Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
Global 🌍PROPMI's entry-level project management certification — fundamentals, predictive, agile and business analysis.
📏 The CAPM exam has 150 multiple-choice questions (135 scored, 15 unscored pretest) in 3 hours with an optional 10-minute break after question 75; results are pass/fail with a proficiency rating per domain, and PMI does not publish the passing score.
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Beginner
Beginner skill
The core concepts every CAPM question assumes: what projects are, how they are organised, and how stakeholders, risks and problems are handled.
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Projects, Programs, Portfolios & Operations
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Project Life Cycles & Development Approaches
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Roles, Structures & the PMO
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Stakeholders & Communication
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Risks, Issues & Change Control
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Problem-Solving Tools & Techniques
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Intermediate
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Applying predictive, plan-based delivery and the main agile frameworks.
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Scope, the WBS & Baselines
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Schedules & the Critical Path
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Controlling Cost, Quality & Contracts
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The Agile Mindset
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Scrum Roles, Events & Artifacts
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Agile Planning, Kanban & Metrics
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Business analysis frameworks: understanding needs, gathering and managing requirements, and validating that the solution delivers value.
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🔒 After lessonsBusiness Analysis Foundations
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Business Analysis Roles & Communication
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Eliciting Requirements
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🔒 After lessonsFrom Requirements to Value
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Requirements, Prioritisation & Traceability
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Product Roadmaps & Solution Evaluation
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- Fundamentals 1.1: project, program, portfolio and operations; project charter and business caseProjects, Programs, Portfolios & Operations →
- Fundamentals 1.2: project life cycles — predictive, iterative, incremental, adaptive and hybridProject Life Cycles & Development Approaches →
- Fundamentals 1.3: project management roles, responsibilities and organisational structuresRoles, Structures & the PMO →
- Fundamentals 1.4: stakeholder analysis, engagement and communication channelsStakeholders & Communication →
- Fundamentals 1.5: risk, issue, assumption, constraint and change managementRisks, Issues & Change Control →
- Fundamentals 1.6: problem-solving tools — root-cause analysis, fishbone, 5 Whys and ParetoProblem-Solving Tools & Techniques →
- Predictive 2.1: scope baseline, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and WBS dictionaryScope, the WBS & Baselines →
- Predictive 2.2: critical path method (CPM), float, PERT and schedule compressionSchedules & the Critical Path →
- Predictive 2.3: reserves, cost baselines and Earned Value Management (EV, PV, AC, CPI, SPI, EAC)Controlling Cost, Quality & Contracts →
- Agile 3.1: Agile Manifesto values, principles, servant leadership and adaptive mindsetThe Agile Mindset →
- Agile 3.2: Scrum accountabilities, events, artifacts, Definition of Done and KanbanScrum Roles, Events & Artifacts →
- Agile 3.3: story points, velocity, burndown/burnup charts and adaptive release planningAgile Planning, Kanban & Metrics →
- Business Analysis 4.1: business analyst role across predictive and adaptive life cyclesBusiness Analysis Roles & Communication →
- Business Analysis 4.2: requirements elicitation — interviews, workshops, observation, surveys and prototypesEliciting Requirements →
- Business Analysis 4.3: requirement types, user stories, MoSCoW/Kano prioritisation and Requirements Traceability MatrixRequirements, Prioritisation & Traceability →
- Business Analysis 4.4: product roadmaps, verification vs validation, UAT and benefits realisationProduct Roadmaps & Solution Evaluation →
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