Project Management Fundamentals

Projects go wrong for predictable reasons: unclear scope, poor planning, missed risks, and communication breakdowns. This 2-day programme teaches the fundamental project management tools and disciplines that keep projects on track. Based on PMI best practices and adapted for real-world application in Malaysian organisations, it is suitable for anyone managing or contributing to projects, regardless of industry.

Modules

What is Project Management
The project lifecycle. The difference between a project and business-as-usual. Why projects fail and what good project management prevents.

Project Initiation
Defining the project objective and success criteria. Writing a Project Charter. Identifying stakeholders and their interests.

Scope Management
Defining what is in and out of scope. Creating a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). Managing scope creep without damaging stakeholder relationships.

Project Planning
Building a project schedule with milestones and dependencies. Estimating time and resources realistically. The critical path method explained simply.

Cost and Budget Management
Estimating project costs. Building a project budget. Tracking spend and managing budget variances.

Risk Management
Identifying and assessing project risks. Mitigation strategies for the most common project risks. Maintaining a risk register.

Communication and Stakeholder Management
Building a project communication plan. Status reporting that keeps stakeholders informed. Managing difficult stakeholders without losing their support.

Project Monitoring and Closure
Tracking project progress against plan. Managing issues and changes. Closing a project properly and capturing lessons learned.

Final Activity

Project Simulation. Participants plan and execute a mini project in teams using the tools covered across both days. Teams present their project plan, risk register, and status update at the end of Day 2.

Key Outcomes:
Initiate, plan, and manage a project using a structured methodology
Build a realistic project schedule, budget, and risk register
Manage scope, stakeholders, and changes without losing control
Track project progress and report status clearly
Close projects properly and apply lessons learned to future work

Fee: RM 3,500 per participant
Minimum enrolment: 1 participant
Duration: 2 Days
Level: All levels
HRD Corp Claimable
Certificate included