Description

Course: Project Management Professional

Course overview

This course provides a systematic and thorough understanding of various aspects of project management. Projects are an increasingly important aspect of modern business. Therefore, the course underlines the importance of understanding the relationship between projects and the strategic goals of the organisation. The course also discusses the technical, cultural, and interpersonal skills necessary to successfully manage projects from start to finish. It emphasises that project management is a professional discipline with its own tools, body of knowledge, and skills. Concepts are reinforced by case studies covering a wide variety of project types and industries.

Course content
Module 1: Understanding the Project and Project Management
 Definition of project
 What is project management?
 Project delivery systems/life-cycle models
 Categorizing different types of projects
 Understanding the difference between projects and programme
 Project managers & project team: traits and skills
Module 2: Project Planning: Timelines, Deliverables and Metrics
 Planning and prioritizing a project
 Project planning guidelines
 Assessing the feasibility of a project
 Developing a project management plan
 Managing progress and timeline adjustments
 Managing stakeholders and human capital
 Cost estimation and budgeting
 Project management tools
Module 3: Proactive Project Risk Management
 Risk versus uncertainty
 Risk management
 Risk identification, factors and sources
 Risk analysis approaches
 Qualification and quantification of probability and impact
 Dealing with subjective elements of risk
 Risk strategies
Module 4: Project Evaluation, Monitoring and Compliance
 Programme evaluation and review technique (PERT tool)
 Key performance indicators
 Setting baseline performance measures
 Understanding and correcting variances
 Assessing work quality
 Setting quality assurance procedures
 Monitoring project performance
 Monitoring risks and changes
 Project monitoring guidelines
Module 5: Challenges and Barriers to Project Success
 Planning phase missing
 Lack of control
 Resource conflicts
 Problems with a matrix environment
 Communication failures
 Stakeholder challenges

Target audience
This program will be of great benefits to project managers, operation officers, project and operations director, and those who wish to broaden their focus beyond the traditional project management activities of planning and scheduling, project control, and termination, to a more general, inclusive, and hence, more valuable perspective of the project management process.
Learning outcomes

Upon completion, participants will know how to:
 Effectively plan a project, improve program strategies and deliver the projects on time
 Identify project vulnerabilities and quantify risks
 Increase useful communication across your project team
 Handle difficult problems

Duration: 5 days