Course Description:

This 5-day course will provide participants with the essential knowledge and skills to either manage a project or be an effective, valuable member of the project team. The course covers the fundamental steps in any project lifecycle and also addresses the necessary people skills such as effective negotiation, conflict resolution, leadership and team building. The course uses a case study to effectively follow a project from its conception through to completion

Course and Learning Objectives:

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Plan, baseline and control a project effectively.
• Understand how to identify, manage and control change throughout a project.
• Have an awareness of estimating and managing pitfalls.
• Understand methods of identifying and controlling risks.
• Pick up essential tools and disciplines.
• Make successful cost/schedule/performance trade-offs.
• Understand quality management and customer expectation management.
• Identify and control risks.
• Know why, when and how to report progress.
• Create schedules, manage resources, track and control project plans.
• Effectively lead and develop a project team.
• Communicate effectively and carry out dynamic presentations.
• Get win-win outcomes through assertiveness, empathy and principled negotiations.
• Practice principled negotiation and conflict resolution

Certification track:

This course will prepare students for CompTIA’s IT Project+ Certification exam (PK0-002).

Certificate:

COMPTIA Project+

Duration:

5 days

Course Delivery:

Classroom

Languages:

English

Reference Materials:

Additional reference materials are not required for this course.

About the Examination:

Required exam parts: One exam
Number of questions:100
Length of test: 90 minutes
Required Passing score: 710 on a scale of 100-900.

Prerequisites:

Students should either be currently working in a project-based environment or are planning to do so in the near future. Basic PC and Windows user skills are necessary for successful completion of this course.

Target Audience:

This course has been created for the following audience:

Experienced project managers wishing to formalize their skills.
Project managers who, having learnt ‘on the job’ require formal training leading to certification. Technical specialists and engineers moving into a project management or team leadership role.
Technical specialists and engineers who are working for a project manager