Managing Projects

Project managers are needed in many industries, and often it is difficult to define a ‘good’ project manager. As the role can be defined differently depending upon the organisation. Planning, estimation and effort are aspects to managing work effectively and fit the same purpose of reaching the end goal.

The managing projects qualification delivers an understanding and identification of areas which heavily impact the success of a project and how to adopt approaches that help increase the project’s success.

Course Content

• Explain the features of a project business case

• Explain the stages of a project lifecycle

• Explain the roles of people involved in a project

• Explain the uses of project-related information

• Explain the advantages and limitations of different project monitoring techniques

• Analyse the interrelationship of project scope, schedule, finance, risk, quality and resources

• Fulfil their role in accordance with a project plan

• Collect project-related information in accordance with project plans

• Use appropriate tools to analyse project information

• Report on information analysis in the agreed format and timescale

• Draw issues, anomalies and potential problems to the attention of project managers

• Adhere to organisational policies and procedures, legal and ethical requirements in supporting the delivery of a project

Employees Benefits

• Draw issues, anomalies and potential problems to the attention of project managers

• Use appropriate tools to analyse project information

• Analyse the interrelationship of project scope, schedule, finance, risk, quality and resources

• The features of a project business case

• Fulfil their role in accordance with a project plan

Employers Benefits

• Report on information analysis in the agreed format and timescale

• Collect project-related information in accordance with project plans

• Adhere to organisational policies and procedures, legal and ethical requirements in supporting the delivery of a project