1. Introduction

• Scope and Value of Project Management
  
• Understanding what project management is
  
• The Need for Project Management
  
• The Project Lifecycle
  
• Project Identification and Initiating Process
  
• Project Planning
  
• Project Implementation,Execution and Control
• Project Completion and Evaluation
  
  

2. Project Identification

• Scope and Nature
  
• Formulating Project Objectives
  
• Developing a Project Outline
  
• Assessing a Projects Feasibility
  
• Feasibility Checklist
  
• The Identification Test
  Three Types of Risk
  
  

3. Planning Projects

• Planning Heirachy
  
• Planning Parameters
  
• Planning Quality
  
• Developing a Strategy Framework
  
• Project Breakdown Structure
  
• Planning Time
  
• The Gantt Chart
  
• PERT Charts
  
• Planning Expense
  
• Delegating Responsibilities
  
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 4. Implementing a Project

• Introduction
  
• Implementation
  
• Controlling Process
  
• Applying Standards
  
• Events Control Chart
  
• Budget Control Chart
  
• Monitoring Performance
  
• Evaluating Performance
  
• Regulating Process
  
  

5. Completion and Evaluation of a Project

• Introduction
  
• Why is a Closing Phase Necessary
  
• Declaring Iminent Completion
  
• Reassignment of Resources
  
• Considering Project Sustainability
  
• Project Assessment; Final Report, Performance Reviews
  
• Appraising the Project
  
• Why Projects Succeed or Fail
  
  

6.Developing Technical Project Management Skills

• Preparing a Project Proposal
  
• Proposal Layout
  
• Drawing Up a Budget
  
• Constructing a Post Project Appraisal
  
• Software for Projects; How Project Management Software Works, choosing software
  
• What Project Management Software Cannot Do
  
  

7. Understanding Leadership Skills

• Scope and Nature of Leadership
  
• How to Be A Project Leader
  
• Visibility & CommunicationsLeadership Characteristics
• Leadership Skills
  
• Improving Leadership Skills
  
• Giving Directives and Introducing Change
  
• Orders
  
  

8. Improving Critical Personnel Skills

• Inevitability of Problems
  
• Common Problems
  
• Schedule variations
  
• Changing priorities
  
• Administration overload
  
• Deadline Changes
  
• Cash blow out
  
• Inappropriate skills
  
• Role Confusion
  
• Exhausted Team
  
• Politics
• Reduced Motivation
  
• Communication Breakdown
  
  

9. Major Assignment

• Development of full documentation for projects.
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Aims

• Explain what project management is, and what its applications might be.
• Identify and define projects which need management.
• Plan a project.
• Implement a project.
• Evaluate a project following completion.
• Describe technical skills required to manage projects.
• Demonstrate project leadership skills.
• Identify and solve common project problems.
• Consolidate all of the skills and information from throughout the past 8 lessons, and manage a project effectively.

Learn to Manage Projects in any Industry

This course develops your ability to manage a wide variety of different types of projects, with relevance to any industry.

Almost everything we do in society can be described as a project, from organising a party or constructing a building, to developing a new business or introducing a new social welfare project. Project management as a skill and field of study is essential for successful organisational management. As a formal management function, project management is found in government, industry, and almost all other organisations. Project Management may be called any of a number of other names such as: Program Management, Product Management, Construction Management, and so on.

Project management as a field of action can often be seen in self help schemes or outreach programs. Whatever the objectives, project management involves a number of phases and skills which are essential to a projects completion. To get a better understanding of this process, the term "project management" can be further broken into "project" and "management".

So ... Why should I take this course?