Project Management
Advanced Project Planning, Scheduling and Cost Control
Bar charts are where most planning stops. Network logic, resource levelling, baseline management...
- Next session
- 5 to 9 Oct 2026
- Venue
- Nairobi
- 5 day programme
- FromR18,000
Project Management Fundamentals for the South African Workplace
How projects get initiated, planned, executed and closed in South African organisations, taught through the actual tasks: scoping a vague request, building a schedule, costing it and reporting on it honestly. You return able to run a small project without borrowing someone else's templates.
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Register for this courseWhat you will be able to do
- Explain the full project life cycle and describe what must be produced and approved at each stage.
- Translate a vague business request into a defensible project charter, scope statement and set of deliverables.
- Build a work breakdown structure and convert it into a realistic activity schedule with dependencies.
- Estimate effort, duration and cost using techniques appropriate to the quality of information available.
- Design a reporting pack that gives sponsors an honest view of progress, spend and emerging problems.
- Close a project properly by confirming acceptance, releasing resources and capturing lessons for the next one.
Course outline
- 01The project life cycle and governance gates
- 02Charters, scope statements and acceptance criteria
- 03Work breakdown structures and deliverable definition
- 04Scheduling, dependencies and the critical path
- 05Estimating effort, duration and project cost
- 06Progress tracking, variance and status reporting
- 07Managing change requests and scope creep
- 08Handover, closeout and lessons learned
Who should attend
Newly appointed project managers, project administrators, project coordinators and team leaders who have inherited project responsibility without formal training. It also suits engineers, analysts, supervisors and public sector officials who deliver work through defined projects.
Dates, venues and fees
| Dates | Venue | Days | Fee | Calendar | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sep to 2 Oct 2026 | Nairobi | 5 | US$1,800 | Closed | |
| 5 to 9 Oct 2026 | Dar es Salaam | 5 | US$1,800 | Register | |
| 12 to 16 Oct 2026 | Lusaka | 5 | US$1,800 | Register | |
| 19 to 23 Oct 2026 | Harare | 5 | US$1,800 | Register | |
| 26 to 30 Oct 2026 | Accra | 5 | US$1,800 | Register | |
| 2 to 6 Nov 2026 | Lagos | 5 | US$1,800 | Register | |
| 9 to 13 Nov 2026 | Dubai | 5 | US$1,800 | Register | |
| 16 to 20 Nov 2026 | Johannesburg | 5 | R18,000 | Register | |
| 23 to 27 Nov 2026 | Cape Town | 5 | R18,000 | Register | |
| 30 Nov to 4 Dec 2026 | Durban | 5 | R18,000 | Register | |
| 7 to 11 Dec 2026 | Pretoria | 5 | R18,000 | Register |
Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.
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