APMG-International Better Business Cases™ Foundation and Practitioner Virtual

By the end of the Foundation course you should understand the structure and key terminology of the model, specifically:-

• The philosophy and underlying rationale of the Five Case Model
• The different types of business case, their purpose, who is responsible for them and when they are required in the development of a spending proposal
• The development of the business case in relation to other recognised and recommended best practice for programme and project management

By the end of the Practitioner course you should be able to apply and understand how to tailor the Five Case Model effectively to the development of a business case within an organization environment supporting the approach, specifically:

• Understand the development lifecycle of a business case and the relationships between the five cases
• Be able to apply the steps in the business case development framework, in order to support the production of a business case, using the Five Case Model, for a given scenario

This is an intensive five-day virtual course that includes:

• All accompanying course material
• The cost of the Better Business Cases Foundation and Practitioner examinations (must be taken online via remote proctor within 12 months of purchase)

Optional extra

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Materials

For last-minute bookings (10 working days or less before start date), you will be issued with digital materials – this will include all accompanying course materials (usually a workbook) and a manual, if this is included as part of your purchase.

The course materials will be provided in a PDF format and available for download via our virtual platform on the first day of the course. You will need to download and save the materials to your device, so that you can annotate them during the training course.

HOW YOU TAKE YOUR EXAM

The exam is taken online via remote proctor. Two weeks prior to course commencement ILX will arrange for an exam voucher to be issued. You then have a choice you can either:

• Book a suitable time after your virtual classroom event has finished to undertake your exam

OR

• We currently allocate exam time within the virtual classroom event. So that you can book directly, we will advise you of recommended exam timings as part of the candidate guidance — this is issued three weeks prior to course commencement

Note: You are responsible for booking your own exam.

Exam format

The format of the Foundation exam is as follows:

• Multiple Choice
• 50 questions
• 25 marks or more required to pass (out of 50 available) - 50%
• 40 minutes duration
• Closed book

You must have passed the Foundation qualification in order to sit the Practitioner examination.The format of the Practitioner exam is as follows:

• Objective testing
• 4 questions per paper, with 20 marks available per question
• 40 marks or more required to pass (out of 80 available) - 50%
• 2 and a half hours duration
• Open book exam (international guide to developing the project business case and international guide to developing the programme business case only).

This qualification is aimed at anyone involved with, or overseeing, a project to understand the work that is necessary to prove a case for investment within the public sector. This includes:

• Senior responsible owners (SROs), programme directors and other directors with responsibility for the successful delivery of programmes and projects
• Project managers, project team members and specialist advisers tasked with delivering a business case for investment
• Officers involved in the scrutiny and review of investment proposals

You must have passed the Foundation qualification in order to sit the Practitioner examination.

Pre-course

There is some mandatory pre-course reading that must be undertaken prior to attending this course. It will be issued with your joining instructions approximately two weeks prior to course commencement. Please ensure you allow time to complete this in full prior to your attendance , it is expected that it will take approximately four hours to complete. In addition, whilst attending your course there will also be some examination preparation evening work.