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Project Management
Course Overview
MyDistance Learning validated course in Project Management is ideal for students wishing to learn about the key components of managing a good project, and those people already employed within a project environment wanting to improve their skills and knowledge.
Project management is a fascinating area of study because it is so wide
ranging. During this course you will look at a tremendously diverse
range of subject areas from management, quality, finance, health and
safety, planning etc etc. All of which you will have to know something
about in order to be a good project manager.
We do not intend this course to be the absolute final word in project
management; it should rather form part of your learning. You should
supplement it with your growing and developing experience that will be
gained in the light of what you have learned here. Don’t forget the
experience you already have though, and remember you can take a lot
from projects you have already been involved with, even if you were not
the project manager. This can be both good and bad. Don’t ignore the
bad experiences, these can often teach you more than the projects that
went well .
This course has been independently accredited as being equivalent to level 3 on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) which means it is comparable to an A Level or NVQ Level 3.
Previous experience required: No
Course level: Level 3 NCFE (What does this mean?)
Study hours: 60
Length of course: 12 months
Tutor Support: 12 months (can be extended)
Tutor marked assignments: Yes
Final exam: No
Instalment plan available: Yes
Course Outline
• What is project management?
• Why use project management?
• Benefits of project management
• What do project managers actually do?
• History of PM
• Project management old and new
• Modern scientific project management
• Gantt charts
• The Fayol management model
• Network diagrams
• Critical path method (CPM
• Program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
• Organisational Structure
• The four basic organisational structures
• Project Life Cycle
• The four stage project cycle model
• Milestones and hold points
• Project close-out
• Feasibility Studies
• The client's feasibility study
• Stakeholders
• The client
• Define the constraints on the project
• Value management
• Financial models for project selection
• Payback period
• Return on investment
• Discounted cash flow
• Net present value
• Project Estimating & Scope Definition
• Ball-park cost estimate
• Feasibility study
• CostingSubdivision of project costs
• Direct costs
• Indirect costs
• Time related costs
• Labour & staff costs
• Material & logistics costs
• Miscellaneous costs
• Initiation
• Project charter
• Defining the scope
• Changing scope
• Scope Management
• Project closeout
• Project closeout report
• Project Procurement Plan
• What is required?
• Sourcing
• Communication of requirements to potential suppliers
• Evaluation & selection of supplier
• Review & evaluate tenders
• Manage the Contract
• Closeout
• Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Presentation
• Producing a WBS
• WBS numbering system
• WBS and costing
• Further breakdown of WBS
• Critical Path
• Network diagrams: WBS and critical path
• Logic
• Activities in series
• Activities in parallel
• Generation of logic
• Activities: summing up
• Resource Planning
• Estimating
• ForecastingResource availability – constraints on the project
• Use of resources
• Resource overload & underload
• Resource adjustment
• Increasing project resources
• Reducing resources
• Controlling the Project
• Why control projects?
• Scope of control
• Scope management
• Technical backup
• Time management
• Resource & procurement management
• Commercial management
• QHSE
• Gathering information
• Applying project control
• Dealing with people
• Quality Management
• Definitions
• Cost of quality
• Right first time costs
• QA costs
• Internal cost (of failure
• External cost (of failure)
• Quality circles
• Quality auditing
• Conduct of an audit
• Why audit?
• Quality control plans
• Risk Management
• Hierarchy of control
• Controlling risk
• Risk assessment
• Identify the hazard
• Decide who might be harmed
• Evaluate the risks and decide upon precautions
• Record and implement your findings
• Review and update your risk assessments
• Communication
• Assignments
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