Professional Course: Project Management

Course description

Our project based Professional Certificates programme gives you a unique learning experience to improve
your business skills and learn new strategies to enhance your career or further studies. Stafford House are the pioneers of the Professional Certificate programme and we have designed our offering in partnership with top business academics to equip you for the challenges faced in the business word.

Student Outcomes:
•Understand key project management
concepts and practices
•Understand a range of management
styles
•Develop project management planning
techniques

SAMPLE SYLLABUS

Week 1
•Defining Project Management
•Project Management Skills
•Organising and Managing People
Communicating,
•Initiating the Project
•Meet Stakeholders
Student Deliverables: Students research
project management certification for
selected projects and present their
findings to the rest of the group

Week 2
•Agree on Deliverables
•CSFs
•Work Breakdown Structure
•Project Team
•Contracting for Resources
•Risk Planning and Risk Management
Student Deliverables: Students develop a
mock Communications Plan for a selected
project

Week 3
•Project Schedule
•PERT
•Critical Path
•Budgeting and Estimating
•Project Team
•Negotiating and Problem Solving
Student Deliverables: Students develop a
mock Quality Plan for a selected project

Week 4
•Change Process
•Documenting Lessons Learned
•Sign-off
•Documentation
•Final Presentations
•Final Project Team Papers
•Final Exam