Project Management Professional Development Program

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Sydney Level 2, Bank of NSW House

228 Pitt Street Sydney NSW 2000

Melbourne Rialto South Tower Level 27, 525 Collins Street

Melbourne VIC 3000

Singapore Level 39,

Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower Two 10 Marina Boulevard

Singapore 018983

www.pm-partners.com.au | 1300 70 13 14 | [email protected]

Established 17 years, 100 people, manage over $1B of client projects, train and certify more than 4000 project professionals each year.

Overview and Approach

In today’s fast-paced and changing economy, challenged projects almost invariably lead to significant business problems.

Accelerating and managing sustainable change through effective project delivery is the single most significant requirement of our business era. Organisations that understand and execute it effectively prosper. Those that don’t, regularly compromise opportunity and often disappear altogether.

A direct result is an ever increasing need for professionals to supplement traditional technical skills with high value business delivery skills. In order to provide a significant contribution, Project Managers must be proficient across three critical domains:

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» General business acumen

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» Project management processes, techniques and tools

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» Interpersonal and business communications skills

Our Project Management Professional Development Program combines both the ‘art’ and ‘science’ of project management; from the basic,

underlying principles of project management, through to their application in the many challenging situations faced daily by Project Managers.

Our focus is on equipping participants with the disciplines, tools, templates and communication skills for immediate transfer to their workplace, and to effect immediate and discernible behavioural change in delivering business benefit through project initiatives.

Project Management Professional Development Program

TC1179 - 5 Days

2 days – Project Management Fundamentals (TC1177) 3 days – Project Management in Practice (TC1178)

Materials

A comprehensive participant handbook is provided, which includes a set of completed sample project management documents. Our participants are also entitled to complementary telephone consultation/advice within 60 days of workshop completion. All workshops may be conducted onsite or at our premises, with experienced facilitators providing group and/or individual instruction.

Workshop Delivery

All courses are able to be customised to suit your requirements. Facilitators of this workshop will use a case study delivery approach to provide participants with a ‘hands-on’, multi-faceted and challenging learning experience. Participants will be actively engaged in progressing the project from conception to closure, and in building necessary

documentation and communications tools in order to do so.

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This Program is 5 days in duration and comprises the following modules:

Module 1: Project Management Fundamentals (2 days)

(For Project Managers, Team Members and Stakeholders)

This module employs a ‘from the ground up’, end-to-end life cycle approach, introducing the fundamental principles, tools and techniques for managing projects from a project’s inception through to closure. Participants at this level may be absolute beginners, or individuals with low to moderate experience. This workshop is a ‘hands-on’ and highly practical one which uses a real-life project case study, to which the participants will immediately apply their learning. A comprehensive participant handbook is provided, and includes a set of completed sample project management documents.

For a detailed outline of the content and structure of this

workshop, please refer to outline TC1177 – Project Management Fundamentals

Module 2: Project Management in Practice (3 days)

(Applying Project Management Thinking to Everyday Project Situations)

This module uses the best practice principles of the PMBOK®

Guide Knowledge Areas and Processes as its foundation, to build

upon participants’ existing skills and knowledge (gained either through prior Project Fundamentals training or through their experience working in a project environment). It does this by way of a ‘guided tour’ through a series of rigorous and real-life scenarios, problems and issues faced by Project Managers across the board, as well as through the provision of tools, techniques and best practice methods for successfully managing these. Project Management in Practice is led by an expert, senior level facilitator possessing a wealth of project management knowledge and long-term hands-on experience at both the project and program levels. A comprehensive participant handbook is provided.

For a detailed outline of the content and structure of this

workshop, please refer to outline TC1178 – Project Management in Practice

RPL Options

PM-Partners group offers Recognised Prior Learning (RPL) assessments for National qualifications (“Award”) in project management in partnership with the

Australasian College of Leadership and Coaching.

Although your accredited assessor and liaison officer is associated with PM-Partners group, your relationship for the assessment is with the College.

The Australasian College of Leadership and Coaching (National Provider Code 51900) is a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) and adheres to the ‘Standards for NVR Registered Training Organisations’ and the requirements of the ‘Australian Qualifications Framework’ (AQF). The College is regulated by the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA).

The College and its partners aim to recognise the knowledge and expertise of its clients. The College recognises that you may have completed other training or have developed skills through your past experiences. This process can enable you to complete the

assessment without undertaking a further training program. RPL is suitable for clients who believe they already satisfy the requirements for a particular Unit of Competency. Due to the importance of understanding project management theory and processes, a candidate undertaking this assessment will need to have done some equivalent training in project management.

Your allocated PM-Partners group accredited assessor will work with you to support you completing the full application and meeting the evidence requirements for the Award. The assessment details will be provided to you in the PM-Partners group Assessment Information Pack, which will detail your eligibility and the

assessment process.

When making an enquiry or booking, please ask our friendly customer service team on 1300 701 314 or [email protected] for guidance as to which level of assessment you may be eligible for.

An assessment may be booked at the time of workshop registration, with your precise assessment and eligibility level being determined (with the guidance of your facilitator) during the workshop. You may schedule and complete this assessment within the recommended timeframe of 12 months after your training.

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Professional Development Units

PM-Partners group is a Global PMI (Project Management Institute) Registered Education Provider. Participants who have been awarded the Project Management Professional

Certification (PMP®) by the Project Management Institute are eligible to earn 35 PDUs for their participation in this course. PM-Partners group is recognised as an Endorsed Education Provider (EEP) by the Australian Institute of Project

Management (AIPM). Participants holding any of the project management accreditations (CPPP/CPPM/CPPD) are eligible to earn up to 15 CPDs for their participation in this course.

Workshop Content Summary

Module 1

Days 1 & 2 Project Management

Fundamentals

» What Makes Projects Succeed?

o Reviewing project successes and their inherent characteristics.

o Understanding the factors that contribute to project failure and how project management disciplines and processes target these areas to ensure repeatable delivery success.

» The Essential Project Management Philosophy

o Defining a project and project management o Exploring project management parameters –

‘Principle of Triple Constraint’ and trade-offs o Critical skills for successful project management

» The Project Life Cycle

o Examining life cycles and their significance within a project environment

o Examining phase activities, milestones and gates

o Identifying phase deliverables and their importance for ultimate project success

» Project Planning

o Scoping the project – understanding and defining the scope, and obtaining key stakeholder signoff

o Creating the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and scheduling

o Understanding the Critical Path and how a Project Manager utilises it for greater project control

o Applying estimating techniques for a more realistic and balanced estimate

o Introducing procurement planning and vendor selection

o Conducting/contributing to quality planning o Establishing a project baseline, against

which to track progress

» Project Implementation and Control

o Tracking and controlling the project o Applying a disciplined change control

management method o Managing third parties o Managing project quality and

understanding its role within continuous organisational improvement

o Managing internal and external stakeholders

o Reporting and communication

» Closing the Project

o Conducting formal project closure

o Post implementation reviewing – gathering, documenting and assimilating lessons learnt

» Project Implementation and Control

o Tracking and controlling the project o Applying a disciplined change control

management method o Managing third parties o Managing project quality and

understanding its role within continuous organisational improvement

o Managing internal and external stakeholders

o Reporting and communication

» Closing the Project

o Conducting formal project closure o Post implementation reviewing –

gathering, documenting and assimilating lessons learnt

RPL Information Sheet

An information sheet providing further information about the Recognised Prior Learning (RPL) process can be downloaded from this link: Recognised Prior Learning (RPL)

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Module 2

Days 3 to 5 Project Management in

Practice

» Introduction

o Workshop overview

o What the PMBOK® Guide says about Projects,

Programs, Portfolios and their respective management

o Project Management Knowledge Areas of the

PMBOK® Guide and their inter-relationship with

the Project Life Cycle.

» Project Integration Management

o What the PMBOK® Guide says about Project

Integration Management and its associated processes

o The crucial role of the Project Manager in Project Integration Management

» Project Scope Management

Scope Management and its associated processes o What the Project Manager does to Manage

Project Scope

o Effective questioning techniques for scoping a project

o A facilitation method for scoping

» Project Communications Management

Communications Management and its associated processes

o How the Project Manager communicates with stakeholders

o Building an effective Stakeholder Management Plan

o Achieving Stakeholder buy-in

o Negotiating skills for Project Managers

» Project Time Management

o What the PMBOK® Guide says about

Project Time Management and its associated processes

o Balancing the schedule against the

competing demands of cost, risk and quality o Calculating the Critical Path and

understanding where and how to use it to manage time constraints effectively

» Project Cost Management

Project Cost Management and its associated processes

o Cost budgeting with limited information and the ‘human subjectivity’ affecting estimates o Methods for tracking and controlling costs

within a project

o Measuring cost performance through task and project tracking and Earned Value Management – making sense of project cost and progress reporting.

» Project Quality Management

Project Quality Management and its associated processes

o Balancing Product, Project and People management from a Quality perspective o Quality Management Tools and Techniques o Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Project

Quality Improvements

o The inter-relationship between cost and Quality

o A process for taking action when Quality goes ‘off the rails’: problem analysis and devising the Remedial Action Plan

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» Project Procurement Management

Procurement Management and its associated processes

o The Vendor/Procurement Management Plan o Procurement processes

o Applying the ‘Weighted Decision Matrix’ to the vendor selection process

o Overview of contract types

» Project Human Resource Management

Human Resource Management and its associated processes

o Developing a Project Resource Management Plan o Planning your team structure – identifying what

and whom you need

o Recruitment and selection of team members – evaluating resumes, Interviewing, selection criteria

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Conducting existing team skill levels assessments o Creating a Performance Management Plan o Providing feedback, praise and criticism, and

managing individual and team performance issues

» Project Risk Management

o What the PMBOK® Guide says about Project Risk

Management and its associated processes o Selling the value of Risk Management o Managing the non-rational risk management

factors affecting stakeholders’ perceptions

» Project Management in Review

o Reviewing Project Integration and the role of the Project Manager