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Introduction to Project Management

1-day workshop to learn the basics of project management. Project Management Essentials
2-day workshop to learn how to manage projects without getting certified. Writing Business Cases
Half-day workshop to learn to write robust business cases. AI in Project Management
Learn how to use AI tools in everyday project work. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)
BCS AI Foundation
Learn the fundamentals of artificial intellegence. AI Project Governance Framework (AIPGF)
Foundation Learn the fundamentals of the governance framework. Practitioner

Includes Foundation & Practitioner combined option.

Workshops

AI in Project Management Learn how to use AI tools in everyday project work.
AGILE AgilePM
® – Agile Project Management Foundation Learn the key principles of Agile Project Management.
Practitioner Includes Foundation & Practitioner combined option.
PRINCE2 ®

Agile

Foundation	Learn the fundamentals of the PRINCE2 Agile method.	Practitioner
Includes Foundation & Practitioner combined option.	Scrum	Scrum Essentials
Self-paced training course to learn the essentials of Scrum.	Scrum Master	Choose Scrum Alliance or Scrum.org Scrum Master training courses.
Scrum Product Owner	Choose Scrum Alliance or Scrum.org Product Owner training courses.	AgileBA
®	– Agile Business Analysis	Foundation
Learn the fundamentals of Agile Business Analysis.	Practitioner	4-day course including Foundation.
Lean Six Sigma	Yellow Belt	Self-paced training course to gain LSS Yellow Belt.

PMI

PMI-ACP Self-paced course to prepare you for the exam (exam not included). Kanban Estimating for Agile Foundation Agile Learning Library (ALL)™

BUSINESS ANALYSIS

BCS Business Analysis

Business Analysis Foundation

Learn the fundamentals of business analysis. Modelling Business Processes Gain practitioner certificate in modelling business processes. Business Analysis Practices Gain practitioner certificate in business analysis practices.

Requirements Engineering

Gain practitioner certificate in requirements engineering. Business Analysis International Diploma All 4 courses bundled into this Diploma certification package.

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®

– Agile Business Analysis

Foundation training

Learn the fundamentals of Agile Business Analysis.

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Includes Foundation & Practitioner combined option.The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.

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