Advance Certificate in Project Management

Project management is an essential skill-set for many careers and in many contexts in our lives. Introduction to Project Management is an ideal starting point for those who need to manage projects at work or at home, while not necessarily being a formally trained project manager. It is also suitable if you are considering undertaking a project or a career in project management in the near future and are seeking to learn and apply essential project management knowledge and skills.

This program is uniquely developed to understand project management and its use for business and organizational success in Maldives. The course covers the basic framework of project management and provides understanding and opportunity to use these learning in practice. The content area is a practical journey of examination of the steps in organizing and planning the processes that a business uses to address tasks and meet deadlines, with particular attention to the role of project managers as they initiate, plan, execute, control, and terminate projects, in the local context. This program is designed to cover 1/3 of the content on classroom teaching

Maldives is witness a period of rapid development in infrastructure and housing, as well as expansion of local tourism has opened new avenues for employment and business. Labor market lacks necessary local skills and talented labor who could professionally manage these development projects successfully. Project Management has been acknowledged as an absolutely essential tool for all managers and supervisory staff.

This program offers a comprehensive range of study areas relevant to current Project management needs and challenges, specifically focused to the Maldivian context. 

This program is intended provide the project management body of knowledge as well as skills necessary to independently handle a small to medium scale project. 

This programme will be suitable for personnel whose role is to manage projects at work or at home. This qualification will be ideal for:

§  Those who are new to any specialized field of business, or those who are seeking a career in the field of project management.

§  Those who are employed in middle to lower level positions in PM function and want to further develop their knowledge and skills for career progression.

§  Those who are looking for a career change from another area of expertise.

§  Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

§  define the terms project and project management;

§  describe the project life cycle, project selection, project environment, and approval process;

§  identify the project management process groups, including: initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing;

§  Explain the role of the project manager in initiating and completing a project;

§  Explain knowledge areas, including: project integration management, project scope management, project time management, project cost management, project quality management, project human resource management, project communications management, project risk management, and project procurement management;

§  identify and apply the steps that must be taken to complete projects on time and on budget;

§  identify and apply human-resources skills in forming and developing a team;

§  describe how to organize the organizational structure for a project;

§  identify tools and techniques for planning and tracking  a project;

§  develop methods for motivating teams and keeping them focused;

§  explain how to make leadership decisions concerning organizational structure and the role of project resources on a project's team; and

§  Identify project risks.

UNIT TITLE