Course Overview

Are you a manager? Do you have the responsibility of project management? If the answer to both is true, then this is the right course for you! The 'Project Management' course has been designed to support managers and their teams with a holistic approach to successful achievement of project objectives. 

Objectives

This course will cover the following aspects:

• An overview of project management including principles, processes, tools and techniques
• Key documentation, roles and responsibilities throughout the lifecycle of a project
• Stakeholder analysis, communication and engagement 
• The scope of the project manager 
• Associated costs of projects including budgets, timescales, collaborative working and mitigation of risk
• Project management methods including standards, best practice, teamwork, delegation, communication and reviewing success

As a manager you will be undertaking project management leadership and it is vital you have the tools and support to execute this successfully. This course will support your knowledge, skills and behaviours ultimately leading to outstanding project success. This course is approximately 4 hours long.

Approach

This fully online course has been carefully designed to enable you to take the materials, apply the learning to your role and is broken down into manageable stages. This course allows you to check your knowledge at relevant steps. Learning resources include:

• Narrated media
• Video
• Downloadable PDFs
• Signposting to suitable organisations
• Supporting glossaries
• Interactive elements
• Ongoing assessment
• Progress tracking
• Full course CPD certification

In this course you can download the following support materials:

• Full transcripts of all lessons in PDF booklet form
• 7 PDF activity information sheets
• 3 spreadsheet solution support documents
• 1 presentation template
• 2 diagram tables

To ensure you are able to interact with all the course content, you will need: 

• Word Processor 
• Spreadsheet program
• Presentation program
• PDF reader 
• Printer with paper 
• Speakers/headphones
• Access to the Internet 
• Web browser with the ability to use a VLE/LMS

Target Audience

Managers