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Project Management Fundamentals

Project Management Fundamentals Training provides a practical introduction to planning, scheduling, budgeting, risk management, and stakeholder communication. This course is ideal for professionals in engineering, construction, operations, and business who want to deliver projects successfully.

  • Online – Microsoft Teams
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    2 CPD  Points
  • Price : R 8 999.00
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LEARNING OUTCOMES

After successfully completing this course, you will be able to:

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Understand the role and responsibilities of a project manager

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Apply structured project management processes

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Develop basic project plans, schedules, and budgets

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Identify and manage project risks and issues

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Communicate effectively with stakeholders

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Monitor project progress and control changes

Introduction to Project Management

  • What is a project?

  • Project vs operations

  • Key characteristics of successful projects

  • Project management standards and methodologies (PMI®, PRINCE2®, Agile overview)

  • The project life cycle

Roles, Responsibilities, and Governance

  • The role of the project manager

  • Project sponsor, stakeholders, and project team

  • Organisational structures (functional, matrix, projectised)

  • Governance and decision-making structures

Project Initiation

  • Business case development

  • Project objectives and success criteria

  • Stakeholder identification and analysis

  • Project charter and project mandate

Scope Management

  • Defining project scope

  • Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

  • Scope baseline

  • Managing scope creep and change requests

Time and Schedule Management

  • Defining activities and sequencing

  • Estimating durations

  • Developing a project schedule (Gantt charts, critical path method)

  • Schedule monitoring and control

Cost and Resource Management

  • Cost estimation techniques

  • Budgeting and cost control

  • Resource planning and allocation

  • Earned Value Management (EVM) basics

Risk and Issue Management

  • Risk identification and assessment

  • Risk registers and mitigation strategies

  • Contingency planning

  • Managing issues and escalation

Quality Management

  • Quality planning and assurance

  • Quality control tools

  • Continuous improvement

  • Linking quality objectives to project outcomes

Communication and Stakeholder Management

  • Communication planning

  • Reporting and documentation

  • Managing stakeholder expectations

  • Conflict resolution and team motivation

Monitoring, Control, and Change Management

  • Performance measurement

  • Progress tracking and reporting

  • Change control processes

  • Managing deviations from plan