Project Management

Overview

This Project Management course from Warnborough College develops your ability to manage a wide variety of different types of projects, with relevance to any industry.

Almost everything we do in society can be described as a project, from organising a party or constructing a building, to developing a new business or introducing a new social welfare project. Project management as a skill and field of study is essential for successful organisational management. As a formal management function, project management is found in government, industry, and almost all other organisations. Project Management may be called any of a number of other names such as: Program Management, Product Management, Construction Management, and so on.

Project management as a field of action can often be seen in self help schemes or outreach programs. Whatever the objectives, project management involves a number of phases and skills which are essential to a projects completion. To get a better understanding of this process, the term “project management” can be further broken into “project” and “management”.

Aims

• Explain what project management is, and what its applications might be.

• Identify and define projects which need management.

• Plan a project.

• Implement a project.

• Evaluate a project following completion.

• Describe technical skills required to manage projects.

• Demonstrate project leadership skills.

• Identify and solve common project problems.

• Consolidate all of the skills and information from throughout the past 8 lessons, and manage a project effectively.