This is a 2-day short course, providing a solid grounding on the fundamentals of Project Management, based on the 5 Process Groups of PMBOK.

Fundamentals of the project management cycle

• What is a project?
• Definitions
• The difference between projects and processes
• The role of the project manager
• Project phases

Managing project goals and task outlines

• Developing scope
• Project constraints
• Project priorities
• Conducting a stakeholder analysis
• Project communication planning
• Initial project scope processes
• Project charter and project goals

Determining project status

• The project in the context of your organisation
• Project formative phase: detailed scope planning

Selecting, motivating and managing the project team

• Understanding project team members
• Team selection
• Team management

Managing delegation, controlling and tracking the project

• Project monitoring
• Control systems
• Project change controls

Managing clients and stakeholders

• The project communication and engagement plan

Managing project schedules and budgets

• Project resources
• Assigning resources
• Budget allocation, monitoring and management
• Budget reporting – it’s not just the final figure
• Contingency plans

Project close, evaluation and review

• Closing the project
• The devil is in the detail
• Assessment of project outcomes and lessons learned

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