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| Topic 1 | - Understand Resource, Scheduling, and Optimisation in a Project: This topic delves into the purpose of scheduling, critical path analysis, and milestones. It also defines the term time boxing.
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| Topic 2 | - Understand Project Management Planning: This topic explains how the deployment baseline differs between linear and iterative life cycles. Additionally, the topic outlines the stakeholders of a project management plan, the purpose, and the typical content of a business case.
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| Topic 3 | - Understand Project Life Cycles: This topic encompasses stating the phases of a typical linear project life cycle and an iterative project life cycle. It also includes defining the terms hybrid life cycle and 'extended project life cycle.
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| Topic 4 | - Understand Communication in the Context of a Project: The topic focuses on the advantages and disadvantages of different communication methods.
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| Topic 5 | - Understand Project Management and the Operating Environment: It includes defining the term project and stating the differences between a project and business as usual. It also covers defining 'project management' and its key purpose.
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| Topic 6 | - Understand the Roles and Responsibilities within Projects: The topic focuses on project management roles and responsibilities. Moreover, the topic covers roles such as the project sponsor, project manager, project governance, project team members, and end users.
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| Topic 7 | - Understand Quality in the Context of a Project: This topic defines the term quality and outlines the purpose of quality management. It also includes defining quality planning.
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| Topic 8 | - Understand Project Risk and Issue Management in the Context of a Project: The topic defines the term risk and explains the purpose of risk management. It outlines the stages of a typical risk management process. It also describes the use of risk registers.
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