Project Management QLS Level 3

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Course Content

Unit 1 Project management: definitions, principles and scope

• Design an analogy or metaphor that encapsulates best practice in project management.
• Roles and responsibilities of a project sponsor and a project manager.
• Common oversights and mistakes that can happen when a new project is being launched.
• Avoiding mistakes.
• Belbin’s team role inventory.

Unit 2 Project initiation: preparing the ground

• Implementing best practice in project initiation.
• Documentation.
• Purpose and scope of a project.
• Estimating the development of a project.
• Strategies and tactics to identify key stakeholder.
• Agreeing on a shared vision and project evaluation criteria.
• Tactical plan to achieve major deliverables within realistic timescales and in practical stages.

Unit 3 Planning the project

• Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
• Flow diagram which identifies dependencies.
• Realistic timescales and critical path.
• Schedule deliverables within achievable timescales.
• Producing a realistic budget plan and summary.

Unit 4 Managing your resources

• How you are perceived by others.
• Ability to manage projects.
• The four stages of project team development.
• The skills to set realistic and motivating goals for project teams.
• Coping strategies to manage conflict.

Unit 5 Managing the project through to implementation

• Best practice in monitoring and reporting.
• Effective project team meetings.
• Creating an agreed project team culture.
• Developing a project team to achieve high performance.

Unit 6 Delivering benefits from a project

• Developing project team management skills.
• Rewarding high performance.
• Managing project handover successfully.
• Develop project evaluation strategies.
• How to leave a positive legacy.