APMG - Better Business Cases™ Foundation & Practitioner

The accelerated APMG International Better Business Cases™ Foundation & Practitioner course is provided in conjunction with Creative Consulting and Training Ltd, an APMG accredited training organisation and is based on the ‘Five Case Model’ – the UK government’s best practice approach to developing spending proposals and enabling effective business decisions.

On this course you will cover how to ensure proposals accurately scope and initiatives and secure management support and funding and how to create effective business cases and spending proposals that are critical to securing funding and management buy-in.

In just 4 days, you’ll learn understand and apply the philosophy of the Five Case Model to business cases and other spending proposals. You’ll also learn how to:

• Understand different types of business cases, their purpose, who is responsible for them and when they are required
• Understand the development lifecycle of a business case and the relationships between the five cases
• Develop effective business cases and spending proposals that appropriately scope the initiative and secure funding and management support

At the end of this course, you’ll sit the APMG exam, and achieve your Better Business Cases™ Foundation & Practitioner certification. Through Firebrand’s Lecture | Lab | Review methodology, you’ll get certified at twice the speed of the traditional training and get access to courseware, learn from certified instructors, and train in a distraction-free environment.

Successful candidates will be entitled to a free Professional Assessment at Business Agility Professional Level 1 – Explorer.

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Audience

This course is ideal for:

• Senior Responsible Owners (SROs), Programme Directors and other Directors with responsibility for the successful delivery of programmes and projects.
• Project Managers, Project Team members and specialist advisers tasked with delivering a business case for investment.
• Officers involved in the scrutiny and review of investment proposals.

• Module 1: The philosophy and underlying rationale of the Five Case Model.
• Module 2: The different types of business case, their purpose, who is responsible for them and when they are required in the development of a spending proposal.
• Module 3: The development of the business case in relation to other recognized and recommended best practice for programme and project management.
• Module 4: The development lifecycle of a business case and the relationships between the five cases.
• Module 5: How to apply the steps in the business case development framework, in order to support the production of a business case, using the Five Case Model, for a given scenario.

• At the end of this accelerated course, you’ll sit the following exam at the Firebrand Training centre, covered Certification Guarantee:

  Better Business Cases™ Foundation & Practitioner exam

  Foundation:

  • Duration: 40 minutes
  • Format: Multiple Choice, Closed book
  • Number of questions: 50 questions
  • Passing score: 25 marks or more required to pass (out of 50 available) - 50%
  Practitioner:
  • Duration: 2 ½ hours
  • Format: Objective testing, Open book exam
  • Number of questions: 4 questions per paper, with 20 marks available per question
  • Passing score: 40 marks or more required to pass (out of 80 available) - 50%

There are no prerequisites for this accelerated course.

Your accelerated course includes:

• Accommodation *
• Meals, unlimited snacks, beverages, tea and coffee *
• On-site exams **
• Exam vouchers **
• Practice tests **
• Certification Guarantee ***
• Courseware
• Up-to 12 hours of instructor-led training each day
• 24-hour lab access
• Digital courseware **

* For residential training only. Accommodation is included from the night before the course starts. This doesn't apply for online courses.
** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts.
*** Pass first time or train again free as many times as it takes, unlimited for 1 year. Just pay for accommodation, exams, and incidental costs.

Seven reasons why you should sit your course with Firebrand Training

• Two options of training. Choose between residential classroom-based, or online courses
• You'll be certified fast. With us, you’ll be trained in record time
• Our course is all-inclusive. A one-off fee covers all course materials, exams**, accommodation* and meals*. No hidden extras.
• Pass the first time or train again for free. This is our guarantee. We’re confident you’ll pass your course the first time. But if not, come back within a year and only pay for accommodation, exams and incidental costs
• You’ll learn more. A day with a traditional training provider generally runs from 9 am – 5 pm, with a nice long break for lunch. With Firebrand Training you’ll get at least 12 hours/day of quality learning time, with your instructor
• You’ll learn faster. Chances are, you’ll have a different learning style to those around you. We combine visual, auditory and tactile styles to deliver the material in a way that ensures you will learn faster and more easily
• You’ll be studying with the best. We’ve been named in the Training Industry’s “Top 20 IT Training Companies of the Year” every year since 2010. As well as winning many more awards, we’ve trained and certified over 135,000 professionals

*For residential training only. Doesn't apply for online courses
**Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts

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