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Course Code

PMBP

Duration

3 day course

Target Audience

Dynamic employees, entrepreneurs and business people who wish to deliver business change, products or services within specific deadlines and budgets.

Comments from Past delegates

“My objective was to learn project management skills – I have definitely done so and it has paid off in terms of project delivery. “

“I wanted to know how to start up a project – I think I will be able to now.”

“I learnt a lot and I enjoyed the interaction with people from other companies.”

“This course is fantastic and has helped me so much in my current job.”

Use simple yet powerful project management techniques to help boost your effectiveness in the business environment

Course Objectives:

• Learn to define work clearly and set measurable objectives

• Understand the importance of soft skills in achieving project objectives

• Understand how different stakeholders view success in different ways

• Learn how to break projects down into manageable pieces

• Learn how to estimate and schedule tasks

• Understand how to determine and allocate resources effectively

• Understand and plan for uncertainty

• Monitor progress and make adjustments to plan where necessary

• Learn to manage change

Course Overview

Project Management is not only for project managers!

Today more and more business people handle small to medium sized projects, such as year-end functions, marketing campaigns or planning company events.

Project Management for Business People cuts through all the project management jargon and equips you with simple, yet powerful techniques that you will be able to apply immediately in the work place. These techniques will increase your effectiveness and efficiency, while reducing the stress as you plan, organise and control business projects.

Course Delivery

The course delivery comprises instructor-led seminars interspersed with extensive practical exercises for both the group and the individual

Course Prerequisites

Delegates are drawn from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences - no exclusions.

Course Assessment

To complete the course, delegates are required to:

• attend all the course days

• actively participate in the exercises and discussions

• present information about their selected project to the class

Course Accreditation

FTI is a Registered Education Provider with the Project Management Institute.

FTI was was approved as an Education & Training Provider with the ISETT SETA in January 2003. FTI is currently in the process of applying for full accreditation, which depends on the future structure of SAQA and the National Qualifications Framework (NQF

This course falls into a category loosely defined by SAQA as ‘vocational short courses’ because it requires less than a year’s full-time study.    

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