Project and Programme Management Courses

Fast Start in Project Management

Length 3 days
Version PMBOK 6

Course overview

View dates &
book now

Why study this course

» This course is part of our five-day Project Management for Practitioners course which usually runs in parallel, so you can choose to undertake these three days or the full five days.

This highly interactive workshop is designed to give participants a solid foundation in the concepts, tools and techniques of formal project management. While introductory in nature, this course is extremely comprehensive, covering the five key process groups and 38 core competencies associated with effective and efficient project management practice. Participants not only acquire technique-based proficiencies, but also explore and practice essential people skills and teamwork. The concepts and methods learned are immediately usable in the workplace, leading to a greater retention of newly acquired skills, measurable project improvements, and the achievement of desired project results.

Participants will be led through a combination of presentations and hands-on exercises. Our courses provide an experiential environment where participants can take risks and make adjustments based on their results before approaching large projects.

Request Course Information

What you’ll learn

Discover how to:

Build a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Use a network diagram to display a Project Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) chart
Use the Critical Path Method (CPM) in the network diagram to ensure the correct project duration
Estimate and schedule project tasks
Apply resources to a project plan
Explore different personality types and learn how they affect project management

Project Management Knowledge Areas:

Integration Management
Scope Management
Schedule Management
Cost Management
Quality Management
Resource Management
Communications Management
Risk Management
Procurement Management
Stakeholder Management

PMBOK at Lumify Work

The Project Management Institute (PMI) is one of the world’s largest not-for-profit membership associations for the project management profession. PMI’s professional resources and research empower more than 700,000 members, credential holders and volunteers in nearly every country in the world to enhance their careers, improve their organisation’s success and further mature the profession.

Lumify Work is an authorised training partner of the PMI offering PMBOK training and certification in Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines.

View all PMBOK at Lumify Work courses

Who is the course for?

Anyone who wishes to understand basic project management skills and concepts.

You may also be interested in attending our five-day Project Management for Practitioners course which usually runs in parallel.

Course subjects

An Overview of Project Management

The characteristics of a project
Project management processes
Project success and failure
Critical success factors and components
The effective project manager – skills and characteristics
Roles and responsibilities
The time, cost, and scope target

The People Side of Project Management

Understanding people
Learn the use style models
Flexing your style
Understanding differences
Communicating

Planning the Project

The components of the plan
Introduction to the case study
The project charter
The work plan
The control plans
The functions of a good project plan

Work Breakdown Structure (Work Plans)

Defining the work to be done
Creating the WBS – demonstration of technique
The Work Package
The Activity List
Methods of subdivision
Uses of the WBS

Estimating

Estimating accuracy
Estimating concepts and methods
Task-based estimation
Effort, productivity factors, influence factors

Scheduling

Schedule concepts and methods
Network diagrams
Precedence logic
Estimate duration
Create a network diagram – demonstration of technique PERT/CPM
Allocation of resources
Gantt charts/histograms

Risk Management

Evaluation of risk
Identification, assessment, quantification, and contingency planning
Risk consequences and contingencies
A technique for planning for risk
Cost/benefit/risk considerations

Project Control

Measurement, evaluation, and quality control
Prerequisites to effective control
Key indicators
Change management and control
Progress reporting

Project Completion

Management of project completion
Post implementation

Prerequisites

None

Industry Association Recognition

This course is aligned to A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) 6th Edition and is endorsed by the Project Management Institute (PMI) and the Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM).

Project Management Institute (PMI®)

Contact hours: 21 hours
Professional Development Units (PDUs): 21 PDUs

Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM®)

Continual Professional Development (CPD) points: 10 points

Terms & Conditions

The supply of this course by Lumify Work is governed by the booking terms and conditions. Please read the terms and conditions carefully before enrolling in this course, as enrolment in the course is conditional on acceptance of these terms and conditions.