Predictive Approach
• Project scheduling fundamentals
• How to create an accurate schedule
• Schedule Management - Updating the Schedule
• Schedule Management - Detecting Issues in Advance
• Difference between optimistic and realistic schedule
• Adaptive Approach
• Progressive Elaboration And Estimates
• Release And Sprints
• Story Point Based Estimation
• T-Shirt Sizing
• Sprint Planning Meeting
• Estimation And Planning Poker
• Sprint Backlog
• Sprint Goal
• Scrum Board
• Daily Scrum Meeting
• Sprint Review Meeting
• Velocity
• Scrum Process & Recap
• Modern Schedule Management: Challenges & Best Practices
• Tools - Project Scheduling
• Lab Manual - Jira
• Lab Challenges

Project Cost & Budget Management

• The Overbudget Risk
• Manage & Identify Your Benefits
• Cost Estimating & Cost Budgeting
• Project Schedule
• Project Cost Estimates
• Rom Cost, Role Decomposition, Rom Baseline
• Budgetary Cost
• Project Schedule Approach
• Cost Accuracy
• Project Cost Management
• Cost & Budgeting
• Cost Methodology & Cost Control
• Project Into Products
• Products & Level Of Detail, Activity
• Assign Resources To Each Activity
• Estimate Each Activity
• Cost & Impact Milestones
• Sequence Of The Work, Sequence The Estimates
• Cost & Timeline
• Cost Estimation In Key Industries
• Ecommerce - Business Overview, KPIs, ROI Projection, Project Net Sales
• Smartsheet
• SAP Portfolio And Project Management
• Microsoft Excel & Cost Customisation, Pricing Model
• Sample Business Case And Roadmap Deliverable
• Before The Business Case
• Business Case Step By Step
• Business Case Visual Representation
• Lab Challenges

Project Sourcing & Vendor Management

• Digital Innovation Influence
• Importance Of Outsourcing And Vendor Management
• The Risks Of Outsourcing And Vendor Risk Management
• Definition - Vendor, Vendor Management, Outsourcing, Outsourcing Management, ‚Make Or Buy‚, Procurement Management, Project Procurement Management
• Total Cost Of Ownership
• Outsourcing & Procurement Management
• What And How To Outsource
• Procurement Management Plan - Overview
• Vendors Management - 6 Steps Approach
• Procurement Management Plan
• Vendor Selection Process
• Vendor Contract Negotiation Process
• Vendors Selection Process & Contract Negotiation
• Vendor Monitoring Process - Contract Administration, Assessment, Scorecard Example
• Vendors Closing Process & Contract Close-Out
• Vendors Management Process & Retrospective
• Case Study
• CISCO Systems
• Power-Solution Company
• Gas Compression Company
• Procurement Management Processes
• Tools - Vendor Management
• Make Or Buy Decision
• Six Steps For A Successful Vendor Selection
• Six Steps & Top 3 Mistakes
• Templates - Vendor Selection, Vendors Negotiation,
• Vendor Assessment
• Managing A Multi-Vendor Environment

Project Controls & Quality Assurance

• Trends
• Statistics - Poor Quality Metrics Cost
• Statistics - Agile Prototyping
• Statistics - Quality Improvement by process automation
• Case Studies - Lean Implementation
• Fundamentals of quality
• Quality Challenges
• Cost Of Quality
• The Traditional & Modern Approach Of Quality Management
• Quality Management
• Quality Control Vs Quality Assurance Vs Quality Management
• Dimensions Of Quality
• Data Quality Metrics
• How Is Agile's Quality Management Different Than Waterfall?
• Quality Control
• Quality Assurance
• Optimisation
• Data Analytics Vs Bad Data
• Quality - Data Collection
• Operations Processes
• Project & Process Optimisation
• Tools
• Podio
• Zapier
• Zoho Bug Tracker
• Bugzilla
• Redbooth
• Atlassian for JIRA
• TrackVia
• Processstreet
• Taiga
• Projectplace
• Tools Mapping To Quality Management Processes
• Lab Manual - Jira
• Lab Challenges

Project Opportunity & Risk Management

• Risk Into Results
• Visual Risk Representation
• Qualifying Risk Assessment
• Case study
• The Airbus Group
• The Elbit Systems Of America
• The Raytheon
• The Nasa
• Six Steps Approach
• Project Risk Management - Definition, Principles & Example
• Identify Risks
• Definition
• Example Of Diagramming Technique, Categories & Visual Example
• Principles
• Supporting Processes
• Tips
• Removing Non Risks
• Qualitative Risk Analysis - Definition, Tools, Techniques & Guidelines
• Quantitative Risk Analysis - Definition, Guidelines, Example & Monte Carlo Simulation
• Risk Responses - Definition, Tools, Techniques, Outcomes & Contingency Plan
• Control Risk - Definition, Standards & Escalation
• Management's Expectation For Risk Management
• Leading Indicator
• Risk Master Table
• Risks Mapped Into A Delivery Plan
• When To Be Aware Of Risks
• The Importance Of Executive Support & Project Assessment
• Project Assessment Framework, Project Pain Points, Project Heat Map
• Measure Risk Management Effectiveness
• Risk Management Team, Risk Management Tools
• Teamwork Risk Register
• Risk Tracker
• Risk Management Priority For An Executive

Project Governance & Team Management

• Three Trends That Will Transform Project Management
• SDLC Overview
• Envisioning Controls
• Process Flow Provisioning
• Role Segmentation For Data
• Customer And/Or Partner Profiling
• Business Requirements Defined And Sign-Off
• Risk & Solution Assessment
• Independent Oversight Control
• Project Vendor & Contract/PO
• Designing Controls
• Security Implementation Plan
• Technology Capabilities
• Threat Modeling
• Data Validation And Conversion
• Functional Specification Approval And Sign-Off
• Change Control Process
• Solution ROI
• Baseline Approval & Sign-Off
• Build Controls & Training Validation
• Stabilising Controls & Production Controls
• Severity & Priority Definitions
• Project Approach Management & Project Communication
• Project Meetings, Critical Success Factors, Levels And Tracks
• Governance
• Governance Goals
• Delivery Governance Details
• Target Roadmap
• Resource Allocation
• Key Activities During Program Lifecycle
• High Level Representation
• Governance Raci Chart For Key Program Roles And Responsibilities
• Example Of Project Dashboard & Phase Status Representation
• Key Templates
• Lab Challenge