Advanced Project Management

This course articulates into our postgraduate program.
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The Advanced Project Management course takes a holistic approach to determine how to manage project lifecycles and scope. This course provides participants with several scientific techniques and formulas to apply when estimating project resources and critical activities. A greater understanding of internal and external influences on projects and how to manage the process, combined with logical structures to manage costs and schedules, will also allow participants to analyse project performance overall.

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Designed for

All individuals working within project environments who wish to develop their functional project management skills to move beyond understanding fundamental principles, to operate with better practices. This course is also suitable for past participants of our Project Management course.

Course content

Project Management and Project Success

• Project management fundamentals
• Project success requirement and effects of project failure
• Nature of project management
• Requirement for project management
• Forms of project management

Managing Project Life

• Project stages
• Project life cycle resource commitment
• Project and system life cycle comparisons
• Acquisition project requirements
• Developing project plans
• Executing project plans
• Controlling project changes

Project Organisation and Integration

• Organisation structure and design
• Requirements of project organisation
• Project integration and integrators
• The project office
• The project manager

Managing Project Scope of Work

• Initiating projects
• Planning the project scope
• Defining the project scope
• Verifying the project scope
• Controlling the change in scope

Managing Project Timeline

• Defining and sequencing project activities
• Estimating project activity duration and resources
• Analysing the network of project activities
• Refining the network to meet management objectives

Managing Project Schedules

• Planning event oriented projects [PERT]
• Planning activity oriented projects [CPM]
• Loading resources
• Levelling resources

Managing Project Costs

• Costing projects
• Budgeting and estimating
• Managing cash flows and timelines
• Controlling and managing costs

Controlling and Analysing Project Performance

• Developing a project control process
• Selecting project control methods
• Controlling projects through authorisations

Learning outcomes

• Understand the ways in which project organisation and structure can affect the outcome of a project
• Apply graphical and analytical tools and techniques in the management of projects
• Use the Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) and Critical Path Method (CPM)
• Appreciate the challenges associated with the management of project Cost Estimation and Budgeting processes

Presenter

Brian Irons

Schedule

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State	City	Date	Fee (AUD $)		Availability
			Member Fee	Standard Fee
NSW	Sydney	15-16 Sep 2008	1050	1155	Yes
NSW	Sydney	08-09 Dec 2008	1050	1155	Yes
NSW	Sydney	18-19 Jun 2009	1050	1155	Yes
QLD	Brisbane	11-12 Feb 2009	1050	1155	Yes
QLD	Brisbane	06-07 May 2009	1050	1155	Yes
SA	Adelaide	05-06 Nov 2008	1050	1155	Yes
SA	Adelaide	20-21 May 2009	1050	1155	Yes
VIC	Melbourne	12-13 Nov 2008	1050	1155	Yes
VIC	Melbourne	18-19 Mar 2009	1050	1155	Yes
VIC	Melbourne	15-16 Jun 2009	1050	1155	Yes
WA	Perth	26-27 Nov 2008	1050	1155	Yes
WA	Perth	25-26 Mar 2009	1050	1155	Yes

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'Combined courses' give you the required skill sets in that particular field. Save more by purchasing these courses together.

Purchase Project Management and Advanced Project Management together at a dicounted rate:

• APESMA Member: AU$1,780
• Standard: AU$1,990

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