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Overview
Covers the full project lifecycle with practical tools for scope, schedule, cost, risk and stakeholders. Method-agnostic, teaching when to use predictive planning and when iterative delivery serves better.
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Aims of the Course
- Define scope, deliverables and success criteria
- Plan schedules, resources and budgets
- Manage risk, issues and change requests
- Lead project teams and report status truthfully
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Course Structure
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Project Foundations
- Projects versus business as usual
- Lifecycle and stage gates
- Roles and governance
- Charters and success criteria
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Scope and Requirements
- Requirement gathering
- Work breakdown structure
- Scope control and change requests
- Acceptance criteria
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Schedule and Resources
- Dependencies and critical path
- Estimation techniques
- Resource levelling
- Milestones and baselines
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Cost and Procurement
- Budget building and tracking
- Earned value basics
- Supplier selection and contracts
- Cost control decisions
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Risk and Quality
- Risk identification and scoring
- Mitigation and contingency
- Quality planning and assurance
- Issue escalation
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Delivery and Closure
- Stakeholder communication plans
- Team leadership and status reporting
- Agile and hybrid delivery
- Lessons learned and handover
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Learning Outcomes
- 01Write a project charter with measurable outcomes
- 02Build a resourced schedule with critical path
- 03Maintain a live risk register with mitigations
- 04Report status honestly with earned value data
- 05Close a project with documented lessons
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Assessment
- Full project plan submission
- Risk and stakeholder workbook
- Simulated project review
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Entry Requirements
- Open access; project involvement helpful
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Progression and Careers
- Project coordinator or manager
- Programme support officer
- Delivery lead