Overview

This course is designed to help learners understand and apply the principles of project management which enable a positive contribution to project work in an organisational setting. Learners will explore how projects are set up and managed using project management tools and techniques. The course will help learners to develop skills, knowledge and understanding of process management and the approaches to risk management adopted by managers of various projects.

Learning Outcomes

• Identify the principles of project management.

• Apply the principles of project management to a chosen project.

• Identify the need for a project in a selected organisation.

• Implement the steps required to set up a project.

• Evaluate the management of a project in a chosen organisation.

• Use planning tools in the management of a project.

• Assess the effectiveness of project management. software in successfully delivering a complex project.

• Evaluate the use of project management techniques in different types of projects.

• Use project process management in a selected organisation.

• Analyse how quality may be improved by the introduction of project process management in a selected organisation.

• Manage project risk in a selected organisation.

• Evaluate the effectiveness of risk management in the chosen project.