Project and Financial Management
Kaplan’s 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) Courses encapsulate a wide range of soft and technical skills. The courses are catered to supplement students’ academic training and prepare them for the future of work. The 4IR courses are carefully selected to equip students with interpersonal, digital and practical skills that are industry relevant.
Course Objectives
- Plan a project and understand project life cycle and roles within a project
- Understand how to deliver a project against a project plan
- Use relevant project management tools
- Learn how to manage project risks and issues
- Understand and apply finance-related governance and compliance to ensure effective budgetary control
- Know how to deliver value for money
- Understand how to set and monitor budgets and produce accurate financial updates
Course Structure
- Needs of a successful project
- Effective project sponsors
- Project manager – Role and responsibility
- Developing an integrated team
- Generic project documents
- Business case
- Risk register
- Managing risks
- Project risk approach
- Building the network – the critical path
- Microsoft Project
- RACI for tasks
- Making estimates
- Principles for controlling changes
- Stakeholders
- Key project communication thoughts
- Tracking projects
- Project close
- Finance
- Stakeholders in a business
- Governance and Compliance
- Application in ILM of Governance and Compliance
Rewards
- Certificate of Completion by Kaplan (will be received within 1-2 working weeks upon course completion)
