Sneak Peek
An Intensive Course on Project Management
Project Management Skills can be interchangeable between professions and jobs, the soft skills once learned can be applied to many situations can are valuable skills to have in your kit.
This course will help you learn successful time management strategies, procedural frameworks, assessment and incentive schemata, and other tools for control to get you back on track – and keep you there.
Having sound skills and knowledge in project management is important for many occupations and can be a skill that can be taken from one job to another and even help in your own life. Understanding the different stages of a project, the resources and relationships that you will need to rely on that will help you complete a project.
A project is a temporary piece of work that is undertaken to create an individual or unique service, product or result. Projects are temporary in that they have a beginning and end, so they have set resources and scope.
What is covered in this course?
HOW TO WORK THROUGH THIS COURSE
LESSON 1 NATURE AND SCOPE OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT
The role of a project manager
Definitions
Characteristics of a project
Stages of a project
Where is project management applied?
Types of project management
Types of project management offices
Project types
State of the art
Static management
Lesson 1 Additional reading
Review what you have been learning
LESSON 2 RISK AND UNCERTAINTY
What is risk?
Some seek risk
The importance of a business case
The feasibility study
Risk identification
Lesson 2 Additional reading
Review what you have been learning
LESSON 3 MAINTAINING CONTROL THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT
Tools for control
When and where control needs to be exercised
Nine steps to successful project planning
Lesson 3 Additional reading
Review what you have been learning
LESSON 4 INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
What is communication?
Communication systems and techniques
Setting up communications systems in projects
Active listening
Finding the right staff
Lesson 4 Additional reading
Review what you have been learning
LESSON 5 THE END GAME
Reviews are costly
Lesson 5 Additional reading
Review what you have been learning
LESSON 6 SOME GOLDEN RULES OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Lesson 6 Additional reading
Review what you have been learning
FINAL ASSESSMENT
How does this course work?
You can enrol at any time.
Once you have paid for the course, you will be able to start straight away.
Study when and where you like. Work through at your own pace.
You can download your study-guide to your smart phone, tablet or laptop to read offline.
There are automated self-assessment tests you can complete at the end
of each lesson. You can attempt these as many times as you wish and
each time, upon completion, you can see your results. You will need
internet access to complete the self assessment tests.
At the end of the course, you are presented with a large assessment
which can be attempted online, anywhere, anytime. If you achieve a 60%
pass in the exam; you immediately receive a downloadable certificate of
completion with your name on it.