Knowing project management theory is one thing — actually running a project with the right tools for scheduling, cost control, quality, and risk is another. This course is built for that gap. It combines the theoretical concepts every project manager needs with the practical, tool-based skills used to plan, monitor, and control real projects, so participants can balance project objectives against organisational policy with confidence.

Participants move through the full toolkit of project management: joint planning sessions, estimating duration and cost, building and analysing project networks, and managing time, cost, quality, human resources, and communications. The course also covers risk management as a core project management activity — identifying, measuring, and reducing risk to acceptable levels — and closes with resource levelling, progress monitoring, and control, reinforced through case studies and real project applications.

Course Objectives

• Run a joint project planning session and translate it into a workable schedule.
• Estimate activity duration, resources, and costs, and build a project network.
• Manage project time, cost, and quality using recognised tools and techniques.
• Build a human resources plan and manage project communications with stakeholders.
• Identify, assess, and manage project risk while levelling resources across the schedule.
• Monitor progress, apply control tools, and adjust plans based on real project data.

Target Audience

• Experienced project managers and senior managers looking to sharpen strategic project skills
• Executives responsible for administration and planning of complex projects and programs
• Team leaders managing cross-functional teams in a global context

Module 1: Setting Up for Success: Initiation and Joint Planning

• Project and file management fundamentals
• Organising and running a joint project planning session
• Translating the plan into a shared schedule

Module 2: Estimating and Scheduling

• Estimating activity duration, resources, and costs
• Building and analysing the project network
• Managing project time effectively

Module 3: Controlling the Numbers: Cost and Quality

• Managing project cost
• Managing project quality
• Balancing cost, quality, and schedule constraints

Module 4: People and Communication

• Building a human resources plan for the project
• Managing project communications
• Coordinating with stakeholders across the project lifecycle

Module 5: Managing Risk and Resource Levels

• Managing project risk
• Scheduling and levelling resource use
• Adjusting plans to keep risk within acceptable limits

Module 6: Tracking Progress: Monitoring, Control, and Application

• Monitoring and controlling project progress
• Using control tools to catch deviations early
• Case studies and practical project applications