Class Details
Project Management Foundations Course: Leadership, Budgeting, Scoping and AI-Enabled Techniques
Course summary
Our project management foundations course provides training in the technical aspects of project management and people management.
You will learn critical interpersonal skills for working in project teams and on projects, alongside essential project management tools and techniques.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
- define projects and project management
- describe the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in project management
- initiate a project and develop a project charter
- engage stakeholders in scope definition
- create a scope statement and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- allocate work to resources
- apply scheduling tools, including defining your critical path
- apply estimation techniques to define a project budget and schedule
- prepare a project cost estimate and budget
- describe earned value management techniques to develop an integrated baseline and track progress, performance and forecast completion date and cost
- apply risk management techniques and integrate risk treatments into the project plan
- build a project team
- empower individuals and teams to get the best results including creating an environment for psychological safety
- apply different leadership styles to suit different project phases and contexts
- develop communication, facilitation and negotiation skills to more effectively engage with people
- develop an awareness of psychological models and EQ Frameworks for consideration in future professional development.
Content
Module 1: Technical skills
Overview of project management
- Define projects and project management
- Describe the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in project management
Initiating a project
- Steps involved in initiating a project
- Creating the Project Charter
Planning a project
- Engaging stakeholders in scope definition
- Creating the scope statement and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Preparing a project schedule and budget
- Estimation techniques
- Identifying, recording and evaluating risks
- Building risk treatments and contingencies into your project plan
Monitoring and controlling a project
- Measuring project performance
- Earned Value Management
- Integrated performance baseline
- Effective status reports
Even more
- Tips for project success, including what not to do
- Exploring advanced tools, beyond the course
- Content aligned to the latest project management theory including PMBOK Edition 8, and artificial intelligence (AI)
Module 2: Forming and leading teams
Forming and leading teams
- Team roles that may exist on your projects
- Building high-performing teams
- Adaptive leadership approaches
- Motivating the team
- Embracing diversity on projects
Leading others
- Personality traits, learning styles and leadership styles
- Adaptive approaches for effective stakeholder engagement
- International standards for leadership and emotional intelligence
Managing relationships
- Stakeholder analysis techniques including network thinking, stakeholder dynamics and relationships
- Tailoring communications for audience and purpose
- Facilitation techniques for running effective meetings and workshops
- Negotiation techniques and conflict resolution
Prerequisites
None
Who this course is for
This course is for professionals involved in planning, coordinating or delivering projects and business improvement initiatives in their organisation. It applies across structured and fast-moving project environments, including engineering, construction, health, education, government, commercial and non-profit sectors.
- Project managers looking to improve planning, delivery and oversight
- 'Accidental’ project managers managing projects without formal training
- Team leaders, supervisors and business leaders responsible for project outcomes
- Project coordinators, business analysts and subject matter experts
- Change leaders, managers and support staff involved in organisational initiatives
- Anyone working on projects who wants to better manage timelines, stakeholders and priorities
Delivery style
This two-day course focuses on experiential learning, including group activities that put theory into action.
A range of interactive methods will be used including:
- storytelling and the use of professional examples to illustrate key concepts
- self-reflection and group discussions
- case studies where the concepts are actively applied
- individual and team-based activities and presentations
- suggested readings to support continued learning after the course.
Materials
You will receive:
- online course materials with case study activities
- online project management tools and templates
- a course Statement of Completion.
What you need to do before the course
Please complete the Communication and Learning Styles Questionnaire using the PDF document below. The results from this questionnaire are important to parts of the course and must be completed prior to the completion of Module 2.
Communication and Learning Styles Questionnaire
Please bring your laptop to class to access the course learning materials.
Sessions
Location
Face-to-face (Venue TBA, Sydney)
Other information
If your upcoming class is Face-to-face (Venue TBA, Sydney), the class is located at the Camperdown/Darlington campus but the exact classroom and building has not been assigned.
The exact location on campus is confirmed approximately five business days from a class start date and you will then receive a course preparation email with this information.
Meet the facilitators
Angela Chellas
Angela is a dedicated and engaging international facilitator and speaker. Her extensive and ongoing project experience ensures that participants of her project workshops receive a mixture of theory, actual examples of their application, and practical tips.
For over 20 years, Angela has helped numerous global organisations increase their project management capability and improve efficiencies in their delivery. Some of Angela's notable clients include the Department of Veterans' Affairs, ANSTO, Australian Wool Innovation, PWC, MBM, and NRL. Her experience in the field ensures that she's not only able to provide students with an understanding of the principles of project management, but also give examples of how these can produce successful outcomes on projects. On every new project and program, Angela is constantly learning new skills and techniques which keep her workshops current and relevant.
Angela has a Bachelor of Arts, a Post Graduate Certificate of Marketing and an Advanced Diploma of Project Management. In 2001, she became a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and member of the Project Management Institute. She is a PRINCE2 Practitioner and holds Project+ certification with CompTIA. Angela has a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment and is also a Myers Briggs accredited facilitator. She sat on the Board of Project Management Institute Sydney Chapter for two years and Nominating Committee for three years.
