Demonstrate an advanced understanding of key concepts, principles and practice of project planning and design in a project development context

• Describe how to define a project by understanding the project goal, identifying the priorities, and adequately planning the time, cost and resources needed for the project
• Development of project management plans, which includes the project schedule, amongst, various other plans.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the project design and planning skills and engagement with project stakeholders
• Detail a project plan by identifying the scope, task dependencies, schedule, critical path, and risks
• Identify the critical factors and stakeholders to project success
• Understand the various stages of a project life-cycle and the related activities in each stage
• Understand the roles and responsibilities within a project and the different levels of empowerment concerning requirements and the business case
• Development of communication and change plans through active stakeholder management principles
• Develop the required skillset and capabilities to support successful business change programmes within your organisation
• Understand the framework and mindset for planning and managing projects by properly setting and prioritizing project goals and objectives
• Develop the skills to identify the most relevant project management methodology to use, given the project objectives, the degrees of uncertainty, and the constraints

This collaborative Project Planner Course will comprise the following training methods: Lectures, Seminars & Presentations, Group Discussions, Assignments, Case Studies & Functional Exercises. Like all our acclaimed courses, this certification program also follows the ‘Do-Review-Learn-Apply’ model.

The organisation will benefit from Certified Project Planning professionals as follows:

• The ability to plan and specify the scope requirements for projects to facilitate creation of the work breakdown structure
• The development of project schedules, listing the detailed schedule of the activities and respective sequencing of implementation
• Identification of resource planning, with a breakdown of tasks and activities by role and timelines, as well as, identification of any special skills that are needed to accomplish the project tasks
• Development of budgets, specifying the costs to be incurred
• Adequate and timely planning of procurement activities, managing suppliers and vendors
• Planning for risk management, and considering optional contingency plans and mitigation strategies
• Quality planning. Development of quality criteria to be used to assess the project quality
• Communication planning, design of the communication strategy to all project stakeholders

Professionals attending this course will benefit in the following ways:

• Development of competencies required of an effective project planner and designer
• Trained and experienced professionals can successfully manage the project planning function of the organisation
• Project Planners who bring a fresh perspective on projects, and how the goals and objectives fit in with the Business strategy
• Project resources are prioritized and used efficiently
• Professionals who can plan projects effectively, enabling the organisation to implement projects promptly
• Trained professionals who can identify risks, make sure projects stay on schedule, and keep costs and resources within budget
• Ensures effective Stakeholder management via communication strategy and plan