Certified Project Management Diploma

This phase involves formally starting a project, defining its objectives, confirming its feasibility, and securing approval to proceed. Key tasks include developing a project charter and identifying stakeholder.

In this stage, the project’s direction is set by deciding on scope, goals, schedule, and resources. Detailed plans are drawn up for activities, risks, communication, and finances so the team knows what needs to be done.

The plan is put into action—teams execute tasks, allocate resources, and produce deliverables. This phase is focused on achieving the project’s objectives as outlined in the plan.

During this stage, actual progress is tracked against the plan. Issues and changes are addressed to keep the project aligned with objectives, budget, and timeline. It typically runs in parallel with implementation.

This is the formal completion of the project. Deliverables are handed over, final documentation is completed, results are reviewed, lessons learned are captured, and the project is signed off as finished.

• What to expect from the course
• Course Assessment
• Certification process
• Fundamental project management concepts and terms
• Project life cycles and processes
• Project Influences

• Collecting project requirements
• Defining project scope
• Creating the Work Breakdown Structure
• Validating Project Scope

• Defining and sequencing project activities
• Estimating project activity duration and effort
• Developing a project schedule
• Controlling the Project Schedule
• Performing critical path analysis
• Developing a Gantt chart
• Loading and Levelling Project Resources

• Stakeholder management principles.
• Identifying and classifying project stakeholders
• Planning, managing, and monitoring stakeholder engagement
• Building Trust and accommodating changes
• Building the stakeholder register
• Leadership, political, social and business skills to address stakeholders’ concerns, issues, and expectations

• Planning cost management
• Estimating project costs
• Building and tracking a project budget
• Contingency reserves
• Earned Value (EV) performance management
• Investment Appraisal

• Quality concepts and definitions applied to projects
• Developing a project quality plan
• Managing and controlling project quality
• Identifying project vs product cost of quality
• Implementing a quality management system

• Planning project resources
• Estimating project activity resources
• Acquiring resources for project activities
• Developing project team
• Managing project team
• Controlling project resources

• Planning, managing, and monitoring project communications
• Communication channels
• Preparing and leading a project kick-off meeting
• Professional responsibility and ethics applied to projects
• Identifying our own communication and negotiation style
• Overview of classic negotiation techniques and outcomes

• Planning project procurement management
• Conducting procurements in project
• Controlling project procurements
• Procurement vs Purchasing

• Identifying project risks, opportunities, and threats
• Performing qualitative and quantitative risk analysis
• Planning and implementing risk responses
• Monitoring risks
• Developing a Risk Assessment Matrix
• Assessing and calculating risk probability and impact

• Performing a feasibility study
• Developing the project charter
• Developing the project management plan
• Directing and managing the project work
• Managing project knowledge
• Performing integrated change control
• Closing the project, or the project phase

• Identifying Lean and Agile values and principles
• Defining the Agile mindset
• Differentiating Agile Vs Lean
• Implementing agile practices to projects
• Scrum: Definitions and Framework

• Overview of course content
• Identify best strategies to succeed on the final exam

• Learn AI’s role and applications in project management.

• Use prompting techniques to apply Generative AI in tasks.

• Identify AI use cases to boost efficiency and decision-making.

• Understand the ethical and governance aspects of AI.

• Integrate sustainability concepts like TBL, Circular Economy, and SDGs.

• Apply sustainability frameworks (CSRD, GRI, SDGs, ESG reporting).

• Identify opportunities for sustainability in the project lifecycle.

• Become familiar with tools for sustainable project management.

Master the full spectrum of proven project management methods, tools, and techniques to plan, execute, and deliver projects efficiently.

Exhibit exemplary professionalism, leadership, and communication. Motivate teams, manage conflicts constructively, and demonstrate ethical, people-centred conduct in every interaction.

Understand how projects fit within the wider organisational, strategic, and environmental landscape. Align your approach with business objectives, regulatory requirements, and stakeholder needs to create lasting positive impact.