1. Content
   1. Week 1
      1. Introduction to project management
         1. What is a project
         2. What is project management
         3. Project life-cycle
         4. Golden rule of project management
   2. Week 2
      1. Introduction to project planning
         1. Project foundations
         2. Project scope
         3. Scope creep
   3. Week 3
      1. Introduction to PERT diagram
         1. Activity on node
         2. Activity on arc
         3. Project crashing
   4. Week 4
      1. Project Planning
         1. Range of planning beyond techinque
         2. Risk in planning
         3. Quality management in projects
         4. Effort planning
   5. Week 5
      1. Introduction to project monitoring
         1. Why monitoring
         2. Links between monitoring, control & planning
         3. Tools/techniques
            1. Reporting
            2. Highlights
            3. Special interest reports
            4. Exception report
            5. Meetings
            6. Data Collection
            7. EVA charts
   6. Week 6
      1. Introduction to project control
         1. Types of control
            1. go/no go
            2. Cybernetic
            3. post
         2. Stewardship of resources
         3. Experience based PM
            1. Lesson learnt logs/reports
   7. Week 7
      1. Introduction to project risk
         1. Risks in project management
         2. Risk management in project management
   8. Week 8
      1. Strategic project management
         1. The link between strategy & Projects/programmes
         2. Project implementation
         3. Project selection models & project alignment
   9. Week 9
      1. Strategic Project Management II
         1. How strategies are developed
         2. Strategic tools
         3. Project & programme alignment
   10. Week 10
       1. Introduction to programme management
          1. What is programme management?
          2. Features of programmes
          3. Relationships Between projects, programmes & portfolios
          4. Benefits
   11. Week 11
       1. Programme management in context
   12. Week 12
       1. Achieving successful project & programmes
   13. Project foundations & golden rule of PM
   14. Strategic Project Management
   15. Programme Management
   16. Project Risk Management
2. Concepts
   1. Definitions within project management
   2. Definitions within programme/portfolio management
   3. Strategic PM
   4. Change management
   5. Project monitoring
   6. Project Planning
   7. Project control
   8. Project foundations
   9. Risk Management
   10. Programme management - benefits
   11. Benefits management