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The four-day IPMA-D course. You work through the entire body of material with a trainer present and practise with exam questions and case studies.
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View the IPMA-D course All Lean & certification courses →IPMA-D is the certificate with which you show that you have mastered the knowledge of project management. No experience requirement, no assessment in which you defend your own projects, but an exam on the material. That sounds straightforward, and yet candidates drop out because they don't know what exactly is asked of them: how much theory, how much calculation, and how deep it goes.
This free online course is the starter for our full IPMA-D. In four chapters you will read what IPMA-D is and how it relates to levels C, B and A, how the exam is structured and what an assessor looks for, how you control a project in terms of time, money, quality, information and organisation, and how you calculate a critical path with a forward and backward pass. That way you know straight away whether this exam suits you, and you already have two genuine exam topics under your belt. Each chapter ends with a short knowledge check.
The full course continues with project-based working, the project brief and the business case, phasing and formal discharge, the role of the client and the steering group, the choice between waterfall and Agile, the Work Breakdown Structure, the Gantt chart with earned value, risk management with RISMAN, leading your project team and the conversation with stakeholders. Would you like to go through that material with a trainer present, and practise with real exam questions? Then take a look at the IPMA-D course.
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IntroductionHow this free course is structured and what you learn in the four chapters.
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What IPMA-D is and who it is intended forThe ICB4 as the standard, the four certification levels and the three competence areas Perspective, People and Practice.
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What the IPMA-D exam looks likeMultiple-choice questions and open questions based on a case study, the four signal words in the question wording, and a study plan that counts back from your exam date.
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Control with TMQIOThe devil's triangle, the five control aspects, the control cycle from planning to adjusting, and the margins within which you may decide for yourself.
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Calculating the critical pathFrom work package to activity list, the forward and backward pass, total and free float, and a three-point estimate using PERT.
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Project-based workingThe characteristics of a project, the continuum of types of work, the line from project to portfolio and the role of the project manager.
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The project briefFrom problem to project objective, the business case and the project initiation document with which you record the assignment.
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Project phasingThe six-phase model, milestones that meet four requirements and closing a project with formal discharge.
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Project organisation versus line organisationThe client, the steering group and recording responsibilities with a RASCI matrix.
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From waterfall to AgileThe waterfall model, PRINCE2 in outline, Scrum in practice and the four questions with which you choose a method.
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The Work Breakdown StructureFrom result to work packages, the 8/80 rule, PBS alongside WBS and the six components of a work package description.
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The Gantt chartThe bar chart schedule, the baseline, measuring progress with earned value and the five ways to correct an overrun.
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Risk management with RISMANFinding risks from seven angles, choosing between avoiding, reducing, transferring and accepting, and keeping the risk log up to date.
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Leading the project teamTeam development according to Tuckman, team roles according to Belbin, situational leadership and dealing with conflict.
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Communication with stakeholdersThe stakeholder analysis in five steps, reporting on progress and the meeting with your client.
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