Project Management Essentials

Overview

Most people will, at some point, be tasked with leading a project or working on a project team. Indeed, the successful management of projects, both big and small, is key to organisational success.

However, managing a project is not an easy task and involves a lot of moving parts.

This course equips learners with the core skills to manage projects on budget, on time, and within scope.

Specifically, the course highlights the different phases of a project and provides tips and tools for successfully initiating, planning, leading, and closing a project.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this course participants will be able to:

• Understand how to define a project’s scope and requirements
• Employ strategies to engage project stakeholders and manage project related conflict
• Understand what is involved in bringing together and successfully leading a project team
• Utilise techniques to track progress against the project’s schedule and budget
• Follow best practices related to project risk management, quality management, and procurement
• More effectively manage project changes and prevent ‘scope creep’
• Identify the tasks required to successfully close out a project

Who Should Enrol?

• All those who lead projects or work as part of a team to complete projects
• Anyone who wants to grow their professional skillset and boost their career prospects

Course Content

The Project Management Essentials course covers the following topics:

1. New Project Manager Essentials

• Key characteristics of projects
• Responsibilities of a project manager
• Resources to leverage when starting a project
• Identifying key project stakeholders

2. Defining a Project Scope and Team

• Determining project requirements
• Defining project scope
• Building and leading a project team

3. Creating a Project Schedule and Budget

• Creating a project schedule and identifying key project milestones
• Defining the project’s budget
• Using data to assess project performance

4. Managing a Project to Minimize Risk and Maximize Quality

• Planning for and managing project risks
• Ensuring projects are delivered to the required quality standards
• Determining whether to complete work in-house or outsource to a third party
• Selecting vendors

5. Navigating through Changes and Conflicts in Projects

• Controlling changes on a project and preventing ‘scope creep’
• Developing a communication plan
• Communicating with and effectively engaging project stakeholders
• Approaches for managing conflict that may arise during the project

6. Taking Final Steps to Bring a Project to its Close

• Getting projects back on track when behind schedule or over budget
• Key steps in wrapping up a project at its completion