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One last note before starting

Welcome to the CAPM exam preparation course, where I will help you succeed and shape your project management career.

Before diving directly into the lectures, I would like to discuss the PMBOK Guide 7th edition and provide an overview of the CAPM exam content. Then, I will explain how we have organized the lectures; and here is a little preview: You will find that all the information you need is covered in the course.

In this lecture I will talk about the definition of Project, Program, and Portfolio. First, I will explain what a Project is, and after that, we will discuss why we initiate projects. Then, we will understand what the Program and Portfolio are.

MINI QUIZ 01

In the previous lecture, we learned the differences between a project, a program, and a portfolio. Now we can talk about Project Management and why it is important.

In the previous lecture, we talked about Project Management. Now let’s discuss Program Management and Portfolio Management.

MINI QUIZ 02

In this lecture, we will understand what the operation is and we will see the differences between an operation and a project.

In this lecture, we will learn what a Project Management Office is and what it does.

In this lecture, we will talk about Organizational Project Management, Organizational Governance, and Project Governance.

MINI QUIZ 03

In this lecture, we will talk about the Organizational Structure.

In the previous lecture, we have seen the Organizational Structure Types. Now, in this lecture, we will talk about the characteristics of the major Organizational Structure types.

MINI QUIZ 04

In the previous lecture, we learned what project management is. Now it is time to talk about some key stakeholders and their roles. Please note that these are the roles in predictive environments. We will talk about the roles in adaptive environments in future lectures. Let’s start with the roles of the Project Manager first.

In the previous lecture, we talked about the role of the Project Manager. Now, it is time to talk about the Stakeholders.

In this lecture, we will learn who the Project Sponsor is and after that, we will talk about the role of the Project Sponsor.

MINI QUIZ 05

In this lecture, we will talk about the Project Team and its role.

In this lecture, we will talk about the role of the Functional or in other words the Resource Manager.

Up to now, we have seen most of the stakeholder roles. In this lecture, we will talk about two more: The Role of the Program Manager and the Role of the Portfolio Manager.

MINI QUIZ 06

In this lecture, we will talk about the differences between two concepts: The Project Life Cycle and The Project Management Processes.

MINI QUIZ 07

Practice Exam 01

Now, we are done with the first section of this course. In this lecture, I would like to talk about which tasks and enablers we have discussed in this section. By doing so, you can understand which concepts are more important than others. I mean if a concept is mentioned in the CAPM Examination Content Outline, then you will know that this concept is a crucial one for the exam.

Introduction to the section.

In this lecture we will talk about processes.

In the previous lecture, we learned what a process is. Now, we are ready to talk about the Process Groups.

In this lecture, we will talk about the Knowledge Areas. At the end of this lecture, you will have a general idea about each knowledge area; so after we start the knowledge areas sections, you will be able to understand the concepts better.

As I said in the previous lectures, the 7th edition of the PMBOK guide focuses on the high-level steps and methods we can apply when conducting the project from the beginning until the end. They introduced eight areas we need to focus on, and these areas are called the Performance Domains. So, let’s talk about these Performance Domains a little.

MINI QUIZ 08

Introduction to this section.

In this lecture, I will briefly mention the Integration Management knowledge area.

In this lecture, we will learn what a Project Charter is. Then, we will talk about another crucial document, the Assumption Log.

MINI QUIZ 09

In this lecture, we will discuss how we will develop these two crucial documents.

In the previous lecture, we have seen that we use some Data Gathering methods like Brainstorming, Focus Groups, and Interviews in the Develop Project Charter Process. In future lectures, we will see that these methods are used for several different reasons. So, here, I would like to talk about these methods briefly.

In the previous lecture, we discussed Data Gathering methods. Now, in this lecture, we will talk about Interpersonal and Team Skills.

Up to here, we have covered almost everything about how to develop the Project Charter. In this lecture, I will mention some important notes about this process.

MINI QUIZ 10

In this lecture, we will talk about the Project Management Plan. The Project Management Plan is developed in the Develop Project Management Plan process which is an Integration Management process. For the exam, you need to know the Project Management Plan and understand why we need this plan.

In this lecture, we will talk about the Performance Measurement Baseline which is a component of the Project Management Plan.

In this lecture we will talk about the Change Management Plan, which is a component of the Project Management Plan.

In this lecture we will talk about the Configuration Management Plan, which is a component of the Project Management Plan.

Up to here, we have learned what the Project Management Plan is and what the components are. Now we are ready to talk about how to develop this plan.

We are almost done with the Develop Project Management Plan process. I said “Almost done” because I still have some important notes on this process for you.

MINI QUIZ 11

In this lecture, we will talk about the Direct and Manage Project Work process.

Information about Benefits Management Plan.

Until this lecture, we have discussed three processes of the Integration Management knowledge area. Here, I would like to schematize what is going on during these processes basically. This is going to be a good reminder for you in the future, so you may want to bookmark this lecture.

In this lecture, we will discuss the Manage Project Knowledge process.

Before completing the lectures about the Manage Project Knowledge process, let’s talk about some important notes.

MINI QUIZ 12

In this lecture, we start with another process of Integration Management; this is the Monitor and Control Project Work process.

In this lecture, we will discuss how we measure project performance in a high-level manner.

MINI QUIZ 13

In this lecture, we will talk about what metrics we can use to measure project performance.

We continue with Metrics we can use in our Projects. In this lecture, we will discuss the metrics we can use to measure the Business Value.

In the previous lectures, we discussed which metrics we can use in our Projects. Now, we will talk about what we should consider when establishing these metrics.

Up to here, we have talked about almost everything about the Monitor and Control Project Work process. But I still have some notes for you.

MINI QUIZ 14

In this lecture, we will start talking about a new process named Perform Integrated Change Control.

Here in this lecture, we will talk about changes and how to deal with them in detail. We will also take a look at the big picture so that we understand this process clearly.

Until now, we have talked about almost everything about the Perform Integrated Change Control Process. I have only a few reminders for you in this lecture.

MINI QUIZ 15

We are almost done with the Integration Management knowledge area. We have only one process left: The Close Project or Phase process.

In this lecture, we will talk about the Agile Considerations of the Integration Management knowledge area.

MINI QUIZ 16

Practice Exam 02

We are done with the Integration Management section. Now, let’s take a look at which topics we have covered on the CAPM Exam Content Outline until this lecture. This is a good way of understanding which concepts are more important than others.

Introduction to this process.

In this lecture, we will talk about what Scope Management is and why we need such a knowledge area.

In this lecture, we will talk about the Plan Scope Management process.

In this lecture, we will discuss what we need and what we use to develop the Scope Management Plan and the Requirements Management Plan.

MINI QUIZ 17

In this lecture, we start the second process of the Scope Management knowledge area. This is the Collect Requirements process.

In this lecture, we will learn how to deal with competing requirements and how to balance these kinds of requirements. This is not going to be a long lecture, but this is an important one since you will be dealing with these kinds of situations both in real life and in the exam.

MINI QUIZ 18

Now, let’s talk about the Define Scope process.

I have counted my words up to here, and guess how many times I said WBS or Work Breakdown Structure up to this lecture? I said this word 17 times! Therefore, yes, this is an important process. For the exam, you need to learn what the Work Breakdown Structure is, where we use it, and what benefits we get from it. Here, starting from this lecture, we will be answering these questions.

MINI QUIZ 19

In this lecture, we will talk about the WBS Dictionary.

Up to here, we have discussed the Scope Baseline a few times in our previous lectures. In this lecture, we will talk about it in detail, so that you can understand it clearly.

Up to this lecture, we have learned almost everything about the Create WBS process. But I want to draw your attention to some important things.

MINI QUIZ 20

We have completed the planning processes of this knowledge area. We have two more processes left: The Validate Scope and the Control Scope processes. These are the Monitoring and Controlling processes of Scope Management. In this lecture, we will talk about one of these two monitoring and controlling processes: The Validate Scope process.