Project Management Masterclass
Core Business Skills for managers, executives and professionals
Duration
5 Days
Format
Classroom &Online
Fee From
$2,950
Scheduled Dates
No sessions of this type are scheduled.
Introduction
Projects are how organizations deliver change, launch new products and services and invest in their future. Yet many projects run late, exceed their budgets or fail to deliver the expected benefits, usually because of unclear scope, weak planning, poor stakeholder engagement and inadequate control of risks and changes.
Over five days, this Thinkcloudly masterclass covers the full project lifecycle, from initiation and planning through execution, monitoring and control to close-out, combining traditional, agile and hybrid approaches with the leadership skills needed to deliver projects successfully.
- The project lifecycle and project governance
- Defining scope, objectives and success criteria
- Planning schedules, budgets and resources
- Managing risks, issues, changes and quality
- Agile and hybrid approaches, stakeholder engagement and project leadership
Objectives
- Apply a structured approach across the full project lifecycle
- Build a business case and project charter with clear objectives
- Define scope using a work breakdown structure
- Develop realistic schedules, budgets and resource plans
- Identify, assess and respond to project risks
- Monitor progress and performance using earned value management
- Lead project teams and engage stakeholders effectively
Training Methodology
Organisational Impact
- More projects delivered on time, on budget and to scope
- Consistent project management methods across the organization
- Better visibility of project progress, risks and costs
- Reduced project failure and rework
- Stronger alignment between projects and strategic objectives
- Improved realisation of project benefits
Personal Impact
- Plan and manage projects with confidence
- Use core project management tools and techniques effectively
- Control scope, changes and risks proactively
- Report project status clearly to sponsors and stakeholders
- Lead and motivate project teams
- Build a strong foundation for professional project management certification
Who Should Attend?
- Project managers and project coordinators
- Programme and portfolio managers
- Team leaders and managers responsible for delivering projects
- Project management office (PMO) staff
- Engineers, IT and technical professionals moving into project roles
- Business analysts and change managers
- Project sponsors and senior stakeholders
- Professionals preparing for project management certification
Course Outline
- What makes a project and why projects fail
- The project lifecycle and project management frameworks
- Roles: sponsor, project manager, team and stakeholders
- Project governance and the PMO
- Business case and project charter
- Practical exercise: initiating the case project
- Requirements gathering and scope definition
- Work breakdown structure
- Activity sequencing and estimating durations
- Critical path method and Gantt charts
- Resource planning and levelling
- Practical exercise: building the project schedule
- Cost estimating and budgeting
- Identifying and assessing project risks
- Risk responses and the risk register
- Quality planning and assurance
- Procurement and supplier management in projects
- Practical exercise: project budget and risk register
- Executing the project plan
- Monitoring progress and performance reporting
- Earned value management
- Change control and issue management
- Agile and hybrid delivery: Scrum and Kanban
- Simulation: managing change and issues on the case project
- Leading and motivating project teams
- Stakeholder engagement and communication planning
- Managing conflict in project teams
- Project close-out, handover and lessons learned
- Benefits realisation
- Capstone exercise: project management action plan
Certificates
CLASSROOM
Delegates who complete the classroom course receive the Thinkcloudly Certificate of Completion, with one Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credit for every 50 minutes of attendance.
ONLINE
Delegates who complete the live online course receive the Thinkcloudly Certificate of Completion, with one Guided Learning Hour awarded for every 60 minutes of attendance.
Providers and Associations
Original price was: $6,499.00.$5,950.00Current price is: $5,950.00.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What will I learn on this masterclass?
How to initiate, plan, execute, control and close projects, using traditional, agile and hybrid approaches, along with the leadership skills to deliver results.
Do I need prior project management experience?
No. The course suits both new and experienced project managers, and builds from fundamentals to advanced tools such as earned value management.
Does the course cover agile methods?
Yes. Day 4 introduces agile and hybrid delivery, including Scrum and Kanban, and when to use them alongside traditional approaches.
Will this help me prepare for certification?
The course covers core concepts used in widely recognised project management certifications and provides a strong foundation for further study. It is not an exam preparation course.
What will I take back to my organization?
Templates for a project charter, work breakdown structure, schedule, risk register and status report, plus a personal action plan.
What is included in the fee?
The fee of $5,950 covers the full five-day programme, course materials and certificate. Classroom fees also include lunch and refreshments.
Will I receive a certificate?
Yes. All delegates who complete the course receive the Thinkcloudly Certificate of Completion, with CPE credits for classroom attendance or Guided Learning Hours for online attendance.
Can this course be delivered in-house?
Yes. We can tailor the content and case studies to your industry and deliver it at your premises, a venue of your choice or online. Contact [email protected] to discuss your requirements.
