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COURSE TRAINERS
Kirstin S Bosworth
Mark Badham
Mark Badham
Mark is the Managing Director of Leading Edge Business Solutions. Mark has been programming since the age of 10 when he wrote his fist Basic Program on an Apple IIe. He has always been passionate about computers and education and started tutoring matric students in 1994. Mark has been training advanced Linux courses, installing, configuring and maintaining Linux servers since November 1999. In 2002 Mark began training Perl courses. Mark was among the first group to write the LPI level 2 Certification in South Africa in 2004. Since March 2006 Mark has been training PHP, MySQL and JavaScript. Since 2009 Mark has started training Java and Python.
Mark's formal qualifications include:
Bsc (Engineering) Electrical
Institution: University of the Witwatersrand.
Final Subjects IncludedComputer Engineering
Certification: Level 2 Certification
Institution: Linux Professional Institute
Details
1-day fundamentals of project management workshop that gives a comprehensive overview of the main roles of Project Management. This is a pre-cursor course to the accredited Project Management Tools and Techniques Course. Project Management Fundamentals is ideal for anyone new to project management without a formal project management qualification who needs a grasp of the terminology of project management in order to effectively participate in projects. This is Unit Standard Aligned.
This course covers the outcomes for the following unit standard:
| SAQA ID | 120372 |
|---|---|
| UNIT STANDARD TITLE | Explain fundamentals of project management |
| NQF Level | 4 |
| CREDITS | 5 |
Delivery Methods
Leading Training is focusing on providing virtual training courses for the foreseeable future and will only consider in-person and classroom training on request, with a required minimum group size of six delegates. We remain committed to offering training that is fast, focused and effective.
| Delivery Method | Duration | Price (excl. VAT) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classroom | 1 Days | ZAR 2,750.00 | Get a Quote | |
| Live Virtual Training | 1 Days | ZAR 2,250.00 | Get a Quote |
Discounts Available
Brochure:
Audience
Anyone who would like to gain an understanding of the fundamentals of Project Management and who requires an accredited course.
Pre-Requisites
No Project Management experience is necessary.
One needs to have communication and numeracy at NQF level 3 (Grade 11) to meet the entry requirements for this course.
Course Outline / Curriculum
- Overview
- Learning Objectives
- What is a Project?
- Project Management Basics
- Project Management and Change Management
- Why Do Projects Fail?
- Three Ways to End a Project
- Overview to Approaches to Project Management
- Traditional or Waterfall Project Management
- Prince2® Principles, Themes, and Processes
- PMBOK Knowledge Areas
- Agile Project Management
- Choosing the Best Approach
- Roles and Responsibility in Waterfall
- Organizational Breakdown Structure
- Project Manager
- Sponsor
- Business Analyst
- Project Administrator
- Project Planner
- Quantity Surveyor
- Contracts Manager
- RACI
- The Project Life Cycle
- The Initiation phase
- The Planning Phase
- Execution Phase
- Termination Phase
- Phases or Stages of a Project
Schedule Dates and Booking
There are currently no scheduled dates.
Please note that this course needs a minimum of 6 delegates to schedule a course. You can choose to be added to the waiting list by clicking the button below, and we will contact you when we have enough delegates interested. Should we not get enough delegates, we will refund or credit your paid booking.
Should you need this course urgently, the following options are available:
- Pay for 6 delegates (whether you have them or not) and we will schedule the course as soon as possible.
- If you have fewer delegates and cannot pay for 6, we can negotiate a shortened course where some of the time will be spent in blended learning - watching videos and doing tutorials and exercises with some contact time with the trainer. We would want to discuss what your core needs are so that we cover those aspects. You need to have paid for 3 delegates at least.