This course is accredited by the Services Seta and material covers unit standards 252024 at NQF level 5 worth 4 credits and 252022 at NQF level 5 worth 8 credits.
Course Content:
5 DAY COURSE:
Module 1: Advanced project management context, concepts and tools
• The issues and opportunities that trigger the demand for projects
• The strategic context within which projects are developed
• The project management challenge of staying within scope, time quality and resource constraints
• The difference between projects and programmes
• The Project Management Knowledge areas
• Twelve steps to project Management success
• Own project identification and sketching of main project areas of delivery
Module 2: Project Team Management
• Why have teams?
• Why some teams don’t work
• Why certain teams really work
• Team development stages
• Assembling a project team
• Team structures
• Self-assessment on personal style related to managing project team
• Own project: Analysis of own project team
DAY 2:
Module 3: The Project Management Cycle
• The main phases of a project
• The main processes within and between project phases
• The project management cycle from a project planning viewpoint
• Own project: Identification of project cycle phases of delivery
Module 4: Project Initiation Phase
• Problem analysis tools and techniques
• Project identification, project strategies and project feasibility
• Preparing the business case
• The Project Charter – conclusion of the Initiation Phase
• Own project application
DAY 3:
Module 5: Project Definition Phase
• Stakeholder identification and definition of roles
• Stakeholder Management
• Prioritising your stakeholders
• Understanding your stakeholders
• Project Scope definition
• Risk Management process and planning
• Own project application
Module 6: Project Planning Phase
• Setting project objectives
• Defining project activities/ the work breakdown structure
• Preparing a project schedule / the GANNT Chart
• Resources and Cost Estimation
