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Attending this accredited Project Management Fundamentals course provides a recognized credential that enhances your professional credibility, as well as practical tools and techniques for effectively planning, executing, and monitoring projects. By learning how to break down tasks, set clear goals, and structure teams, you'll streamline processes and optimize resources.
The course also covers organizational roles, stakeholder engagement, and change management, helping you become a confident leader who communicates clearly and drives successful outcomes.
This 2-day Accredited Project Management Fundamentals workshop gives a comprehensive overview of the main roles of a Project team and is a pre-cursor course to the accredited Project Management Tools and Techniques Course.
This course covers the outcomes for unit standard 120372 at NQF level 4 for 5 credits.
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Audience
This course is ideal for individuals new to the workforce, recent Matric graduates, or entry-level employees looking to build foundational project management skills. It’s also beneficial for small business owners, junior team leaders, or anyone seeking a clear, structured introduction to planning, executing, and monitoring projects at a fundamental level.
Pre-Requisites
No Project Management experience is necessary.
You need to have communication and numeracy at NQF level 3 (Grade 11) to meet the entry requirements for this course.
Course Outline / Curriculum
Topcis
- Nature of a Project
- Recognize what sets projects apart from routine operations.
- Explore a project’s typical life cycle and the reasons organizations undertake projects.
- Understand different project types and their complexities.
- Project Management Fundamentals
- Define project management in line with recognized international standards.
- Distinguish between project management processes (planning, executing, monitoring, closing) and technical tasks required to produce project deliverables.
- Compare project management with general management, including key roles and responsibilities within a project team.
- Project Environment Structures
- Learn why structuring a project is crucial (e.g., program and sub-project hierarchies).
- Discover how breaking a project into manageable components (product/work/cost breakdown) enhances clarity and efficiency.
- Understand the benefits of a well-defined framework for coordinating tasks and stakeholders.
- Organizational Structures and Roles
- Differentiate between functional and matrix organizational structures, noting how each impacts project setup.
- Map out a typical project organization chart, including the responsibilities and reporting lines for roles such as project sponsor, manager, and team members.
- Identify various stakeholders, understanding their unique interests and contributions.
- Major Project Management Processes
- Cover the essential stages of managing a project: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring/control, and closure.
- Explore additional management sub-processes (scope, risk, quality, communications, scheduling, cost control, stakeholder engagement, procurement).
- Learn why diligent planning and control are critical, including the potential consequences of neglecting these elements.
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