Certification
CAPM® prep
Official PMI materials
Project management and Business Analysis practices for beginners
The Certified Associate of Project Management (CAPM) certification is an essential step in building a career as a project manager. This course is a solid foundation for project managers specifically designed by PMI for those willing to prepare and pass the CAPM® certification. It is provided by authorized training companies like InStar to enhance collaborative and group learning.
The course consists of eight 3-hour instructor-led sessions with multiple group exercises, covering important communication concepts, project metrics, progress management and measurement, culture, materials management, and performance management, coming from the РМВОК® Guide latest edition, PMI Guide to Business Analysis, Process Groups Practice Guide, Agile Practice Guide and other sources recommended for the exam preparation.
The course is specifically intended for the Certified Associate in Project Management® (CAPM®) exam prep from PMI, based on the topics tested by the exam: project management foundational concepts, managing predictive projects, managing adaptive projects, and business analysis concepts. More details about CAPM® can be found here.
This course provides the required study hours for PMI's CAPM® certification exam. It can also aid you in pursuing many of major certifications including the gold standard project management certification, the Project Management Professional (PMP).
A 5% discount is applicable for PMI Ukraine Chapter members. Please specify your PMI ID in the comments when registering for the course. After your active PMI Ukraine Chapter membership has been confirmed, we will send you an invoice with the discount applied.
(The CAPM exam is not available in Ukrainian or Russian, so we use materials in English. Teaching during online classes is in Ukrainian or English)
Consultant and personal experience sharing:
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Preparation for certification |
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ONLINE |
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8 lessons, 24 hours |
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6-29 Oct 2026, (Tue-Thu, 1-4 pm EST) |
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English |
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Yes |
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23 PDU's |
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After completing the course, the participants will obtain the initial knowledge necessary for passing the CAPM exam, including the ability to:
- demonstrate an understanding of the various project life cycles and processes
- demonstrate an understanding of project management planning
- demonstrate an understanding of project roles and responsibilities
- determine how to follow and execute planned strategies or frameworks
- demonstrate an understanding of common problem-solving tools and techniques
- explain when it’s appropriate to use a predictive, plan-based approach
- demonstrate an understanding of a project schedule
- determine how to document project controls of predictive, plan-based projects
- explain when it is appropriate to use an adaptive approach
- determine how to plan project iterations
- determine how to document project controls for an adaptive project
- explain the components of an adaptive plan
- determine how to prepare and execute task management steps
- demonstrate an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of a business analyst
- determine how to conduct stakeholder communication
- determine how to gather requirements
- demonstrate an understanding of product roadmaps
- determine how project methodologies influence business analysis processes
- validate requirements through product delivery
The course is designed for those who:
- Are planning a project management career and want to do it with more confidence
- Are project managers with up to 3 years of experience and want to systematize their knowledge, enhance with BA practices, increase efficiency
- Have just been assigned or are planning to have a project and want to do their job right
- Want to prepare for CAPM® certification and increase their competitiveness on the international labor market
Training approach and techniques:
- Group work on a project. You will learn how to work with an agile and a predictive project across its life cycle.
- Problem-based learning - collaborating in groups on multiple tasks to resolve project problems
- Study the topics from the PMBOK Guide 7th ed., PMI Guide to Business Analysis, Process Groups Practice Guide, Agile Practice Guide using official PMI materials
- 8 3-hour online sessions for practice exercises in groups, communication with the trainer
- Homework by testing your knowledge and readiness with each exam topic
- CAPM exam simulation
- Group chat for communications and information sharing with the trainer and group members
What you need for the course:
- Internet access and Zoom application for participating in online sessions, using our learning system
- attending online training sessions - that's an important condition to obtain the training certificate and then apply for the CAPM exam
- dedicated time between online sessions for materials study and knowledge checks (tests)
Course curriculum
Module 1: Becoming a Certified Associate in Project Management
- Introduction to the course
- An overview of project management
- Acount the CAPM certification
- Introduction to the case
Module 2: Projects and project management
- Projects and operational work
- Process groups
- Project management challenges
Module 3: Organizing for Project Performance
- Project performance domains
- Stakeholders
- The project manager role
- Emotional intelligence and people skills
- Project organizational structures
- Team performance domain
Module 4: Development Approach and Life Cycle Performance Domain
- What is a life cycle
- Development approach and life cycle performance domain
- Project activities, deliverables, milestones
Module 5: Planning, Project Work, and Delivery: Predictive Methodologies
- When to choose a predictive methodology
- Process groups for the predictive approach
- Tailoring a predictive life cycle
- Creating a project charter
- Building the project team
- Developing a project management plan
- Directing and managing project work
- Monitoring and controlling project work
- Closing the project or phase
Module 6: Project Work and Delivery
- Planning and managing procurement
- Engaging stakeholders
- Managing project communications
- Managing risk
- Quality management
- Project controls and forecasting
- Project integration
Module 7: Planning, Project Work, and Delivery: Adaptive Approaches
- When to use the adaptive approach
- Requirements for the adaptive project
- The structure and culture of adaptive teams
- Typical steps of adaptive projects
- Agile life cycles
Module 8: Overview of Adaptive Frameworks
- The agile manifesto
- Lean
- Scrum
- Kanban
- Extreme programming
- FDD, DSDM, and Crystal methods
- Frameworks for scaling adaptive approaches
Module 9: Measurement, Tracking, and Managing Uncertainty
- Detecting and resolving problems
- Measuring performance
- The uncertainty performance domain
Module 10: Business Analysis Frameworks
- The importance of business analysis
- Business analyst role
- Requirements as the focus of BA
- Stakeholders and the BA
- Influence of project approaches on BA
Module 11: Business Analysis Domains
- Busines analysis planning
- Needs analysis
- Requirements elicitation and analysis
- Traceability and monitoring
- Solution evaluation
Module 12: Putting It All Together
- Applying the learned topics in the proposed cases
- Course conclusion and final Q&A