Project management: advanced

Overview

This workshop builds on participants' project management skills with advanced tools and practical techniques.

Course Content

This workshop covers content in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). It uses the project lifecycle as a framework and focuses on the use of practical project management tools and techniques. The workshop covers the nine essential project management functions and emphasises strategic project management, planning, risk management and problem solving to ensure successful project outcomes. The workshop is highly interactive and allows participants to apply the skills to current projects.

Course Outcomes

By the end of this course attendees should be able to:

• identify the skills, roles and responsibilities of the project manager and team members
• manage the scope of a project in the context of organisational strategy, schedules, budgets, risks and stakeholders to achieve agreed outcomes
• apply scope management and guide the application of scope controls
• estimate time outcomes and control project schedules, and determine, monitor and control project costs
• develop individuals and teams into a cohesive project team to meet project objectives
• manage project communications to aid decision making and the achievement of project objectives
• apply risk management strategies and actions to monitor and control project risks
• evaluate and close projects.

Benefits to your organisation

• staff skilled in using practical project management tools and techniques
• projects managed strategically and within time and budget requirements
• improved project management capability

Benefits to you

• familiarity with advanced project management tools and techniques that can be applied directly to work projects
• confidence to manage complex projects