Project Management QLS Level 3

• Design an analogy or metaphor that encapsulates best practice in project management.
• Roles and responsibilities of a project sponsor and a project manager.
• Common oversights and mistakes that can happen when a new project is being launched.
• Avoiding mistakes.
• Belbin’s team role inventory.

• Implementing best practice in project initiation.
• Documentation.
• Purpose and scope of a project.
• Estimating the development of a project.
• Strategies and tactics to identify key stakeholder.
• Agreeing on a shared vision and project evaluation criteria.
• Tactical plan to achieve major deliverables within realistic timescales and in practical stages.

• Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
• Flow diagram which identifies dependencies.
• Realistic timescales and critical path.
• Schedule deliverables within achievable timescales.
• Producing a realistic budget plan and summary.

• How you are perceived by others.
• Ability to manage projects.
• The four stages of project team development.
• The skills to set realistic and motivating goals for project teams.
• Coping strategies to manage conflict.

• Best practice in monitoring and reporting.
• Effective project team meetings.
• Creating an agreed project team culture.
• Developing a project team to achieve high performance.

• Developing project team management skills.
• Rewarding high performance.
• Managing project handover successfully.
• Develop project evaluation strategies.
• How to leave a positive legacy.

You will be assessed through a series of written assignments, which are submitted to your tutor for marking. No external examination is required.

This course will enable you to work when and where you want. You can study from home or at work, it is completely up to you. All your materials will be posted or emailed to you online, whichever you choose. You will also receive our award-winning tutor support by email, so help is only a click away!

You may start at any time and have up to a full year to complete your studies. We suggest that the course will take approximately 80 hours to complete. This is more than enough time to give you flexibility and work at your own pace without the pressure of deadlines.

At the end of this course, successful learners will receive a CertifIcate of Achievement from the Quality License Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the components the learner has completed as part of the course).