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Overview
APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) recognises your ability to manage complex projects across different sectors. It builds on your existing experience and gives you a broad, integrated understanding of professional project management.
What you will gain
- A recognised, industry-respected project management qualification
- Confidence to lead projects using best-practice tools and techniques
- Deeper understanding of governance, life cycles, planning, and control
- Stronger skills in stakeholder engagement, communication, and leadership
- Improved ability to manage risk, quality, scope, and change
- A solid foundation for future professional development and chartered status
Who this course is for
- Project managers and leaders with substantial practical experience
- Professionals who manage projects end-to-end or lead major workstreams
- Senior team members moving into full project management responsibility
- PMO and programme staff who already work closely with projects
- Candidates who may or may not hold PFQ - it is helpful but not required
- Not suitable for complete beginners with little project experience
Benefits
Recognised professional standard
Gain a broad, benchmark qualification valued by employers worldwide.
Designed for experienced practitioners
Align your real-world experience with structured, best-practice methods.
Flexible learning formats
Choose instructor-led online or blended learning to fit around your schedule.
Stronger leadership and communication
Develop the skills to lead teams, influence stakeholders, and resolve conflict.
Better control of complex projects
Improve how you plan, monitor, and control scope, time, cost, risk, and quality.
Step towards chartered status
Use PMQ as a key milestone on your journey in the project management profession.
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Course
This course gives you a comprehensive understanding of professional project management, aligned to the APM Body of Knowledge 7th edition. You’ll explore how projects are shaped, governed, planned, delivered, and controlled, and how to apply these principles across different environments and sectors.
Understand organisations and governance
Learn how projects sit within organisations, how roles are structured, and how good governance supports successful delivery.
Apply life cycles and situational context
Understand linear, iterative, and hybrid life cycles, and how projects relate to programmes, portfolios, and business-as-usual.
Plan for success and manage benefits
Explore business cases, investment appraisal, benefits management, and information management to support sound decisions.
Control scope, schedule, and resources
Learn techniques for defining scope, managing change, building schedules, and optimising resources and costs.
Manage risk, issues, and quality
Apply structured approaches to risk, issue, and quality management, ensuring project outputs meet stakeholder expectations.
Lead teams and communicate effectively
Develop your leadership, teamwork, stakeholder engagement, and communication skills to guide projects and resolve conflict.
Curriculum
The APM PMQ course follows the official syllabus and covers all learning outcomes and assessment criteria from the APM Body of Knowledge 7th edition.
- Understanding organisations and project governance
- Project life cycles and situational context
- Stakeholders, communication, and leadership
- Business case, benefits, and information management
- Planning, estimating, and control
- Scope, change, and configuration management
- Scheduling, resources, and cost planning
- Procurement and contract management
- Risk, issue, and quality management
Full curriculum details
Understanding organisations and project governance
- Types of organisational and project structures (functional, matrix, project)
- Roles and responsibilities of the project manager, sponsor, and wider team
- Purpose and benefits of project offices and governance frameworks
Project life cycles and situational context
- Linear, iterative, and hybrid life cycles and when to use them
- Project life cycle versus extended and product life cycles
- Relationship between projects, programmes, portfolios, and business-as-usual
Stakeholders, communication, and leadership
- Stakeholder analysis, engagement, and communication planning
- Sources of conflict and approaches to negotiation and resolution
- Leadership styles, motivation, and building effective teams and virtual teams
Business case, benefits, and information management
- Purpose and contents of the business case throughout the life cycle
- Benefits identification, planning, tracking, and realisation
- Information management processes and typical project reporting
Planning, estimating, and control
- Contents and purpose of the project management plan
- Estimating approaches and the importance of re-estimating
- Monitoring progress, interpreting earned value data, and managing contingencies
Scope, change, and configuration management
- Defining scope using requirements, product breakdown, and work breakdown structures
- Requirements management processes for establishing scope
- Change control stages and configuration management activities
Scheduling, resources, and cost planning
- Creating schedules using critical path and other techniques
- Resource allocation in linear and iterative life cycles
- Resource smoothing vs resource levelling and cost planning approaches
Procurement and contract management
- Purpose and contents of a procurement strategy
- Supplier reimbursement methods and contractual relationships
- Supplier selection processes and contract award considerations
Risk, issue, and quality management
- Risk management process and proactive/reactive responses
- Issue management and its relationship with risk
- Quality planning, assurance, and control in projects
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Exam & certification
What to expect from the APM PMQ exam and how we help you pass.
- Questions: 40 questions worth a total of 90 marks
- Duration: 2.5 hours (There is an optional break of up to 30 minutes between the two parts of the exam)
- Materials: Closed book
- Prerequisites: None
- Results: within 8 weeks
- Exam access: Online
The APM Project Management Qualification question types include:
- Multiple response (20 questions worth 1 mark each)
- Select from list (5 questions worth 2 marks each)
- Short response (5 questions worth 2 marks each)
- Long response (10 questions worth 5 marks each)
Your path to success
Learn
Strengthen your project management knowledge with structured, tutor-guided study.
Practice
Rehearse for the exam using sample questions, written practice, and feedback.
Pass
Sit the PMQ exam with a clear strategy, confident preparation, and expert support.
65% pass rate
Our students consistently achieve top results - well above the national average.
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Knowledge Train by numbers
The APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) was formerly known as APMP .
It is now a 5-day classroom course leading to a professional project management certification.
Is the APM PMQ an open book exam?
No, the APM PMQ is a closed-book exam .
It consists of 40 questions to be completed in 2.5 hours .
Candidates should have prior project management knowledge to perform well.
Is the APM PMQ exam difficult?
The APM PMQ exam can be challenging.
Although the exam includes multiple-choice questions, it still tests your ability to apply project management concepts effectively.
Preparation is key – study thoroughly and practise under timed conditions.
After the first half of the exam, there is a scheduled break.
What is PMQ certification?
PMQ certification refers to the APM Project Management Qualification , a globally recognised credential for project managers.
Offered by the Association for Project Management (APM) , it demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of project management principles and practices.
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