Managers are often promoted into project responsibility without ever being trained to plan a scope, build a work breakdown structure, or defend a budget to a donor. This gap is exactly what this course closes.

The Arab British Fellowship Training Academy's course on project management essentials equips managers with everything needed to plan a project properly: scope definition, work breakdown structures, financing routes, and risk management.

It also covers the relationship side of the job — networking with donor institutions, running marketing campaigns for funded projects, using modern tools in daily management, and applying the concepts through hands-on models.

Who Should Attend?

• Senior executives, project and program managers, and project supervisors.
• Project management office (PMO) teams and members.
• Project stakeholders and anyone with an interest in this field.

What You Will Gain:

• Hands-on experience in project and business management, including how to secure financing.
• Stronger performance in job interviews for project roles at international and local institutions.
• Networking skills for building relationships with donor institutions and running project marketing campaigns.
• The ability to identify, manage, and design a risk plan for every project you run.

• Module 1: Project Lifecycle in Practice

  • An introduction to modern management, its functions, and how projects originate and evolve as ideas.
  • The four stages of a project: initiation, planning, execution, and closure.
  • Types of profitable projects and analyzing the internal and external business environment.

• Module 2: Scope, Goals, and the Logical Framework

  • Formulating project goals and setting activities that achieve them.
  • Turning the project idea into a Logframe Matrix.
  • Analyzing project cost and identifying target groups for project activities.

• Module 3: Managing Time and Schedule

  • Defining project activities and distinguishing parallel from sequential tasks.
  • Building and monitoring the project schedule.
  • Controlling and adjusting the schedule as the project progresses.

• Module 4: Budgeting, Financing, and Procurement

  • Financial analysis of the project budget and expenditures.
  • Procurement and supply management.
  • Planning project financing methods and writing proposals for funding entities.

• Module 5: Managing the Project Team

  • Forming the project management team and defining tasks and responsibilities.
  • Skills required of those responsible for project management, and the ethics of the profession.
  • Monitoring and developing the performance of the project team.

• Module 6: Risk and Quality Management

  • Identifying project risks and designing a risk plan for every project.
  • Monitoring risk management and evaluating its performance.
  • Defining quality standards and monitoring quality throughout the project.

• Module 7: Communications and Stakeholders

  • Identifying project stakeholders and understanding their influence on the project.
  • Distributing information effectively across the team and stakeholders.
  • Planning communications throughout the project lifecycle.

• Module 8: Reporting, Technology, and Networking

  • Writing financial and administrative reports, and understanding their link to the technical report, using Word & Excel.
  • Networking and building relationships with donor institutions, and running marketing campaigns for funded projects.
  • Using modern technology in project management, with international monitoring and evaluation tools.

• Module 9: Career Readiness and Applied Models

  • Preparing for job interviews for project roles at international and domestic institutions.
  • Reviewing applied, real-world models of project management.