Project Management Program

Construction project managers, architects, quantity surveyors and construction managers.

How attendees will benefit?

After completion of the program, delegates will be able to:

• understand the principles and knowledge areas on which the discipline of project management is built;
• assemble a project team and compile project organisational structures indicating contractual and communication relationships;
• apply leadership, delegation, team-building and motivation in a project environment, conduct meetings and project communication and comprehend the principles of employment and labour laws;
• understand the principles of general management and develop a business plan;
• define the scope of a project, including specifications and a milestone schedule, by compiling a statement of work through value engineering;
• identify, analyse, respond to and manage project risks;
• devise a quality management system;
• compile Gantt charts, linear and line-of-balance programs and critical-path networks for projects;
• compile cost estimates and prices for tenders for projects;
• understand the essential constituent elements and requirements for a valid contract, including forms of and remedies for breach in general and with specific reference to letting and hiring and purchase and sale contracts;
• do trade-offs between time, cost and quality to determine the most economical and best solution to solve any specific encroachment on any constraint.