Project Management for Busy Professionals
Date: 17 – 21 Jan 2022
This is a foundational course that cuts through the clutter and focuses on the key principles of project management. It offers a stream-lined approach to project management gleaned from the best practices of experienced, effective project professionals and managers. It is intended for anyone who needs to lead or manage projects of any kind and offers tools and techniques for achieving project success every time.
You will explore some of the organizational issues surrounding project management, and how organizational structures affect the application and performance of project management approaches and activities. You will review how different organizations apply project management concepts and methodologies. You will also examine the nexus between project management and strategic objectives. You will also explore the critical characteristics that effective project managers must possess for effective project delivery.
The course is presented in an interactive atmosphere complete with case studies drawn from real life experiences that allow you to test your understanding of the content.
In this course you will learn:
- What a project is and its characteristics
- They key project management concepts and terms
- The qualities, characteristics and roles of effective project managers
- Project management context – The strategic importance of project management to organizational survival
- Project management and national development
- How enterprise environmental factors and organizational process assets can affect project management processes
- Different organization structures and their impact on project management processes and activities
- Project lifecycle and its common trends and patterns
- Project management process groups (Initiating, Planning, Controlling, Executing and Closing)
- Project management knowledge areas
- Portfolio and Portfolio management
- Program and program management
- The definition of project success
- Project success criteria and critical success factors
- Why projects fail
