Project Management Skills

What Will You Gain? ALTAWAIL Consulting & Training, a PMI Authorized Training Partner (ATP), delivers the Project Management Skills course to provide participants with a practical and integrated understanding of the project life cycle—from project initiation and integrated planning through execution, monitoring and control, and closure. Participants learn how to define project objectives and scope, develop core project plans, coordinate teams and resources, manage risks and changes, engage stakeholders, monitor performance, and close projects systematically. Practical exercises and an integrated case study help participants apply essential project management tools and practices in realistic workplace situations. Participants who complete the course may claim 18 Professional Development Units (PDUs).

• Explain the fundamental principles, life cycle, roles, and governance arrangements of project management.
• Align project objectives and expected outcomes with organizational priorities and value.
• Develop a project charter that defines the purpose of the project, objectives, scope, stakeholders, assumptions, and constraints.
• Define project scope and develop a structured Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
• Prepare a practical project plan covering activities, schedule, costs, resources, risks, communications, and performance measures.
• Identify project stakeholders and apply appropriate engagement, communication, and relationship-building approaches.
• Identify and assess project risks and recommend suitable response actions.
• Apply collaborative leadership and structured problem-solving techniques to address project challenges and support informed decision-making.
• Monitor project progress, analyze performance variances, communicate project status, and recommend corrective actions.
• Evaluate project changes, support project closure, and document lessons learned for future improvement.

• Practical case studies and scenario-based discussions.
• Group activities, workshops, simulations, and collaborative exercises.
• Practical exercises.
• Instructor-led explanations, facilitated discussions, and structured problem-solving.

Target Audience: This course is suitable for project team members and project coordinators; aspiring and newly appointed project managers; professionals who manage projects as part of their broader responsibilities; supervisors and functional managers involved in project delivery; employees responsible for planning, coordinating, monitoring, or reporting project activities; professionals seeking a practical foundation in project management; and individuals who want to strengthen their understanding of the project life cycle and essential project management practices.

• Understanding of the project life cycle and delivery approaches
• Project initiation and charter development
• Project scope definition and Work Breakdown Structure development
• Integrated project planning
• Schedule, cost, and resource planning.
• Project team coordination and collaboration
• Project performance monitoring and control
• Risk, issue, and change management
• Stakeholder engagement and project communication
• Project reporting and decision support
• Project closure, handover, and lessons learned
• Alignment of projects with organizational strategy and value delivery

Remarks: This course is delivered by ALTAWAIL Consulting & Training, a PMI Authorized Training Partner (ATP). Participants who complete the program may claim 18 Professional Development Units (PDUs) toward maintaining their PMI certifications through the Continuing Certification Requirements (CCR) Program.

• Ways of Working: 10 PDUs
• Power Skills: 5 PDUs
• Business Acumen: 3 PDUs
• Total: 18 PDUs

• Purpose and principles of project management
• Project life cycles and predictive, adaptive, and hybrid delivery approaches
• Project roles, responsibilities, governance structures, and decision-making authority
  
• Project constraints, assumptions, dependencies, and success criteria
  
• Alignment of projects with organizational strategy and value delivery
  

• Identifying the project need, expected benefits, and organizational value
• Defining project purpose, objectives, and measurable outcomes
  
• Identifying high-level scope, deliverables, assumptions, and constraints
  
• Identifying key stakeholders, sponsorship, and governance requirements
  
• Developing and obtaining approval for the project charter

• Defining project requirements, boundaries, and deliverables
  
• Distinguishing between project scope and product scope
  
• Decomposing project scope into a structured Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
  
• Developing work packages and defining acceptance criteria
• Establishing the scope baseline and controlling scope creep
  

• Identifying project activities, dependencies, and sequencing requirements
  
• Estimating activity durations and developing the project schedule
  
• Estimating project costs and establishing the project budget
  
• Identifying resource requirements and assigning responsibilities
  
• Integrating scope, schedule, cost, resources, quality, risk, and communications into the project management plan
  

• Directing and managing project work in accordance with the approved plan
  
• Clarifying team roles, responsibilities, and decision-making authority
  
• Coordinating team members, resources, suppliers, and project activities
  
• Managing quality requirements and verifying deliverables against acceptance criteria
• Applying collaborative leadership, structured problem-solving, and constructive conflict resolution
  

• Comparing actual performance with approved project baselines
  
• Monitoring milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and key performance indicators
  
• Analyzing schedule and cost variances and identifying root causes
  
• Forecasting project completion and recommending corrective or preventive actions
  
• Maintaining reliable performance information and preparing reports that support management decision-making
  

• Identifying and assessing project threats and opportunities
• Planning risk responses, assigning risk owners, and monitoring response actions
• Recording, prioritizing, resolving, and escalating project issues
  
• Evaluating change requests and applying integrated change control
  
• Updating project documents, plans, and baselines following approved changes
  

• Analyzing stakeholder interests, expectations, influence, and information needs
  
• Planning stakeholder engagement throughout the project life cycle
  
• Selecting appropriate communication channels, formats, responsibilities, and reporting frequency
  
• Conducting effective project meetings and communicating project status
  
• Managing stakeholder expectations, decisions, escalations, feedback, and working relationships
  

• Confirming completion of deliverables and obtaining formal acceptance
  
• Managing handover, transition, and operational readiness
  
• Closing contracts, records, outstanding actions, and project documentation
• Capturing lessons learned and recommendations for future projects
• Preparing the final project report and supporting benefits-realization follow-up