FPM 121: Acquisition Fundamentals of Project & Program Management II
Where the fundamentals become real. FPM 121 is the hands-on capstone of the entry-level program and project management series — the course where everything from FPM 120A and 120B stops being theory and gets put to work. Instead of learning about project management, you'll do it: working as part of a team to carry a project from a capability gap all the way to a recommended solution. Across the week you'll build the deliverables a real federal project demands — a work breakdown structure, high- and system-level requirements, an analysis of alternatives, a business case, an acquisition plan — and work through risk management, systems engineering, performance measurement, and the leadership it takes to move a team toward a decision. You'll also walk the acquisition side: defining requirements and a performance work statement, and understanding how source selection, market research, and contract award actually unfold.
This is where the why you learned in 120A and 120B becomes the how — applied, defended, and documented the way the job actually requires. You won't leave with notes; you'll leave having done the work.
A note on certification paths: There's more than one way to meet FAC-P/PM Level I training. Some agencies look for FPM 120A and 120B (or FPM 120 (FED)) followed by FPM 121; others accept the FPM 131–134 series. Because requirements vary by agency, check with your Acquisition Career Manager (ACM) to confirm which courses your agency requires or accepts before you build your certification plan.
Whether you take it for certification or not — this is a great way to earn CLPs while building genuinely valuable, immediately usable project management skills. Solid knowledge, real CLP credit, and practical tools and information to make you better at your job.
Best for: entry-level federal project and program managers ready to apply the fundamentals in a hands-on, team-based setting — and anyone who wants to practice federal project work, not just read about it.
Format: 5 days / 40 CLPs. Classroom or virtual. (Also available as a two-week, half-day option.)
Pricing is set per engagement. Contact Phoenix Canyon to request a quote.
Where the fundamentals become real. FPM 121 is the hands-on capstone of the entry-level program and project management series — the course where everything from FPM 120A and 120B stops being theory and gets put to work. Instead of learning about project management, you'll do it: working as part of a team to carry a project from a capability gap all the way to a recommended solution. Across the week you'll build the deliverables a real federal project demands — a work breakdown structure, high- and system-level requirements, an analysis of alternatives, a business case, an acquisition plan — and work through risk management, systems engineering, performance measurement, and the leadership it takes to move a team toward a decision. You'll also walk the acquisition side: defining requirements and a performance work statement, and understanding how source selection, market research, and contract award actually unfold.
This is where the why you learned in 120A and 120B becomes the how — applied, defended, and documented the way the job actually requires. You won't leave with notes; you'll leave having done the work.
A note on certification paths: There's more than one way to meet FAC-P/PM Level I training. Some agencies look for FPM 120A and 120B (or FPM 120 (FED)) followed by FPM 121; others accept the FPM 131–134 series. Because requirements vary by agency, check with your Acquisition Career Manager (ACM) to confirm which courses your agency requires or accepts before you build your certification plan.
Whether you take it for certification or not — this is a great way to earn CLPs while building genuinely valuable, immediately usable project management skills. Solid knowledge, real CLP credit, and practical tools and information to make you better at your job.
Best for: entry-level federal project and program managers ready to apply the fundamentals in a hands-on, team-based setting — and anyone who wants to practice federal project work, not just read about it.
Format: 5 days / 40 CLPs. Classroom or virtual. (Also available as a two-week, half-day option.)
Pricing is set per engagement. Contact Phoenix Canyon to request a quote.