Project Management Fundamentals

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Reduce stress by planning & controlling construction projects professionally. Improve productivity by managing scope, time, cost, risk, quality and stakeholders better.

Recommended for anyone involved in medium risk projects. Certificate IV option available.

  • Fill any gaps in your professional knowledge
  • Ensure you’re applying best practice methods to your real-world projects
  • Maximise your project margins with way less stress
  • And much, much more…

Receive industry recognised training

All topics map to the management processes outlined in the Global Standard PMBOK® Guide.

Contact hours/PDUs: 24

Perfectly suited to people in the following roles:

  • Project Managers
  • Project Engineers
  • Supervisors
  • Contract Administrators
  • Superintendents
  • Quantity Surveyors
  • Schedulers
  • Cost Accountants
  • Architects
  • Anyone contributing to the management of construction projects

What will I learn?

Through interactive discussions, construction case studies and a diagram-rich workbook, our experienced trainers with help you learn:

Get tips and tricks on:

  • Reducing your stress
  • Balancing conflicting priorities
  • Motivating the team
  • Managing scope creep
  • Preventing miscommunication
  • Getting projects back-on-track

How to set your projects up for success

  • Measuring project success
  • Defining projects in the context of risk
  • Defining the role of the project manager
  • Applying the PMBOK® framework
  • Juggling constraints and trade-offs
  • Optimising productivity

How to initiate construction projects

  • Formalising a project charter
  • Developing a hand-over checklist
  • Engaging the right people from the start
  • Identifying stakeholders and their needs
  • Analysing stakeholders
  • Developing a project organisation structure

How construction project life cycles work

  • Developing a project lifecycle
  • Initiating processes
  • Planning processes
  • Executing processes
  • Monitoring and controlling processes
  • Closing processes

How to manage scope

  • Developing a scope management plan
  • Collecting requirements and traceability
  • Defining the scope
  • Creating the WBS and baselining the scope
  • Managing variations
  • Gaining acceptance and completion

How to engage stakeholders

  • Developing a stakeholder management plan
  • Identifying stakeholders and their needs
  • Analysing stakeholders
  • Developing a project organisation structure
  • Developing engagement strategies
  • Maintaining stakeholder engagement

How to manage the schedule and costs

  • Defining and sequencing activities
  • Estimating durations and PERT
  • Determining the critical path and float
  • Estimating costs accurately
  • Baselining the schedule and cost
  • Managing EOTs and utilising float

How to manage risk

  • Identifying risks
  • Prioritising risks
  • Quantifying risks
  • Developing a contingency budget
  • Determining and implementing risk controls
  • Monitoring risks continually

How to manage quality

  • Developing a quality management plan
  • Defining standards and specifications
  • Managing NCRs and quality assurance
  • Getting things right the first time
  • Managing ITPs and quality control
  • Driving continuous improvement

How to manage communications

  • Choosing appropriate forms of communication
  • Managing meetings and documents
  • Using active listening techniques
  • Building and maintaining team performance
  • Reporting progress and forecasting
  • Having difficult conversations
  • Measuring project success
  • Defining projects in the context of risk
  • Defining the role of the project manager
  • Applying the PMBOK® framework
  • Juggling constraints and trade-offs
  • Optimising productivity
  • Reducing your stress
  • Balancing conflicting priorities
  • Motivating the team
  • Managing scope creep
  • Preventing miscommunication
  • Getting projects back-on-track
  • Formalising a project charter
  • Developing a hand-over checklist
  • Engaging the right people from the start
  • Identifying stakeholders and their needs
  • Analysing stakeholders
  • Developing a project organisation structure
  • Developing a project lifecycle
  • Initiating processes
  • Planning processes
  • Executing processes
  • Monitoring and controlling processes
  • Closing processes
  • Developing a scope management plan
  • Collecting requirements and traceability
  • Defining the scope
  • Creating the WBS and baselining the scope
  • Managing variations
  • Gaining acceptance and completion
  • Developing a stakeholder management plan
  • Identifying stakeholders and their needs
  • Analysing stakeholders
  • Developing a project organisation structure
  • Developing engagement strategies
  • Maintaining stakeholder engagement
  • Defining and sequencing activities
  • Estimating durations and PERT
  • Determining the critical path and float
  • Estimating costs accurately
  • Baselining the schedule and cost
  • Managing EOTs and utilising float
  • Identifying risks
  • Prioritising risks
  • Quantifying risks
  • Developing a contingency budget
  • Determining and implementing risk controls
  • Monitoring risks continually
  • Developing a quality management plan
  • Defining standards and specifications
  • Managing NCRs and quality assurance
  • Getting things right the first time
  • Managing ITPs and quality control
  • Driving continuous improvement
  • Choosing appropriate forms of communication
  • Managing meetings and documents
  • Using active listening techniques
  • Building and maintaining team performance
  • Reporting progress and forecasting
  • Having difficult conversations

About your trainer, Robin Millner

Robin learnt project management the hard way. Starting out "in the trenches" as a Project Engineer, then working his way up to Project Director on some of the largest and toughest projects around.

His hands-on experience, in everything from modest projects to major initiatives worth hundreds of millions of dollars, underpins his practical, no-nonsense approach.

As an educator, Robin has a talent for explaining complex subjects in a simple way. This, combined with a Bachelor of Engineering degree and significant industry experience, sets him apart from other trainers.

He has designed content and personally trained over 2,500 project professionals from organisations across Australia, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Robin also holds a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.

Having worked on both the contractor and client side of the fence, Robin is well placed to provide his students with unique perspectives from both points of view.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor of Engineering, graduating with Honours (UNSW)
  • Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (AIM)
  • Project Management Professional (PMP, PMI)
  • Diploma of Project Management (GILD)
  • Certified Practicing Project Practitioner (CPPP RegPM, AIPM)
  • Practitioner in Programme Management (MSP, Axelos)
  • Practitioner in Agile Project Management (AgilePM, APMG)
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About Ram Education

Ram Education is a group of construction project management veterans with a passion for helping you get your projects to the finish line on time, without tearing your hair out or blowing your budget.

Since 2002, we've provided project management training to the construction industry in organisations large and small, throughout Australia, and around the world.

Ram Education brings a practical, no-nonsense approach. Our trainers have experience in the real-world of construction projects and are qualified Engineers.

What makes us different

  • Tailored courses 100% relevant to your business
  • Expert trainers with real-world construction experience
  • Faster learning with engaging, industry-relevant content

Courses for every level

  • Nationally recognised Diploma and CertIV qualifications
  • Comprehensive courses for upcoming professionals
  • Short courses to get your teams up to speed fast
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