Project Management Essentials (30 PDUs, classroom, 5 days)

About

This course will teach you the fundamentals of project management. Learn how to apply essential project management concepts, deal with changes and challenges, and check the impact of your decisions on project outcomes. Benefit from the Harvard Business Publishing simulation to develop your skills of managing real projects.

This course is available at IATA Training Centers and Regional Training Partner locations, and on-demand as in-house training.

Course code: TAPH-05

Course format

• This classroom course provides 5 days (40 hours) of instruction delivered by an official IATA Instructor.
• Student performance will be based on an assessment

Prerequisites

• Participants should have prior knowledge and experience working with projects.
• Recommended level is Advanced
• The recommended level of language proficiency is ICAO Operational Level 4 for courses in English or the equivalent level for other languages.

How to register

• To attend a class scheduled at one of our training centers: Register early and save up to 20%! Please read the Terms for the early bird discount. The discount will be calculated at the time of payment.
• To arrange in-house training for your company: Complete the in-house training request form or contact the salesperson in your region.

What you will learn

Upon completing this course you will be able to:

• Define project objectives, minimize scope changes and prevent scope creep
• Develop time and cost estimates, create and control the schedule and the budget
• Assemble, motivate and lead a project team
• Communicate project progress, maintain stakeholder engagement and develop plans for managing risks
• Manage scope, resources, schedule and team dynamics
• Make trade-offs between desired project outcomes and understand how prototypes and iterative processes help mitigate the risks of uncertainty

Course content

• Scope of project deliverables
• Identification and management of key stakeholders
• Prevent, minimize and respond to risks
• Assigning tasks and managing project teams
• Project progress and changes
• Leadership and people skills related to project management

Activities

• Harvard Business Publishing Simulation

Who should attend

This course is recommended for:

• Project coordinators and managers
• Project team members
• Anyone who needs to perform project management activities in their role

Certificate awarded

An IATA Certificate of Completion is awarded to participants obtaining a grade of 70% or higher on all exercises and exams. A special distinction is awarded to participants obtaining a grade of 90% or higher.

This course counts as 30 PDUs, helping you earn or maintain your PMI credential.

Additional content

IATA has been reviewed and approved as a provider of project management training by the Project Management Institute (PMI).
The PMI Registered Education Provider logo is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

Testimonial

Mr. Anochkine, UNMIT
IATA Training courses play a very important role in national civil aviation capacity building, which is part of UN mandated activities. I would like to express my gratitude for the quality and extraordinarily professional level of ALL courses delivered by IATA Training. IATA plays an active role with UN missions in capacity building in the aviation industry in newly developing nations, by providing training and unified industry culture development. IATA is a model for international industry standards and best practices implementation.