Project Management Diploma

Course details

This program is designed to enable project team members and team leaders of single and multiple workplace projects to perform their role more thoughtfully and more effectively.  The design of the Diploma means that the course also provides a sound basis for managers who wish to develop further and take higher level management and business programs

Course outlines :

Module 1: Managing Professional Development Activities

• Assessing Needs and Planning Development Activities

Module 2: Overview of Project Management

• Project Management Best Practice; Definitions;
• Why Project Management is Essential;
• The Demand for Project Management;
• Qualities and Competencies of a Project Manager

Module 3: Project Structures and Life Cycle

• Defining and Categorizing Projects;
• The Life Cycle of the Project;
• Overview of Prince Project Methodology;
• The Lean and Mean Approach

Module 4: Feasibility and Risk in Projects

• Testing and Assessing the Feasibility of the Project;
• Assessing and Managing Risk

Module 5: Working with and Leading People ( Project Teams )

• Managing the Project Team Members;
• Managing Creativity and Conflict;
• Internal and External Roles and Responsibilities;
• Managing Relationships

Module 6: The Project Closure Stage

• Planning and Activating the Closure Point;
• A Project Closure Templates

 Module 7: Managing Projects: Research, Development, Proposal, Implementation

• Inpidual Report – Planning the implementation of a project

Learning objectives

• To equip delegates with an advanced ‘toolbox’ of techniques, systems, strategies, tools and methods to setup, plan, manage and close out almost any project.
• To develop their people management skills, confidence and experience of using these new skills and techniques so as to become even more dynamic project managers, make decisions quickly, and in a way that includes the project team, sponsors and end users.

 Who Should Attend?

The Diploma is suited to people working in both the private and public sector, and is appropriate to almost all functional disciplines and industrial sectors.

The Diploma is suited to those who are:

• Working in a project team
• Involved in managing project teams
• Involved in delivering projects, managing suppliers, etc.
• Implementing projects and managing change within organizations.
• supervisory or management position, or other project related roles