16 SEPTEMBER 2024

Project Management in Practice

About this programme:

There is a project management knowledge gap existing among those responsible for managing projects within different industries. This programme has been designed to provide delegates with sufficient contemporary project management skills in order to allow them to be efficient in managing resources and time when working on projects.

This programme is expected to turn current ‘Accidental Project Managers’ into knowledgeable and consequently skilled Project Managers.

This programme is a core offering for business across key sectors of the economy and is important for managers in developing skills to effectively manage projects within an organisation.

How you will benefit:

Understand the project management environment and its setting
Understand the complexity of projects irrespective of size
Understand the project anatomy/project life cycle and project parameters (cost, quality, schedule, stakeholders management, health and safety, environment)
Understand project management nomenclature and basic definitions
Understand the fundamentals of creating value in the project management process
Understand the process of carrying out a feasibility study and the importance of a feasibility study
Understand the project scoping process and development of a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and how the WBS relates to project budgeting and the formulation of a schedule of activities – managing and control
Understand how to manage project risk and project contracts/ service level agreements
Understand how to prepare a cost estimate of a project and manage project costs
Understand how to select an appropriate project procurement system
Understand how to prepare a project schedule and manage it
Understand how to optimise project resources
Understand how to learn from a project

Key focus areas:

Project Environment and its Dynamics
Project Planning and Control
Project Scheduling and Control
Managing Project Cost and Control
Project Risk Management, Procurement and Contracts
Managing Project Human Resources and Learning from Projects

Who should attend:

This programme is aimed at corporate and public sector clients who will be considering or would be involved in managing projects in the future

Entrance requirements:

Matric plus industry experience and some basic project management experience

Duration:

12 days (3 block sessions)

Course details

Apply by: 09 September 2024

Start date: 16 September 2024

Schedule:
Venue:
Costs: R59 900
Apply:
Enquiries: UKZN EL Enquiries, +27 31 260 1234, enquiries.uel@ukzn.ac.za

More details: Visit our web site for further information.

Course provider

UKZN Extended Learning is committed to enrichment through lifelong learning, by providing high quality credit and non-credit bearing short courses and academic programmes in collaboration with schools and colleges of the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

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