ProjectOrbit Refresh — What's New & Essential Review
A short refresher for PCOU holders: the critical ProjectOrbit workflows, controls and approvals, security and privacy reminders, and what is new since the version your credential covers, with a short assessment. Passing the assessment is required to renew PCOU; reading the lessons alone does not renew it.
Course v1.0 · covers ProjectOrbit Build 14
Renews the PVology Certified ProjectOrbit User (PCOU) after you pass the refresher assessment and the Academy approves your renewal.
The refresher renews PCOU, an application-usage credential. It is not a professional project-management certification.
A PVology credential: not issued, accredited or endorsed by PMI, ISO, SAVE International or any other body.
Who it is for
Holders of the PVology Certified ProjectOrbit User (PCOU) credential whose renewal window is open or whose credential has expired.
Prerequisite: An active or expired PCOU credential with its renewal window open.
Learning effort: about 1 hours, calculated from the authored lessons, activities and checks.
Case study: Brightwater office relocation (practice project). Brightwater Interiors is fictional. Use only your learner sandbox and fictional data.
Syllabus
Module 1. Critical workflows refresher
- 1. Create and set up a project · about 12 minFree preview
- 2. Run the project and report on it · about 12 min
Learning outcomes
- Choose between Quick create and New project (guided) for a new project
- Add a WBS element, an activity with an owner and a logic link on the Schedule tab
- Explain how a draft baseline becomes an approved baseline
- Record progress from My Work, the task board or the Progress tab against a data date
- Find and act on items in What needs your attention
- Describe the Report Center flow from preparation to issue
Module 2. Controls, approvals and finance access
- 1. Approvals, baselines, change and finance access · about 14 min
Learning outcomes
- Explain who can approve baselines, changes and reports
- Take an approved change through to a new approved baseline
- Decide who needs Finance access and when to use Project team only
Module 3. Security and privacy reminders
- 1. Least access, safe sharing and privacy · about 13 min
Learning outcomes
- Choose the least access a person needs on a project
- Explain what the customer portal shares and never shares
- Manage portal invitations and conversation replies safely
Module 4. What's new since your course version
- 1. Your course version and the Build 14 releases · about 12 min
Learning outcomes
- Find the course version and build your PCOU covers
- Name one change from each Build 14 release, 0.24 to 0.27
- Find two of the newer features in your practice project
Module 5. Refresh assessment
- 1. The refresher assessment and your renewal · about 10 min
Learning outcomes
- Describe the refresher assessment: questions, time, pass mark and review
- Explain the steps from a pass to an approved renewal
- Explain how early and late renewal affect your validity dates
Assessment
10 questions in 15 minutes; provisional pass mark 80%. Questions are scenario-based questions about using the real application, drawn from a private, reviewed bank. Results stay provisional until academy review. These are PVology assessment policies.
| Domain | Share of questions |
|---|---|
| Critical workflows | 40% |
| Controls and approvals | 30% |
| Security, privacy and what's new | 30% |
Across the domains, about 100% of questions test professional knowledge, 0% applied tools and 0% PVology concepts.