Project Management Course: Core Skills
Course Information
Stakeholder and people management. Master soft skills for project management.
Our project management class provides training in the technical aspects of project management and people management.
You will learn critical interpersonal skills for working in project teams and on projects. In addition, you will learn essential project management tools and techniques.
Aims
This course aims to develop tools and methods for technical project management, while also equipping you with essential people management skills.
Outcomes
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
- build a project team
- empower individuals and teams to get the best results including creating an environment for psychological safety
- apply different leadership styles to suit different project phases and contexts
- develop communication, facilitation and negotiation skills to more effectively engage with people
- develop an awareness of psychological models and EQ Frameworks for consideration in future professional development
- allocate work to resources
- apply scheduling tools, including defining your critical path
- apply estimation techniques to define a project budget and schedule
- prepare a project cost estimate and budget
- describe earned value management techniques to develop an integrated baseline and track progress, performance and forecast completion date and cost
- apply risk management techniques and integrate risk treatments into the project plan.
Content
Part 1: Forming and leading teams
Forming and leading teams
- Team roles that may exist on your projects
- Building a team with targeted interventions
- Adaptive leadership approaches
- Embracing diversity on projects
Leading others
- Personality traits, learning styles and leadership styles
- Adaptive approaches for effective stakeholder engagement
- International standards for leadership and emotional intelligence
Managing relationships
- Stakeholder analysis techniques, including network thinking, stakeholder dynamics and relationships
- Tailoring communications for audience and purpose
- Facilitation techniques for running effective meetings and workshops
- Negotiation techniques and conflict resolution
Part 2: Technical skills
Planning a project
- Preparing a project WBS, budget and schedule
- Estimation techniques
- Identifying, recording and evaluating risks
- Building risk treatments and contingencies into your project plan
Monitoring and controlling a project
- Measuring project performance
- Integrated performance baseline
- Effective status reports
Even more
- Tips for project success, including what not to do
- Exploring advanced tools, beyond the course
Intended audience
- Project Managers
- The 'accidental' Project Manager
- Team members and subject matter experts involved in projects
- Anyone interested in project management
- Anyone wanting to be more organised in their work
- Current and aspiring business leaders
Prerequisites
None
Before the course
Please complete the Communication and Learning Styles Questionnaire using the PDF document below.
Communication and Learning Styles Questionnaire
Please note, the results from this questionnaire are important to parts of the course and must be completed prior to completion of the Forming and leading teams component of this course.
Delivery style
This two-day course focuses on experiential learning, including group activities where the theory is put into action.
A range of interactive methods will be used including:
- storytelling and the use of professional examples to exhibit concepts
- self-reflection and group discussions
- case studies where the concepts are actively applied
- individual and team activities and presentations
- suggested readings for after training.
Materials
You will receive:
- online course materials (using Dropbox) with case study activities
- online project management tools and templates
- a Statement of Completion.
In order to access online course materials (using Dropbox), we recommend that you bring your own device (Windows or Mac) to class. You should ensure your device is fully charged as access to power is limited. Please note that the University does not carry any responsibility for your lost, stolen, or damaged devices whilst on the University premises.
Courses by module
An introduction to project management
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Technical skills
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Forming and leading teams
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Scoping a project
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| Project Management Course: Introduction |
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| Project Management Course: Core Skills |
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| Project Management Course: The Master Class |
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| Project Management Course: Project Scope and Stakeholder Management |
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| Project Management Course: Managing People and Projects * |
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| Project Management Course: Methods, Tools and Techniques * |
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Note: Each module represents one day of content.
Course content overlaps between courses. Please get in touch if you have questions.
* Managing People and Projects & Methods Tools and Techniques – only available for corporate training bookings.
Schedule
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...Meet the facilitators
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Angela Chellas
What others say
The pace and the content were not too big to digest and were delivered at a pace that allowed for questions/comments and discussion/reflection. The facilitator was passionate and knowledgeable.
Jo Paunot
Fantastic course, presented in a very engaging and thorough way by the facilitator.
Maya Zahran
Having not had much experience in the world of project management, this course was a great introduction to the concepts with more advanced techniques offered when needed. I’ll definitely be able to apply these learnings to work and life.
Eloise Liddy
