Key details
Mode of delivery: Online Course
Course code: PM19AO
Duration: 10 days
Fee: £6,660.00 + VAT
CPD Hours: 60
Course Overview
This dynamic and immersive course takes participants on a complete journey through the life cycle of project management. Designed for aspiring and practicing professionals alike, it blends strategic insight with hands-on techniques to build confidence and competence in managing projects of any scale. From laying the groundwork with feasibility analysis and success factors to mastering tools like GANTT charts and critical path analysis, learners will gain the skills to plan, implement, and monitor projects effectively. Along the way, participants will explore the human side of project work — managing stakeholders, resolving conflicts, and leading through change. Financial topics such as budgeting, forecasting, and resource management are covered with practical clarity, ensuring learners can make informed, value-driven decisions. With real-world examples, collaborative exercises, and reflective review sessions, this course is more than just theory — it’s a toolkit for leading projects with purpose, precision, and impact in today’s fast-evolving work environments.
Agenda
Day — 1 Fundamentals of Project Management
- Definition, Roles and Responsibilities
- Analysing Feasibility
- Establising Critical Success Factors
Day — 2 Project Planning
- Defining Project Objectives
- tools GANTT Charts, PERT, CPA
- Allocating Resources
Day — 3 Project Implementation
- Risk Assessment
- Stakeholder Management
- Change Management
Day — 4 Project Performance Monitoring
- Monitoring Progression
- Review Meetings
- Conflict management
Day — 5 Weekly Review
- Summary and recap of key learning objectives
- Action Planning
Day — 6 Project Estimation & Budgeting
- Forecasting Methods
- Forecasts vs Actual Results
- Budgeting methods
Day — 7 Project Stakeholder Management
- Stakeholder Influence
- Stakeholder Conflict
- Stakeholder Management
Day — 8 Project Risk Management
- Risk Strategy and Planning
- Risk Analysis
- Risk Controls
Day — 9 Project Resource management
- Project Funding
- Contracts and Payment Structures
- Financial Appraisal of a Project
Day — 10 Course Review
- Summary and recap of key learning objectives
- Action Planning
Post-Course
- Six (6) x hour-long Executive Coaching sessions at monthly intervals following Course Completion
Target Audience
- Project managers
- Aspiring project professionals
- Team leaders and supervisors
- Programme and portfolio managers
- Business analysts
- Change managers
- Executives and decision-makers
- Entrepreneurs and startup founders
- Engineers and IT professionals
- NGO and public sector staff
Learning Outcomes
- Understand key project management concepts and define roles (e.g., project manager, stakeholders, team members).
- Assess whether a project is viable in terms of cost, time, resources, and objectives.
- Identify and evaluate essential conditions and key factors that influence project success.
- Learn how to set SMART objectives that align with project goals and stakeholder expectations.
- Apply project planning tools to schedule, estimate timelines, and visualize task dependencies.
- Develop strategies to assign human, financial, and material resources efficiently.
- Identify potential risks and apply mitigation strategies to minimize their impact.
- Understand how to engage, communicate with, and manage stakeholder expectations.
- Gain skills to implement and adapt to change while maintaining project objectives and team alignment.
- Learn to track project milestones, deliverables, and performance indicators.
- Conduct effective project reviews to assess progress and guide decisions.
- Develop techniques to resolve disputes and maintain a collaborative project environment.
- Understand various forecasting techniques used to predict project costs and timelines.
- analyse discrepancies between projected and actual outcomes to improve future estimates.
- Learn different budgeting approaches to effectively allocate and manage financial resources.
- Evaluate the level of stakeholder influence and its impact on project decisions.
- Identify potential stakeholder conflicts and apply resolution strategies.
- Apply effective stakeholder engagement techniques to ensure project alignment and support.
- Develop comprehensive strategies to identify, assess, and respond to project risks.
- analyse potential project risks and determine their likelihood and impact.
- Implement appropriate risk control measures to minimize the effect of identified risks.
- Understand methods of securing and managing project funding sources.
- Interpret various contract types and payment structures applicable to projects.
- Conduct financial evaluations to assess the economic viability and return on investment of a project.
