Course Content
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• Identify and discuss the nature of projects
• Understand the 9 functions of project management
• Clarify the phases in the project life cycle
• Clarify Project Roles and Responsibilities
• Demonstrate Generic Project Management Structures including Key Documentation and Approval Processes
• Complete Individual Project Management Evaluations
• Justify the project business case
• Write scope statements / definitions
• Identify project stakeholders
• Develop a cohesive project team and identify responsibilities
• Discuss what constitutes a project plan
• Build a work breakdown structure
• Define activities, estimate task durations, and resources
• Assign responsibilities to tasks
• Understand project scheduling, including network diagrams, critical path analysis and Gantt Charts
• Conduct risk assessments and contingency planning
• Undertake plan management, including monitoring, control, reporting and communicating progress
• Bring the project to a successful conclusion.