Take the next step with our project management master class for project managers looking to build out their stable of skills. In this course, you will learn the technical aspects of project management, people management and how to scope and initiate a project.

This course offers an in-depth view of project scoping from business case to the realisation of benefits. Work collaboratively to develop the suite of deliverables required to baseline, monitor and control your project scope.

Aims

This course aims to provide a structured approach to the effective initiation and scoping of a project. You will develop your knowledge and skills to set up your projects for success in the initiation and planning phases. The course also aims to further develop your technical project management skills and people management skills.

Outcomes

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

• build a project team
• empower individuals and teams to get the best results including creating an environment for psychological safety
• apply different leadership styles to suit different project phases and contexts
• develop communication, facilitation and negotiation skills to more effectively engage with people
• develop an awareness of psychological models and EQ Frameworks for consideration in future professional development
• allocate work to resources
• apply scheduling tools, including defining your critical path
• apply estimation techniques to define a project budget and schedule
• prepare a project cost estimate and budget
• describe earned value management techniques to develop an integrated baseline and track progress, performance and forecast completion date and cost
• apply risk management techniques and integrate risk treatments into the project plan
• analyse a business case and benefits as inputs to the project scope
• develop a project charter, including definition of benefits, objectives, success measures and deliverables
• identify stakeholders to define a project scope
• meaningfully engage with stakeholders to define fitness for purpose and develop requirements in a quality plan
• develop a WBS, scope statement, requirements traceability matrix, configuration management
• ensure requirements flow through to statement of work through appropriate procurement strategies
• apply integrated change control methods to control or change scope after project commencement
• describe the role of projects in supporting benefits realisation at a program, portfolio and organisational level.

Content
 

Part 1: Scoping a project

Strategy & business benefits

• Context and business benefits or outcomes

Initiating a project

• Preparing the project scope statement
• Aligning scope with strategy and benefits
• Identifying and engaging stakeholders

Develop scope & requirements

• Scoping terminology and approaches to scoping
• Developing a work breakdown structure
• Developing requirements, including traceability matrix and configuration management
• Delivering on requirements using a quality plan
• Developing a procurement plan that will deliver on desired scope

Controlling changes to scope

• Integrated change control approaches

Part 2: Technical skills

Planning a project

• Preparing a project WBS, budget and schedule
• Estimation techniques
• Identifying, recording and evaluating risks
• Building risk treatments and contingency into your project plan

Monitoring and controlling a project

• Measuring project performance
• Integrated performance baseline
• Effective status reports

Even more

• Tips for project success, including what not to do
• Exploring advanced tools, beyond the course

Part 3: Forming and leading teams

Forming and leading teams

• Team roles that may exist on your projects
• Building a team with targeted interventions
• Adaptive leadership approaches
• Embracing diversity on projects

Leading others

• Personality traits, learning styles and leadership styles
• Adaptive approaches for effective stakeholder engagement
• International standards for leadership and emotional intelligence

Managing relationships

• Stakeholder analysis techniques, including network thinking, stakeholder dynamics and relationships
• Tailoring communications for audience and purpose
• Facilitation techniques for running effective meetings and workshops
• Negotiation techniques and conflict resolution

Some familiarity with project management.