PART 1:  PROJECT MANAGEMENT AS A STRATEGIC STRENGTH

· Why does your organisation require project management as a strategic capability?

· How can your organisation leverage project management techniques for the benefit of the organisation?

· What is meant by project management competence at the individual, team and organisational levels?

· What are the traits of the competent project manager?

PART 2:  BEST PRACTICE AS DEFINED IN THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT BODY OF KNOWLEDGE

· The project management process groups

· Project management processes

· Project management knowledge areas:

· Scope Management

· Time Management

· Cost Management

· Quality Management

· Human Resource Management

· Communications Management

· Risk Management

· Procurement Management

PART 3:  SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS

· The critical success factors for successful projects

· The criteria for judging whether a project has been successful

· The role of good stakeholder management in delivering projects successfully

Case studies of successful projects will be considered in depth

PART 4:  WHAT CAN BE LEARNT FROM FAILED / DISASTROUS PROJECTS?

· Common barriers to success in projects

· How such barriers can be overcome

· The effect of poor stakeholder management in failed projects

Case studies of failed projects will be considered in depth