Course information
This course offers an in-depth view of project scoping, from the original business case to the final realisation of project benefits. You will learn to work collaboratively to develop the suite of deliverables required to monitor and control your project scope.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
- analyse a business case and benefits as inputs to the project scope
- develop a project charter, including definition of benefits, objectives, success measures and deliverables
- identify stakeholders to define a project scope
- meaningfully engage with stakeholders to define fitness for purpose and develop requirements in a quality plan
- develop a WBS, scope statement, requirements traceability matrix, configuration management
- ensure requirements are in the statement of work and through appropriate procurement strategies
- apply integrated change control methods to control or change scope after project commencement
- describe the role of projects in supporting benefits realisation at a program, portfolio and organisational level.
Content
Strategy & business benefits
- Context and business benefits or outcomes
Initiating a project
- Preparing the project scope statement
- Aligning scope with strategy and benefits
- Identifying and engaging stakeholders
Develop scope & requirements
- Scoping terminology and approaches to scoping
- Developing a work breakdown structure
- Developing requirements, including traceability matrix and configuration management
- Delivering on requirements using a quality plan
- Developing a procurement plan that will deliver on desired scope
Controlling changes to scope
- Integrated change control approaches
Prerequisites
None
Who this course is for
This course is for professionals involved in planning, coordinating or delivering projects and business improvement initiatives in their organisation. It applies across structured and fast-moving project environments, including engineering, construction, health, education, government, commercial and non-profit sectors.
- Project managers looking to improve planning, delivery and oversight
- ‘Accidental’ project managers managing projects without formal training
- Team leaders, supervisors and business leaders responsible for project outcomes
- Project coordinators, business analysts and subject matter experts
- Change leaders, managers and support staff involved in organisational initiatives
- Anyone working on projects who wants to better manage timelines, stakeholders and priorities
Delivery style
This one-day course focuses on experiential learning. Content is broken into 10-15 minute blocks and immediately followed by group activities where the theory is put into action.
A range of interactive methods will be used including:
- storytelling and the use of professional examples to exhibit the concepts
- self-reflection and group discussions
- case studies where the concepts are actively applied
- individual and team activities and presentations
- suggested readings for after the training.
Materials
You will receive:
- online course materials with case study activities and sample templates for your toolkit
- a Statement of Completion.
