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Advanced Project Management

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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

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Schedule


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StateCityDateFee (AUD $)Availability
Member FeeStandard Fee
NSWSydney 15-16 Sep 200810501155Yes
NSWSydney 08-09 Dec 200810501155Yes
NSWSydney 18-19 Jun 200910501155Yes
QLDBrisbane 11-12 Feb 200910501155Yes
QLDBrisbane 06-07 May 200910501155Yes
SA Adelaide 05-06 Nov 200810501155Yes
SA Adelaide 20-21 May 200910501155Yes
VICMelbourne 12-13 Nov 200810501155Yes
VICMelbourne 18-19 Mar 200910501155Yes
VICMelbourne 15-16 Jun 200910501155Yes
WA Perth 26-27 Nov 200810501155Yes
WA Perth 25-26 Mar 200910501155Yes

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Save on 'Combined Courses'


'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

The purchase together option is only available for courses that are packaged together by Chifley. These courses provide a holistic overview, to enable you to acquire the essential skill sets commanded in that field.

Chifley's Refund and Cancellation Policy will apply to each course.