In this current day and age, project management is an emerging discipline that is rapidly becoming a standard way of doing business. Increasingly aggressive competition is encouraging companies worldwide, regardless of their industry sector, to become more project-driven. It is nowadays accepted that project management is no longer a nice-to-have competency but absolutely essential to the success of business objectives. This means that the business world today needs competent project managers to lead project teams as well as skilled project team members to function effectively within these project teams. This course will provide learners with the knowledge and skills to plan and control the scope, risk, budget and schedule of basic projects.