Project Management - The Key Principles

Want to lead successful projects at work and make a positive impact?

Join our one-day short course 'Project Management: The Basic Principles' on 8 May at Waikato Management School in Hamilton.

Effective project management executes and delivers positive change in an organisation.

This practical workshop introduces the basic principles and processes of project management, as well as being able to recognise, assess and mitigate risk within projects.

You will also learn technical skills, such as developing a project plan, critical path analysis, and Gantt charting.

The course also touches on critical people skills needed for managing key stakeholders, such as motivating, influencing and managing intergroup conflict.

This short course will be facilitated by Michael Hamid, an Associate at Company X who has more than 30 years’ experience as a project manager. It will be held at the University of Waikato's Hamilton campus on Thursday, 8 May (9am to 4pm).

Learn more and register: www.waikato.ac.nz/shortcourses

Learning outcomes:

• Basic principles: Thinking, organising, planning, controlling and directing projects.
• Be able to conceptualise the project management life cycle and develop a project plan.
• Have an understanding of project risk; how to identify, assess and manage it.
• People skills and managing groups. Have an appreciation of the people and cultural issues that are implicit in the management of projects.