Advanced Project Management

Course Outcomes

Upon completing this course, the participants should:

• be familiar with project management terminology, concepts, and definitions
• know the differences and similarities between PROJECT work and day-to-day work
• understand both PROJECT and PRODUCT lifecycles
• be familiar with relevant organisational structures appropriate to various project environments, with particular reference to Government Departments
• have an understanding of key project success and failure factors within their workplace
• be familiar with the basic project selection methods
• be able to compile a Project Proposal
• be able to compile a Project Charter
• be able to identify and prioritise project stakeholders
• be able to refine the project scope statement
• determine the approach for decomposing the work of the project to the required level of detail
• be able to apply key project management tools and formulate a Gantt chart, Work Breakdown Structure and budget
• know how to plan for project risk
• know how to plan quality into a project
• be familiar with project procurement within a government context, and how procurement affects deadlines
• Understand the basics of Earned Value Management as a project control method
• Know how to handle scope change
• know the key skills and processes to select and manage project teams
• be able to handle conflict on project teams
• be familiar with forms of power and motivation within project teams
• know the critical elements for effective project communication
• know the importance of successful project Closure
• have a broad overview of project management software

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