Project Management Course: Fundamentals

Course content

This introductory project management course focuses on a project's life cycle, providing practical management tools and techniques. In this course you will develop an understanding of the role and responsibilities of a project officer or project manager and learn how to develop project schedules, manage and communicate with your project stakeholders and sponsors, manage project risk and deliver post implementation reviews.

With project design and implementation a core business function for most public sector organisations, there are lots of opportunity to progress into a project management role. This course will empower you with the project management core principles, approaches and tools necessary to ensure project success.

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Course content

This project management course covers the fundamental steps in every project’s life cycle and uses a real-life case study approach to follow a project from conception through to completion and final review.

The following content will be covered during the course:

• Understanding project management
• Key project management terminology
• Project management approaches
• The project lifecycle
• Project management roles and responsibilities
• Initiating the project
• Stakeholder management
• Project communication
• Work breakdown structure (WBS)
• Risk management
• Project execution, monitoring and control
• Post implementation review.

Learning outcomes

In this project management course, you will be able to:

1. Understand the key phases of a project and the importance of each phase.
2. Contribute to the development of project schedules, plans and deliverables.
3. Take responsibility for your part in a project, and work towards achieving agreed deadlines within a set budget and timeframe.
4. Manage potential problems and risks within a project.

Intended audience

This project management course is suitable for professionals across all industries who want to learn about effective project management. 

Delivery style

This project management course will be delivered as an interactive workshop consisting of an instructor-led lecture, group and individual activities. This training approach allows participants to work through concepts introduced by the trainer in an application-focused teaching environment. Participants will challenge their understanding of the concepts and consider their application once back in their individual workplace.

About the presenter

Tish Creenaune is a Associate Director at the Institute for Public Policy and Governance. Tish is a highly regarded and experienced public sector executive with over 30 years working in the education and training, innovation, communities and social policy fields as a policy planner and strategic project manager leading change projects and reform. She has worked closely with senior officers in government agencies and Government Ministers in leading the implementation of policy and delivered on social, innovation, community and educational outcomes through influencing a diverse range of stakeholders.

Tish was the founding Director of the Catalyst Lab Innovation Program, the first NSW education innovation lab leading the exploration, design and scaling of innovative education ideas and incubator for innovation in education, providing a structured process to trial and prototype new ideas. She is a skilled facilitator in project management, design thinking and innovation: developing and customising innovation processes and methodologies to solve for complex problems.

Her other strengths include: Strategy and implementation; Collaboration; Leadership; and Talent and team development.