Advanced Project Management
You should have over five years’ experience of managing projects. If you have sufficient experience then you can use the work-based modules on this course to support your application for the APM’s Certificated Project Manager.
This course will give you the insights and techniques to become a professional project manager. Making your personal project performance more predictable and focusing your management actions on making your projects successful.
What are the course objectives?
The course starts by focusing your attention on what success looks like. The purpose of planning is to achieve these outcomes and nothing else. At this level, project management is often as much about power and politics as about plans and process. Consequently stakeholder management is a critical skill and is thoroughly explored. Once the nature of success is understood, the role of project disciplines in achieving that success is examined. It is the advanced application of the key project management disciplines that is at issue, and so the emphasis is on the appropriate use of management control techniques in complex projects. Finally, it is the integrating of all the factors and disciplines together into a coherent project strategy and a set of consistent actions that distinguishes good project managers from great ones. A major cross- functional project is provided – and the problem is to successfully construct and deliver the project. By its end, not only will you be more confident about the techniques, you will be confident about how to apply them in typically complex project environments.
What are the key topics?
- Project success factors
- Organising for projects
- Scoping the projects
- Stakeholder management
- Advanced project disciplines
- Business strategy
- Investment appraisal
- Resource management
What is the course format?
The approach taken is to challenge – making you reflect on how you discharge your responsibilities as an experienced, professional project manager. This course makes use of state-of-the-art simulation tools to facilitate accelerated learning through trial and error. Video is used to illustrate key learning points and prompt debate. Lectures are highly interactive, designed to encourage you to discuss your own issues with team members. Examples, drawn from CITI’s own experience of complex projects, are used to explore advanced project management issues.
The course has two taught modules and one work-based assignment. Run over a 4-6 week period you have the opportunity to use the techniques in the workplace and then to come back and discuss how they worked and what to do next.
What is the duration and cost of the course?
This is a three plus four day two module course.
The price is £2,975 plus VAT. (Accommodation is extra).
We are not currently running this course as an open course available to the general public. However, if you have a minimum of 6 colleagues interested in completing this course please get in touch by clicking below and we can discuss in-company costs and availability.
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