Project Management 2021

Managers, Team Leaders and Young Professionals

Online Course

We have five Project Management courses available in this series that focus on an introduction to project management, project definition, project planning, project implementation and project closure. Each course averages 15 minutes to complete with a post assessment included for each course. The Application Activity forms will allow the participant to apply the learnings in their own scenario and environment.

The Project Management course provides you with the know-how to schedule and authorize projects, allocating resources and planning cost and time estimations. You will gain insight to develop a business case for a project and understand how to manage the project, including any changes to the scope. This course will assist you to better plan and execute a project with all the steps necessary from the start till the end, including how to close a project at the end and contents of the final project report.

On completion of this course/article candidates will be able to:

• Implement suggestions for successful project delivery
• Apply the four phases of project management
• Describe the responsibilities of a project manager
• Assess outcome and how to negotiate for resources
• Perform the project delivery and write final report
• Summarize decisions to be made in the project definition phase
• Identify stakeholders
• Explain how to choose the core project team
• Apply six criteria for defining effective project goals
• Getting project budgets in control
• Explain the project manager’s responsibilities
• Apply 10 tips for leading project success
• Control work progress
• Negotiate for resources
• Apply five strategies for resolving conflict
• Explain the importance of project closure
• Apply nine steps for closing a project
• Organize the written report

Online assessment on completion

The Marketing Association of South Africa (MASA)

8 CPD Points at MPSA level

Category: Non-Marketing

CPD Approval Number: MA CL 19022