Weekly online
Each four-month module includes 14 interactive two-hour classes and one reading week, following an optional full-day London masterclass. Read selected material, practise between sessions and bring your questions back to the group.
Professional learning · Project Controls & Management
Project Management Professional (PMP) Preparation.
Build the judgement to lead a project from intent to value.
A difficult project rarely fails because the team has never seen a template. It struggles when priorities compete, evidence is incomplete and the next decision is unclear. KBC’s eight-month PMP preparation programme connects the PMBOK® Guide — Eighth Edition with the project leadership situations assessed in PMI’s July 2026 examination. Across two modules, you examine how governance, scope, schedule, finance, stakeholders, resources and risk work together. Predictive, adaptive and hybrid approaches are compared through practical scenarios, helping you explain why an action fits the situation and how it supports a worthwhile project outcome.
Weekly route8 months
Live online2 hours a week
Module startsOctober · February · June
Learning structure2 modules
The professional challenge
Make the next decision with more confidence.
Your sponsor wants speed, the customer changes priorities and the latest forecast has weakened. The course develops the ability to connect those signals: clarify the intended benefit, test the evidence, involve the right people and choose a response that protects value while respecting the project’s authority and constraints.
Who will benefit
For project managers, delivery leads, engineers, PMO professionals and experienced specialists who already help lead projects and want a more coherent management approach. It suits professionals preparing for PMI’s eligibility and examination process, alongside those seeking stronger judgement in planning, stakeholder leadership and delivery control.
What you take back to work
Practical capability, built through learning.
- Tailor predictive, adaptive and hybrid ways of working to a project’s uncertainty, delivery cadence and organisational context.
- Connect the seven PMBOK 8 performance domains when planning work, interpreting performance and evaluating change.
- Lead stakeholder and team conversations with clearer purpose, accountability and constructive conflict management.
- Prepare for the July 2026 PMP examination through scenario analysis, targeted revision and practice interpreting project information.
Inside the course
A connected learning journey.
Two four-month modules provide 28 taught sessions using KBC’s 14-session module model. The teaching sequence connects principles and leadership with integrated delivery and examination practice. Reading, worked examples, discussion and independent revision extend the live sessions. Teaching blocks are KBC’s learning structure, rather than chapter-for-session claims about PMI’s book.
01Value, governance and the project environment
Start with the reason a project deserves investment. Explore the PMBOK 8 value-delivery system, governance relationships, sponsorship and the distinction between delivering an output and achieving a useful outcome. Examine the six principles as practical considerations in decisions, including accountability, quality, sustainability and an empowered team culture. Relate governance choices to the business environment examined by PMI.
Apply it at work: Produce a project purpose and governance brief linking outcomes, benefit owners, decision rights and success measures.
02Life cycles and proportionate delivery
Compare predictive, adaptive and hybrid approaches through the stability of requirements, feedback needs and delivery risk. Use PMBOK 8’s five focus areas to understand how initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and closure interact across different life cycles. Work through tailoring choices instead of assuming that one method, meeting rhythm or document set will suit every project.
Apply it at work: Recommend a delivery approach for a case project and justify its planning, feedback and governance arrangements.
03Scope, schedule and finance as one plan
Trace requirements into a scope structure, activities, estimates and a realistic delivery plan. Examine how dependencies, resource availability, assumptions and funding affect commitments. Connect schedule and cost baselines to progress measurement, forecasting and change control. The emphasis is on understanding the relationships behind the figures, so an apparently local change can be assessed for its wider consequences.
Apply it at work: Create and challenge an integrated planning example, then explain the effect of a scope change on time, resources and cost.
04Stakeholders, resources and accountable leadership
Explore how shared purpose, communication, team agreements and clear responsibilities support delivery. Consider stakeholder expectations, negotiation, conflict, knowledge transfer and team capability across distributed and changing environments. Work through situations in which the project manager must listen, facilitate, remove obstacles or escalate. Link leadership behaviour to the evidence needed for an informed and proportionate decision.
Apply it at work: Prepare a stakeholder engagement approach and practise responding to a team conflict or competing customer expectations.
05Risk, quality and adaptation
Connect uncertainty with practical control. Consider threats and opportunities, response ownership, quality assurance, performance evidence and the point at which a risk becomes an issue. Examine how changing regulations, technology or organisational priorities can alter the project’s justification. Discuss AI-supported analysis and sustainability within the broader responsibilities of the project manager, using evidence and human judgement.
Apply it at work: Evaluate a deteriorating project scenario and recommend a coordinated risk, quality and change response.
06Examination judgement and readiness
Use the current Examination Content Outline to organise revision across People, Process and Business Environment. Practise reading the situation before selecting a technique or intervention, including cases with charts and project data. Review errors by the underlying decision rather than memorising isolated answers. Build a personal revision plan around remaining knowledge gaps, interpretation skills and time management.
Apply it at work: Complete scenario-based practice and maintain an error-review log with a reasoned correction for each missed decision.
Learn around your working life
Time to understand. Space to apply.
This course runs across 2 modules (8 months) on the weekly route. Intensive teaching dates cover the agreed learning block; the full programme and external assessment requirements remain in your learning plan.
Online or in a city near you
Face-to-face delivery can be arranged in London, Maidstone, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds and Liverpool. Your course offer confirms the venue and teaching dates.
A London masterclass to start your module
Meet your tutors and fellow professionals at an optional full-day London event. KBC covers the event, agreed transportation, refreshments and an open buffet dinner. Confirm arrangements with the team before booking travel.
Support between sessions
Return to class recordings and learning resources, bring questions to your tutor and use free one-to-one tutoring and coaching support. Your course plan sets out the guided reading and practice needed alongside live teaching.
Your route to recognition
Know what the assessment involves.
PMI awards PMP after approving eligibility and a successful external examination. The July 2026 exam has 180 questions and 240 minutes, covering People (33%), Process (41%) and Business Environment (26%). Applicants need qualifying project-leadership experience and 35 hours of eligible project management education, with experience requirements varying by educational route. KBC’s learning activities and practice assessments support preparation; attendance does not itself confer PMP. The application and examination arrangements should be confirmed for the learner’s intended exam date.
Your written offer records the award or course completion requirements, any examination fees included, and the relevant eligibility checks.
The professional knowledge behind the course
Explore the books and standards.
The learning themes above bring together the relevant guide, syllabus and workplace practice. KBC’s teaching sequence connects these ideas through discussion and application.
- A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) and The Standard for Project Management ↗Project Management Institute · Eighth Edition, 2025
Value-delivery system; six principles; life cycles and focus areas; seven performance domains; tailoring; tools and techniques.
- PMP Certification Examination Content Outline ↗Project Management Institute · July 2026 examination
Current exam tasks, domains, format and eligibility. Exam blueprint governs preparation; PMBOK is not the sole exam source.
- New PMP exam ↗Project Management Institute · Verified 10 September 2026
9 July 2026 launch; planned live-training provider eligibility changes from 1 December 2026.
Your investment
Get a course offer that fits your route.
Request the standalone fee for your chosen format, including the teaching, reading materials, assessment and membership arrangements relevant to this course.
Exploring the full PCP apprenticeship?
£27,000 apprenticeship funding + £7,000 additional IPC support. The IPC package covers professional examinations, memberships, graduation, Benenden Health membership, London masterclasses and agreed transport.
These figures relate to the complete Project Controls Professional apprenticeship. Standalone course fees are separate. The team confirms eligibility, any employer contribution and the contents of your written offer.
Explore the PCP pathway →Your questions, answered.
Is this aligned to the new PMP examination?
Yes. The preparation basis is PMI’s July 2026 Examination Content Outline, supported by PMBOK 8. The updated examination is already in effect; older domain weightings and the 230-minute format should not be used.
Must I already meet PMI’s experience requirements?
You can discuss development needs with KBC, but PMI must approve your eligibility before you can take its examination. Your experience and education should be reviewed early so the learning timetable supports a realistic application.
Does the PMBOK Guide contain everything examined?
No. PMI explicitly distinguishes the examination blueprint from the book. Preparation combines the current exam tasks, project-management references and the application of concepts to realistic professional decisions.
What would this help you achieve?
Talk to KBC about your experience, your goals and the right learning route for you.