Project Management in Practice Course (Module 2)

Don’t get left behind…

Companies recognise that effective project management is a key factor in assuring project success. A knowledgeable and experienced project manager will drive an optimal project result and maximise the project’s return on investment.

The mark of a truly successful project manager is how they think and behave in the face of the multitude of ‘less-than-ideal’ situations that they are destined to face almost every day of their project management lives. They accept full responsibility for a project’s outcomes and assume the requisite authority to match. These high-performing project managers can strike a delicate balance of the following: analytical and critical thinking skills, superior communication, leadership, negotiation and facilitation skills, combined with a problem-solving, results-oriented focus.

This course has been designed with all the above in mind. With a range of best practice principles as its foundation, this course builds upon participants’ existing skills and knowledge by way of a ‘guided tour’ through a series of real-life scenarios, problems and issues faced by project managers across the board.

Course Objectives

This course provides participants with the opportunity to…

• Critically analyse and problem-solve within a project based on typical, real-life scenarios
• Gain real-life skills for facing challenges they’ll be faced with when managing projects
• Build upon fundamental project management concepts
• Apply effective interpersonal, leadership and communications skills that will help appropriately engage and manage stakeholders throughout the life of a project
• Collaborate and share experiences and knowledge with other practicing project managers

Course Summary

Project selection and feasibility

Exploration of how projects fit into the organisational context and how they are kept in line with organisational strategies and goals.

Planning for success

Key concepts, practices, tools and techniques associated with planning activities e.g. scoping, scheduling, creating budgets, and developing project estimates.

Engaging and communicating with stakeholders

Identifying and analysing stakeholders. How to identify and meet stakeholder expectations through negotiation and collaboration techniques. Dealing with common stakeholder challenges.

Managing risk, procurement and quality

Developing high quality risk statements and risk treatment plans. Selecting vendors through pre-defined evaluation criteria. Defining and meeting quality requirements.

Leading the project

Building and developing the project team. Leading a team through effective delegation and providing structured feedback.

Controlling and closing the project

Identifying activities to effectively control the project. Measuring project performance and reporting on progress. Taking action to manage deviations to planned baselines. The project manager’s role in continuous improvement and benefits realisation.

Although this course does not cover Agile practices in detail, an overview of relevant Agile practices, tools and techniques will be discussed in each session for context.

Once you have gained industry experience in project management, you may wish to pursue a nationally recognised experience-based qualification.

PM-Partners have selected Opportune Professional Development (RTO ID:60072) as our preferred provider of Nationally Recognised Qualifications.

Please see the BSB41515 Certificate IV in Project Management Practice or BSB51415 Diploma of Project Management page of our website for more information*.

Alternatively, you may wish to consider furthering your skills with an Agile course or Program Management course, such as Managing Successful Programs (MSP^®).

* Opportune Professional Development is the provider of these qualifications. PM-Partners is not a Registered Training Organisation.