Course Overview
In today’s organizational environment, proactive project management is essential. While every project team member is expected to fulfill their responsibilities, many are not fully prepared to contribute effectively to project success. This course equips non-project professionals with foundational project management knowledge, terminology, and tools, enhancing their ability to support projects and improve overall performance.

Key Features
Participants in this training course will:

• Gain practical insights into the work of project professionals and their teams
• Acquire foundational project management skills to become active, value-adding team members
• Build a solid foundation for further project management learning
• Apply methods through hands-on, experiential learning

Learning Objectives
By completing this course, delegates will be able to:

• Understand the basics of project management and project team roles
• Use essential project management terminology and concepts
• Apply basic tools and techniques to increase team efficiency and effectiveness
• Implement standard project management processes for any project
• Recognize and understand the ten Project Management Knowledge Areas
• Plan, monitor, track, update, and control risks and opportunities to enhance project success
• Establish effective communication strategies to coordinate and gain stakeholder cooperation

Target Audience
This course is designed for professionals across industries who:

• Serve as project team members or provide administrative or specialized support
• Are involved in projects but do not manage them
• Wish to increase their contribution to project outcomes and success

Training Methodology
The course combines engaging lectures, structured lessons from the course manual, workshops, case studies, and visual aids such as PowerPoint slides and videos. Participants will engage in discussions, action planning, Q&A sessions, and practical exercises to reinforce key concepts. Knowledge, tools, and techniques taught in this course can be immediately applied to improve project outcomes. Pre- and post-course assessments measure the effectiveness of the training.

Course Contents

Module 1 – Project Management Overview
Key Topics:

• Definition of a project and project management
• Differences between projects and operations
• Triple constraints in project management
• Stakeholder identification
• Project and product life cycles
• Project phases
• Hard and soft skills for project management
• PMBOK® and ISO-21500 guidance
• Project Management: Process, Organizational, and Interpersonal Contexts
• Critical Success Factors (CSFs)
• Project Management Office (PMO)
• Roles, responsibilities, and competencies of project team members
• Common challenges and skill requirements for team members

Module 2 – Project Management Processes
Key Topics:

• Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring & Controlling, and Closing processes
• Project Management Knowledge Areas:
  • Integration, Scope, Time, Cost, Quality, HR, Communication, Risk, Procurement, and Stakeholder Management
• Project initiation: project charter, stakeholder identification, preliminary team setup

Module 3 – Project Planning
Key Topics:

• Purpose and process of project planning
• Reviewing project requirements and conducting kick-off meetings
• Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)
• Planning for scope, schedule, cost, quality, HR, communications, risk, procurement, and stakeholder management
• Change control process and project plan development

Module 4 – Project Execution, Monitoring & Control
Key Topics:

• Directing and managing project execution
• Monitoring work performance and managing the project team
• Managing stakeholder expectations and tracking deliverables
• Project control objectives and approaches
• Earned Value Management (EVM)
• Integrated change control
• Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC)
• Risk, issues, and opportunity management
• Procurement administration

Module 5 – Project Closure
Key Topics:

• Effective project closure and objectives
• Administrative and contract closure
• Lessons learned and post-project evaluations
• Closing procurement contracts
• Communicating project achievements