Project Management Fundamentals

Project Management Fundamentals is an introductory, practical course that provides participants with the essential knowledge and tools to plan, organise, monitor, and deliver projects effectively. The course covers project life cycle, scope, scheduling, resources, risk management, communication, change control, quality, and project closure.

1-Day Training Programme
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Target Participants

• Employees involved in project work
• Newly appointed project leaders
• Supervisors and team leaders
• Project coordinators
• Technical and operational personnel
• Managers and professionals who support or oversee projects

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the project life cycle and key stages of project delivery.
• Define project objectives, scope, deliverables, and stakeholder requirements.
• Develop basic work breakdown structures, activity lists, timelines, and responsibility matrices.
• Identify and manage project risks, issues, assumptions, and constraints.
• Track project progress against agreed activities and milestones.
• Understand the difference between risks and issues.
• Apply basic change control and quality management principles.
• Communicate project status, actions, issues, and decisions effectively.
• Use basic project management tools and documentation in day-to-day project work.

Why It’s Worth Attending

• Provides a strong foundation in practical project management.
• Helps participants plan work more systematically and avoid scope confusion.
• Improves awareness of project risks, dependencies, deadlines, and resource requirements.
• Supports better communication and coordination between project stakeholders.
• Helps reduce delays, rework, cost growth, and misunderstandings.
• Uses simple tools that can be applied without specialist project management software.
• Can be customised to the organisation’s existing project procedures and systems.
• Provides a foundation for further advanced project management training or certification.

Assessment & Certification

• Assessment may include knowledge checks, practical planning exercises, case studies, and project management activities.
• Participants may be required to develop basic project documents such as a work breakdown structure, timeline, risk register, communication plan, or progress tracker.
• Successful participants may receive a Certificate of Completion/Achievement, subject to the training provider’s requirements.