A powerful learning experience focusing on the practical application of project management processes.

Project Management Fundamentals is a best-practices training course that teaches the use of a practical project management process – the essential concepts, skills and tools for planning and managing projects in today’s dynamic, demanding environments. The course blends solid principles of project management with expert guidance gained from years of implementation experience with a host of global organisations.

You will learn the must-do’s for managing any project, experience working through a step-by-step process for defining and planning a project’s schedule, scope and resources, and discover the vital techniques for tracking progress, measuring performance, and controlling risks, changes and issues.

Different to project management certification training programs, Project Management Fundamentals simulates a real project planning workshop environment, enabling participants to apply the concepts directly to their own projects. This has the dual benefit of hands-on experience to demonstrate the practicality of the process taught, together with valuable tips and guidance from an expert facilitator.

Project Management Fundamentals provides a powerful learning experience with immediate and sustainable positive impact.

Objectives

Discover and experience:

• A structured and practical approach for developing reliable project plans
• Systematic methods for tracking progress and controlling project outcomes
• Substantial hands-on practice in applying project management tools and techniques

Outline

• Typical project challenges
• Core skills for managing projects
• Project management processes
• Critical project success factors
• Stakeholder identification and analysis
• Assigning roles and responsibilities
• Requirements definition and project scoping
• Work breakdown structure
• Time, effort and cost estimating
• Project scheduling and critical path analysis
• Project plan optimisation
• Risk identification and management
• Managing change
• Project performance monitoring and reporting
• Project closeout

Duration

Course duration is 3 days*.

* Optional:

- A reduced content 2-day version

- An enhanced 4-day version with Microsoft Project