| With project management there are a number of | | | | situations and opportunities that arise within a project. |
| key aspects to successful management of a business | | | | APM course The main objectives for the APM course |
| including: planning, project launch and communication | | | | are to develop and promote project management |
| as well as the on-going management of the project. | | | | across all sectors of industry and beyond. The APM |
| There are many forms of project management for | | | | certification will provide you with the knowledge to |
| example building bridges or oil pipelines which share | | | | be able to apply a 'framework' to managing projects. |
| techniques (such as network approaches to planning) | | | | This will lead to a more formal approach to Project |
| with these exercises. You may be a project | | | | Management. This may be the way forward if you |
| manager, a project leader, project team member, an | | | | work for an organisation that operates within the UK |
| engineer or an IT professional etc. It doesn't matter | | | | and has little process formality in managing projects. |
| what industry you are in there will always be course | | | | PMI course A PMI certificate will provide you with the |
| that's right for you. Whilst you are deciding on further | | | | knowledge you need to enable you to apply a |
| training or improving your existing project | | | | 'framework' to managing projects. This will then lead |
| management skills, it is important to remember the | | | | you to a more formal approach to Project |
| possible courses that are available to you: Prince 2 | | | | Management. This course may be a suitable for you |
| courses: Prince 2 stands for Projects in Controlled | | | | if you work for a global organisation with presence |
| Environments. This is a project management method | | | | throughout the world where you will need to |
| covering the organisation, management and control | | | | communicate in a common language when managing |
| of projects. PRINCE 2 was first developed by the | | | | Projects. MSP course MSP means: Managing |
| Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency | | | | Successful Programmes. This course is a |
| (CCTA), now part of the Office of Government | | | | best-practice guide from the OGC, describing a |
| Commerce (OGC), in 1989 as a UK Government | | | | structured approach for managing programmes. It |
| standard for IT project management. It is aimed at | | | | has been developed using the collective expertise and |
| enabling you to successfully deliver the right products, | | | | practical experience of some of the leading |
| on time and within budget. As a Project manager you | | | | practitioners in the field. This means that it not only |
| can apply the principles of PRINCE2 and the | | | | reflects best practice, but is also an accessible, |
| associated training to any type of project. It will help | | | | workable technique that has been tested by those |
| you to manage risk, control quality and change | | | | working in the real world. |
| effectively, as well as make the most of challenging | | | | |