Project Management is an invaluable tool used in all industries, and in all sorts of situations. It is relevant to a diverse range of projects, including technical, human resources, marketing, and more. This is a compressed version of a much longer course, so it is highly informative, and great value for money. It was developed by highly qualified professionals, with years of experience in their respective fields.
GENERAL INFORMATION
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”.
WHAT YOU WILL DO IN THIS COURSE
There are nine lessons as follows:
- Introduction
Understanding what project management is, and what its applications might be. - Project Identification
Identification and defining projects which need management. - Project Planning
Developing a strategy and framework for the plan. - Project Implementation
Managers duties during implementation, developing a Preparation Control Chart,
Regulating implementation. - Project Completion & Evaluation
Dangers in this stage, Steps in Project completion, Declaring a project sustainable,
Developing an evaluation method. - Technical Project Management Skills
Preparing a proposal, budget control/management, steps in drawing up a
post project appraisal. - Leadership Skills
Styles of leadership, leadership principles and methods. - Improving Key Personnel Skills
Listening skills, Negotiation skills, Conflict management. - Major Assignment
Developing full documentation for a project.
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.
