Project Management Fundamentals
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Take charge of all aspects of challenging projects with confidence. Improve productivity by managing scope, time, cost, risk, quality, human resources and stakeholders better.
Recommended for anyone managing complex, risky projects. Diploma option available.
Receive industry recognised training
All topics map to the management processes outlined in the Global Standard PMBOK® Guide.
Contact hours/PDUs: 40
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:
How to set your projects up for success
How to initiate construction projects
How construction project life cycles work
How to manage scope
How to engage stakeholders
How to manage the schedule
How to manage costs
How to manage risk
How to manage procurement
How to ensure good governance
How to control construction projects
How to manage quality
How to manage communications
How to lead and manage human resources
How to close-out construction projects
- 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
- Reconciling contractual obligations to “reality”
- Managing scope creep
- Being more assertive
- Motivating your teams
- Communicating bad news
- Getting projects back-on-track
- Formalising a project charter
- Developing a hand-over checklist
- Engaging the right people from the start
- Clarifying the contract scope
- Identifying key commercial risks
- Prioritising long lead-time items
- 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
- Developing a schedule management plan
- Defining and sequencing activities
- Estimating durations and PERT
- Determining the critical path and float
- Building and baselining the schedule
- Managing EOTs and utilising float
- Developing a cost management plan
- Estimating costs accurately
- Baselining the cost using s-curves
- Recognising revenue and margin
- Using earned value to control costs
- Tracking WIP and forecasting costs
- Developing a risk management plan
- Identifying and prioritising risks
- Quantifying risks
- Developing a contingency budget
- Determining and implementing risk controls
- Monitoring risks continually
- Developing a procurement management plan
- Identifying contractors and suppliers
- Managing the tendering process
- Selecting sellers and negotiating the contract
- Expediting and materials management
- Administrating the contract
- Understanding management plans
- Setting up a project board structure
- Integrating the management processes
- Managing change control
- Managing project knowledge
- Capturing and sharing lessons learnt
- Developing a start-up checklist
- Tracking productivity metrics
- Driving the management processes
- Utilising daily, weekly, and monthly check lists
- Being proactive rather than reactive
- Reporting progress and forecasting
- 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
- Developing a communications management plan
- Choosing appropriate forms of communication
- Managing meetings and documents
- Using active listening techniques
- Developing assertiveness skills
- Having difficult conversations
- Developing a HR management plan
- Allocating roles and responsibilities
- Managing team competencies
- Building and maintaining team performance
- Providing praise and criticism
- Coaching and mentoring your team
- Developing a close-out checklist
- Preventing cost leakage during the DLP
- Maintaining momentum during close-out
- Closing out the final report and lessons learned
- Processing the final payment claim
- Celebrating success!
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)
“You have both construction experience and facilitation skills, a combination hard to find.”
Michael Hawke
Project Manager at WSP Australia
“Very insightful training and value add for the team. Great to build confidence and skill set.”
Geoff Carlton
Projects & Engineering Superintendent at Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines (KCGM)
“The training helped us quickly communicate key commercial messages to the entire organisation.”
Lindsay Killin
Remediation Manager NSW/ACT at Enviropacific
"A great opportunity for our PMs to refresh their skills, learn as a group, and gain confidence in applying the tools."
Neil Moriarty
Head of PM Services, Transport Asia Pacific at SNC-Lavalin
“The training has given our teams confidence to ask for help – before it’s too late!”
Ryan Woodhall
Commercial Director at Bachy Soletanche
“We’ve enhanced our competitive advantage by tendering with a team of qualified PMs.”
Paulo Soares
Projects Manager at Austral Precast
“This course offers much in the way of good risk management.”
Philip Bird
Operations Manager at Marine & Civil Maintenance
“The team found the course to be specific and relevant to what they do daily.”
Eric Sun
Project Director at Whitehorse City Council
“My team now has the confidence to better manage those difficult conversations.”
Ben Lockyer
Project Manager at St Hilliers Property
“Having industry-recognised qualifications helps us win work in a competitive market.”
Matthew Owen
Project Director at Proceed Group
“I recommend this course to all PMs and Sustainability Managers – it’s never too late to learn.”
Paul Davies
General Manager, Market Capability at Infrastructure Sustainability Council of Australia (ISCA)
“You’ve helped us manage our projects even better, and retain our tendered margins.”
Bec Hammet
General Manager at SH Build
“Ram Education delivers tailored project management courses to the construction industry”
Eugenia Postoenko
National Manager, Professional Development at Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM)
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.
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