Introduction to Project Management

Project management was once the province of Construction and Engineering. Now everyone is a project manager. Nurses, teachers, librarians, accountants, lawyers, administrators are among the many that have recognised the value that a project management approach brings to any type of work.

During the course you will learn concrete and practical skills and have some opportunity to apply them directly and immediately to your own projects. This ensures that you will learn in a relevant and meaningful context.

The course covers three of the competency units as prescribed the National Competency Standards for Project Management.

Learning Outcomes

• Explain project structure & life-cycle
• Define project objectives, deliverables & scope
• Develop a WorkBreakdown Structure
• Schedule tasks & produce a Gantt chart
• Utilise scheduling concepts - float & critical path
• Detect & resolve resource overloads
• Produce a detailed project budget with breakdowns
• Monitor progress & identify corrective actions

Course Outline

• Introduction
• An Overview of Project Management
• Initiating & Defining Individual Projects
• Developing a WorkBreakdown Structure
• Critical Path Scheduling
• Estimating Techniques
• Resolving Resource Overloads
• Project Monitoring, Tracking & Control
• Methodology for the Workplace
• Summary & Conclusions

Course Outline

• Project Managers
• Project Coordinators
• Project Officers
• Team Leaders
• Anyone working on projects