Project Management Distance Learning

Lesson 1: The nature and application of a project and its management

• Let’s define Project Management
• The specification
• Providing structure
• Establishing controls
• Planning
• Testing and Quality
• Fitness for purpose
• Fighting for time
• Planning for error
• Post-mortem
• The project management triangle
• Time
• Cost
• Scope
• The project management cycle
• 12 steps to project management success

Lesson 2: Project Management 101

• Basic Project Management Outline
• Manage the project scope
• Managing Resources – People, Equipment, and Material
• Managing Time and Schedule
• Managing Costs, Money, and Profits

Lesson 3: Types of Structures found in a Project Environment

• Project Structure and Organisation
• Why, What, How?
• Roles
• Process or functionally structured team
• Process structured team – with detail
• Resource Pool structure

Lesson 4: Demonstrate an understanding of working as a member of a team

• Why have teams in the first place?
• Sometimes teams don’t work
• Why do some teams work?
• Core team members
• Title & organisational status of the individual team members
• Team Member Behaviour for Success

Lesson 5: Collaborate with other team members to improve performance

• Team Development Stages
• Critical Stage – Performing
• Characteristics of Successful Teams
• Successful Team Requirements
• Team Assistance
• Team Member Behaviour for Success
• Team Goals
• Team Motivation
• Team Performance Measurement
• Why Teams Fail – Internal Obstacles
• Why Teams Fail – External Obstacles
• Team Success

 

Lesson 6: Participate in building relations between team members and other stakeholders

• What is “Unproductive Behaviour”?
• When Excessive “Team Behaviour” is Unproductive
• What to do?
• Roles within teams
• A model for teamwork

Lesson 7: Use a paper based and/or electronic filing system for a project

• Alphabetical, numerical or subject filing system
• Your storage needs
• The basics of a Document Management System
• What are the rules for creating documents?
• How will we store documents?
• How can the retrieval of documents be simplified?
• How can we make/keep our documents secure?

Lesson 8: Provide project templates to team members

• The Project Initiation Phase
• The Project Planning Phase
• The Project Execution Phase
• Project Closure Phase

Lesson 9: Execute processes and standards to support project change control

• Basis of decision
• Scope Management at Project Start
• Starting up the Change Control Process
• Managing Scope and Change Requests during the Project
• Update and communicate status of change requests

Lesson 10: Explain the purpose, objective and scope of project meetings and/or workshops

• Factors affecting how best to run meetings
• Meetings – basic rules
• Meeting attendees
• Selecting Participants
• Meeting Roles

Lesson 11: Plan for a project meeting and/or workshop

• The Agenda
• Meeting priorities
• Meeting outcomes
• Meeting sequence
• Meeting timings (of agenda items)
• Meeting date
• Meeting time
• Meeting venue
• Running the meeting
• Meeting notes structure and template

Unit Standard Alignment:

• US 120372, Explain fundamentals of project management, NQF 4, 5 credits
• US 120379, Work as a project team member, NQF 4, 8 credits
• US 120376, Conduct project documentation management to support project processes , NQF 4, 6 credits
• US 120382, Plan, organise and support project meetings and workshops, NQF 4, 4 credits
• US 120381, Implement project administration processes according to requirements, NQF 4, 5 credits

Articulation:

Credits obtained during this skills programme will contribute towards qualification 50080, FETC: Project Management, NQF Level 4.

Delivery Method:

The programme is facilitated by a competent subject matter specialist/s, who utilises the following techniques to ensure that the session is practical and experiential: Discussion; Role Plays; Exercises & Case Studies; Simulations, Videos/DVDs; and learner assessment.

Language of delivery:

English

Certification:

• Upon completion, the learner will receive a Turnstone Certificate of Attendance.
• Upon verified Competence, the learner will receive a Certificate of Competence from Turnstone and Services SETA.

Accreditation and Registration:

Services SETA: 6465