Project Management Fundamentals

Trainer: Grant Vernon - Business Made Simple
Grant is a professional speaker, author, and facilitator who speaks annually in more than 15 countries across Africa, the Middle East and the UK.

Overview
This workshop provides delegates with a brief overview of the world of project management. It covers basic PM concepts including PM de?nitions, PM life cycle, types of organizations and who the project stakeholders are. It also covers four of the nine
knowledge areas in enough details for the participants to be able to use them in planning their projects at their work place, including integration, scope, time, and cost management.

Today, in addition to the regular duties of your job, you are often expected to take on extra assignments - and to get that additional job done well, done under budget, and done on time. This one-day workshop will familiarize you with the most common terms and the most current thinking about projects. You will learn the fundamentals of project management: how to initiate, plan, and execute a project that meets objectives and satisfies stakeholders.

This programme will bring benefits such as:
• Understand what is meant by a project and project management.
• Identify benefits of projects.
• Identify the phases of a project's life cycle.
• Enhance your ability to sell ideas and make presentations.
• Prioritize projects.
• Begin conceptualizing your project, including goals.
• Use a target chart and other planning tools.
• Complete a Statement of Work.
• Delivered by industry-experienced training professionals at the front-line of project management training worldwide.

Date: 28 August 2013
Time: 08:30 - 16:30
Venue: Chamber House, Royal Showgrounds, Pietermaritzburg
Cost: Members: R1,100 p/p, Non-members: R1,200 p/p