The World of Project Management

• What is a project?
• Mature project management
• Selecting projects to meet organizational goals
• Managing programmes and portfolios
• Uncertainty in project selection decisions
• Project data, information and knowledge management

Project Planning, Scheduling and Budgeting

• Strategic, tactical and operational planning
• The contents of a project plan
• Level of detail in scheduling
• Network logic and dependency analysis
• Project uncertainty and risk management
• Fundamentals of budgeting and cost control

Project Resourcing, Monitoring and Control

• Resource allocation
• Expediting a project
• The Critical Chain approach
• Designing the monitoring cycle
• Performance indicators and control mechanisms
• Designing the change control system

The Project Manager’s Roles and Responsibilities

• Selection of the Project Manager
• Project Team-building and empowerment
• Delegating with confidence
• Communication within the project team
• Project team leadership
• Conflict handling

Project Evaluation, Reporting, Closure and Hand-over

• Evaluation criteria and project auditing
• Analysing project performance
• Progress reports and records
• Determinants of project success
• Successful project hand-over
• Lessons learned and creating learning culture