Programme and Project Management

What you will learn The course aims are to: Establish and reaffirm a baseline of student knowledge and understanding of the fundamental principles of project, programme management and portfolio management (P3M) Introduce key principles, processes, tools and techniques underpinning project and programme management Raise awareness of issues associated with successful project and programme management with particular emphasis on leadership challenges in defence. Intended learning outcomes Knowledge and Understanding On successful completion of the course participants will be able to: Describe the basic theoretical concepts that underpin effective project management and its links to programme management and portfolio management Critically assess the relationship between business strategy, portfolios, programmes and projects Apply the lexicon of project, programme and portfolio management. Skills Participants will be given the necessary information to: Evaluate project management tools and techniques, and be aware of their intelligent application and limitations  Assess appropriate use of a range of ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ skills to a variety of project scenarios Recognise what is meant by appropriate governance (including leadership) in project and programme management and be able to define the responsibilities of key players  Be aware of published guidance on project (APM, OGC, PMI), programme (MSP) and portfolio (MoP) management.