Project Management Course: Project Scope and Initiation

Technical Project Management skills. Hard skills for project success.

This course offers an in-depth view of project scoping, from the original business case to the final realisation of project benefits. You will learn to work collaboratively to develop the suite of deliverables required to monitor and control your project scope.

This non-award course is delivered in conjunction with the University of Sydney’s Faculty of Engineering’s Project Management Program.

Participants of this workshop are eligible to apply for up to 7 PDU points directly with relevant external parties.

Aims

This course aims to provide a structured approach to the effective initiation and scoping of a project. You will develop your knowledge and skills to set up your projects for success in the initiation and planning phases.

Outcomes

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

• analyse a business case and benefits as inputs to the project scope
• develop a project charter, including definition of benefits, objectives, success measures and deliverables
• identify stakeholders to define a project scope
• meaningfully engage with stakeholders to define fitness for purpose and develop requirements in a quality plan
• develop a WBS, scope statement, requirements traceability matrix, configuration management
• ensure requirements are in the statement of work and through appropriate procurement strategies
• apply integrated change control methods to control or change scope after project commencement
• describe the role of projects in supporting benefits realisation at a program, portfolio and organisational level.

Content

Strategy & business benefits

• Context and business benefits or outcomes

Initiating a project

• Preparing the project scope statement
• Aligning scope with strategy and benefits
• Identifying and engaging stakeholders

Develop scope & requirements

• Scoping terminology and approaches to scoping
• Developing a work breakdown structure
• Developing requirements, including traceability matrix and configuration management
• Delivering on requirements using a quality plan
• Developing a procurement plan that will deliver on desired scope

Controlling changes to scope

• Integrated change control approaches

Intended audience

• New and experienced Project Managers
• ‘Accidental’ Project Managers
• Team members and subject matter experts involved in projects
• Anyone interested in working on projects
• Current and aspiring business leaders

Prerequisites

• Familiarity with basic project management concepts.
• If new to project management, completion of the Project Management Course: Managing People and Projects, or Project Management Course: Methods, Tools and Techniques, or similar courses would be beneficial pre or post this course.

Delivery style

This one-day course focuses on experiential learning. Content is broken into 10-15 minute blocks and immediately followed by group activities where the theory is put into action.

A range of interactive methods will be used including:

• storytelling and the use of professional examples to exhibit the concepts
• self-reflection and group discussions
• case studies where the concepts are actively applied
• individual and team activities and presentations
• suggested readings for after the training.

Materials

You will receive:

• course materials with case study activities and sample templates for your toolkit
• a Statement of Completion indicating eligibility for PDUs (points/contact hours).

Additional information

In order to access online course materials, we recommend that you bring your own device (Windows or Mac) to class. You should ensure your device is fully charged as access to power is limited. Please note that the University does not carry any responsibility for your lost, stolen, or damaged devices whilst on the University premises.