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Project Management Essentials

Name: Project Management Essentials Training Course
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Master Project Planning, Risk Control & Team Leadership Skills

Upcoming Sessions

Classroom sessions

20 - 24 Jul 2026 Dubai $5,950
17 - 21 Aug 2026 Kuala Lumpur $5,950
31 Aug - 04 Sep 2026 Paris $5,950
12 - 16 Oct 2026 Nairobi $5,950
09 - 13 Nov 2026 Dubai $5,950
28 Dec 2026 - 01 Jan 2027 Amsterdam $5,950
01 - 05 Feb 2027 London $5,950
30 Aug - 03 Sep 2027 Paris $5,950
08 - 12 Nov 2027 Dubai $5,950

Online sessions

18 - 22 Jan 2027 Online $4,950

Course Introduction

This Project Management Essentials training course is designed to strengthen your project management capabilities by combining essential management techniques with practical leadership skills. The course focuses on the core aspects of managing projects effectively, including planning, risk identification, problem solving, and team coordination. Participants will gain a solid understanding of how to direct resources, communicate efficiently, and maintain control of project activities to ensure successful delivery.

Throughout the training course, you will learn how to build a structured project environment that promotes safety, accountability, and consistent performance. The course emphasizes real-world application and encourages participants to develop a proactive mindset for managing teams, handling challenges, and maintaining high-quality standards. Ideal for project managers and team leaders, this training course will equip you with the tools to deliver projects on time, within budget, and to the required quality levels.

Key Learning Outcomes:

Learn how to initiate, plan, execute, and close projects using proven project management practices
Develop skills to identify and manage risks, issues, and project constraints
Gain experience in creating project documentation such as scope statements and WBS
Understand how to define project success using KPIs and quality metrics
Improve leadership, communication, and team control skills for better project delivery

Objectives

By the end of this Project Management Essentials training course, participants will be able to clearly understand and apply essential project management concepts and tools to manage projects confidently and efficiently. This course focuses on equipping participants with practical skills that can be immediately applied to real projects.

Participants will learn how to initiate projects correctly, plan using structured techniques, and execute with basic controls that support successful delivery. The course also covers how to define project success using key performance indicators and quality metrics, ensuring projects meet expected outcomes. Additionally, participants will gain the ability to identify risks, understand contract types, and manage project constraints effectively. Finally, learners will be able to control, manage, and close projects in a way that meets customer expectations and ensures a smooth project handover.

Training Objectives:

Understand the fundamentals of project management including initiation, planning, and execution
Learn how to develop project plans and deliver structured project documentation
Define project success using KPIs, quality metrics, and performance indicators
Identify and manage project risks, and understand the benefits of various contract types
Apply effective project control methods to manage scope, schedule, budget, and resources
Learn how to close projects successfully with proper handover and lessons learned

Training Methodology

This Project Management Essentials training course uses proven adult learning techniques to ensure high engagement, strong comprehension, and long-term retention. The course is highly interactive and uses a central project scenario to drive learning throughout the training. Participants will be actively involved in practical exercises that simulate real project work, helping them apply the theory directly to realistic situations.

Throughout the course, participants will be assigned roles and responsibilities within a project team and will complete multiple project work elements. Key project deliverables such as scope statements, work breakdown structures (WBS), risk registers, activity lists, network diagrams, and earned value reports will be developed. The training also includes open discussions and real-world examples to reinforce learning, with a strong emphasis on learning by doing and applying project management best practices.

Who Should Attend?

This Project Management Essentials training course is suitable for professionals who are involved in projects or will soon be required to manage project tasks. It is ideal for those who work in business environments where projects are common, and who need to gain practical project management skills quickly. The course is also beneficial for individuals who contribute to projects and want to improve their ability to manage project responsibilities efficiently.

This training is perfect for professionals who are preparing to move into project management roles, or who need to develop a strong foundation in project planning, execution, and control. It will help those who want to enhance their ability to select, manage, and deliver projects successfully while maintaining high standards of quality and safety.

Suitable Participants:

Project team members and coordinators involved in ongoing projects
Business professionals assigned to project roles within their departments
Individuals preparing to take on project management responsibilities
Professionals needing quick, practical project management skill development
Team leaders who want to improve project leadership and communication skills
Staff responsible for project documentation, planning, and risk management

Course Outline

Day 1: Project Management Basics, History, Benefits and Components

Understanding what project management is
Defining project and product life cycles
Understanding Best Practice Project Management
How to Initiate a Project: How to do it
Managing the project selection process
Writing SMART objectives and business cases

Practical Exercise: Creating SMART objectives

Project Exercise: Project Selection exercises

Day 2: Project Planning, Charters, Work Breakdown Structures and Scope Statements

Developing the project documentation for senior management sign-offs
Defining the project management
Understand how to collect requirements
Defining the full project scope
Creating and analysing the project with Work Breakdown Structures

Practical Exercise: Writing the Project Charter

Practical Exercise: Gathering Requirements

Practical Exercise: Creating the Work Breakdown Structure

Practical Exercise: Writing the Scope Statement

Day 3: Creating and Managing the Project Schedule and Budget

Understanding what a realistic schedule is
Defining and managing dependencies
How to estimate project durations and costs
Creating and optimising the project schedule
Presenting your schedule and resource constraints
How to control the cost, schedule and resources

Practical Exercise: Network diagramming practice

Practical Exercise: Create, sequence activities and determine duration estimations

Practical Exercise: Complete analogous, parametric and three-point estimating

Day 4: Planning for Quality, HR, Communications, Risk and Procurement

Defining and controlling project KPI’s / Metrics
Presenting and defining the project resource plan
Developing a communication plan
Managing Virtual Teams
Understanding and reviewing project risk
Managing the project contract against project constraints

Practical Exercise: Create quality project metrics

Practical Exercise: Conduct a project meeting

Practical Exercise: Risk Management project exercise

Day 5: Working, Controlling and Closing the Project

Using project software to track projects
Dealing with project management problems
Project case reviews and discussion
Project Management leadership, communications and meetings best practices
Closing the project including project administration, hand-offs, document updates, and lessons learned
Lessons learned, why, when and what

Practical Exercise: Create end course lessons learned

Accreditation

Certificate

COPEX Certificate of Attendance will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course

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