Upon completing this skills program, the delegate should be able to apply the following general and cross-cutting areas of learning, as well as specific areas of learning will be addressed:

• The principals, methods and techniques of recognized best practice in project and quality management
• Gathering and analyzing information and planning a project to deliver an integrated Project Management Plan
• Communication Skills: both verbal and written Presentation of information
• Time Management: the ability to estimate resources and durations to create a Network Diagram and draw up the Project Schedule or Gantt chart.
• Cost Management: the ability to estimate costs and create a project budget and then control costs to measure performance using Key Performance Indicators such as SVI and CPI
• Projects and system thinking and implementation
• General understanding of how an organization is structured and operates, so as to enhance communication amongst stakeholders.
• Verification and cross-checking techniques
• Monitoring and evaluation practices, including how to obtain and give feedback
• How approval processes work and why they are needed
• Documentation practices, including version control
• Problem solving, using various techniques
• Professional responsibility and respect for ethics, society and others
• Dealing with change management

The Project Management Advance Skills Training Programme comprises of the following 13 sections of study:

• Section 1: An overview of the nature of projects and project management.
• Section 2: The project management context: the project management lifecycle
• Section 3: The project management processes
• Section 4: Project Integration Management
• Section 5: Scope Management and the Work Breakdown Structure
• Section 6: Time Management
• Section 7: Cost Management
• Section 8: Quality Management
• Section 9: Human Resources Management
• Section 10: Communication Management
• Section 11: Risk Management
• Section 12: Procurement Management
• Section 13: Change Management