Project Management Fundamentals

What will I learn?

This course introduces the various methodologies, frameworks and life cycles that can be adopted to best suit the nature of a proposed project. Consideration will also be given to sustainability practices, and how these are often at odds with the traditional business constraints.

You will explore topics including:

• The project environment
• Defining a project
• Project life cycles
• Methodologies and frameworks
• Planning a project
• Sustainability
• The project planning profession

How will my employer benefit?

You will gain a range of useful skills for your career, including the ability to:

• Critically review the project life cycle phases, processes, tools and techniques and the broader project environment
• Analyse the relationship between the project objectives of cost, time and quality and the necessary trade offs
• Develop your awareness of the various methodologies and frameworks used in project management, and their appropriateness to different projects