Strategic Project Oversight

Many general managers appreciate the value of project management as a tool for strategy implementation but shy away from adopting this approach due to a perceived lack of relevant project management acumen.

This course aims to fill that gap by equipping the non-project management professional with the strategic management and leadership competencies needed to effectively drive a project-based organisation or business unit.

Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this course, the participants will be able to do the following in the context of the targeted organisation(s):

• Confidently motivate for the use of project management as a vehicle of strategy implementation.
• Demonstrate a high-level understanding and application of core tools and techniques of project management.
• Make informed managerial decisions regarding project inputs, processes and outputs.
• Effectively manage strategic stakeholder interests in a project context.
• Effectively promote organisational project maturity.

Structure:

• The following topics constitute the core content of this course:
• Projects as building blocks of strategy implementation
• Project management goals, principles and approaches
•  Essential tools and techniques of project management
• Managing through the project lifecycle
• Stakeholder management
• Towards organisational project maturity