This course provides a sound grounding in the core project management fundamentals, processes, and techniques

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Those taking on projects management for the first time, or taking on a leadership role within a project, or currently moving along a career path to become a project manager.

Course Description

This 2 day fundamentals course aims to help plan and manage projects to meet the agreed project objectives of: resource, time, cost and quality.

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Define a project;
• Discuss the causes of project failure;
• Understand the importance of project management in today's organisations;
• Appreciate the requirement to have projects linked to business strategies and with defined organisational benefits;
• Discuss the skills required of a project manager;
• Understand the project life cycle and organisational influences;
• Make a presentation of your project status to the Project Control Board 
• Understand and apply the PMI nine knowledge areas;

1. 1. Integration management; 
2. 2. Scope management; 
3. 3. Time management; 
4. 4. Cost management; 
5. 5. Quality management; 
6. 6. Human resources management; 
7. 7. Communications management 
8. 8. Risk management; and 
9. 9. Procurement management.