Project Management

Project management is the business discipline of planning, organising, securing and managing resources to achieve specific goals.  A project is often a temporary endeavour with a defined beginning and end (usually time-constrained, and often constrained by funding or deliverables), undertaken to meet unique goals and objectives, typically to bring about beneficial change or added value.

Projects go through a number of phases and managing its progress effectively is critical to ensure it all runs smoothly.  Every project you manage will be unique; scope, budgets, team dynamics and timeframes will differ.  As a project manager, the most important factor in achieving project success will be your understanding of all the critical aspects of successful project management, not only the technical aspects but also importantly the management and motivation of all stakeholders and the successful navigation of the change process.  This course will enable you to deliver projects on time and on budget, again and again.

Who Should Attend?

The course is recommended for project managers, senior executives, leaders, project team members, business analysts and managers.

Course Outline:

Project Management Principles
What is a project?
Why is project management important today?
Understanding the nature of projects
The Project Life-Cycle
Project Management Competencies
Obstacles to successful projects and how to overcome them
Project Management People Principles
Managing Stakeholders
Effective Communication
Influencing the Organisation
Leadership and Decision-making
Motivation of a Diverse team
Negotiation and Conflict Management
Problem Solving
Change Management
Managing Projects
The Project Management process
Facilitating productive project meetings
Develop Preliminary Project Scope Statement
Planning Process Group
Develop Project Management Plan
How to use PERT and SWOT analysis in the planning stage
Scope Planning
Scope Definition
Create Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Activity Definition
Activity Sequencing
Activity Resource Estimating
Activity Duration Estimating
Schedule Development
Cost Estimating
Cost Budgeting
Quality Planning
Human Resource Planning
Communications Planning
Risk Management Planning
Risk Identification
Close Project
Contract Closure
Process Interactions
Project Management Process Mapping
Project Report

Additional Info

  • Course Duration: 2 Days
  • Investment: R 3 490
  • Includes: Fully developed manual | Framed certificate of attendance | Notepad | Pen
  • In-house Training: In-house training is convenient and can be more cost effective.
  • Public Courses: Book 2 or more delegates from the same company and receive 10% discount.
  • More Information: Contact Us
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“The content was good, Elmarie was excellent, she really conveyed her passion and broad experience even when we went off topic, her passion comes through.” 

Chris Nel

Company Rep

Pannar Seed

 

“Elmarie is a superb presenter and conveys her content with authority and humour.” 

Christin English

Media Officer

Pannar Seed

 

“Elmarie is such a great presenter, her knowledge and willingness to share has made this course worthwhile.”

Pranitha Reddy

FNB

 

"It has been a few days now since we had our teambuilding workshop; obviously giving us some time to digest our experiences of last Monday and Tuesday. On Thursday we had our regular Mechanical Team meeting where we all had a chance to briefly reflect on our experiences from the workshop. The comments were all overwhelmingly positive, more so than any other team exercise that I’ve experienced so far with this bunch."

Paul Dornbrack

Sasol Technology Fuels Research

 

"Elmarie, WELL done on the excellent feedback I received.  You were a winner in the training intervention – exactly what I suspected.  Thank you for continuing to make a difference to our colleagues’ lives."

Wilma van Heerden

HRD Specialist

Sasol Learning and Development Centre

 

"I have never been to a course that was presented like this. Elmarie had the whole group involved for the two days. There was so much interaction and not just the ususal reading from a manual or looking at a presentation.  Even shy people participated.  The examples and “games” was well chosen.  I will recommend her to everyone and so many people that I am going to tell about this course.

Well done to the person who chose her to train for Sasol."

Lorna van Schalkwyk

Work Management Practitioner

Sasol SA

 

"Elmarie, thank you for a great and wonderful presentation. Your presentation made a great impression on my colleagues and I received excellent feedback. Lake International is proud of our association and are happy to recommend your services to any organisation."

Ilse Channer

Lake International Technologies

 

"I have completed a host of similar sessions over the years but must admit that your style and content fits exceptionally well with your business name. I find that Australian businesses (in general) pay lip service to and generally lack the fundamentals when it comes to delivering tangible results on people management. I found your content was stimulating and relevant with something there for all participants. And needless to say it was very well delivered."

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General Manager

Seed Solutions (Australia)