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Practical Project Management

Practical tools, techniques and advice you need

Created byMike Claytonworkspace_premiumBest Instructor
IntermediateUpdated Apr 12, 2025

What You'll Learn

  • check_circleUnderstand how projects work and be able to control your project process
  • check_circleDeploy some of the main ways to avoid budget and schedule over-runs
  • check_circleDefine your project precisely, for your benefit and everyone else's
  • check_circleEstablish a clear scope, so you can combat the dreaded 'scope creep'
  • check_circleDeal effectively with supporters, critics and bystanders
  • check_circleStay in control when people change their minds

About This Course

Do you need to manage a project? And do you want to deliver it on time, on budget, and to requirement?If you are new to project management - or just want a refresher, this course will give you all the basics and more. Project management has become a vital element of business life. Success for both you and your organisation will depend on good project management skills. How do you set up to succeed?

This seminar shows you the practical tools, techniques and advice you need. You will get over two and a half hours of high quality video - not just a PowerPoint with a voice over. It is based on Mike's best selling three-hour live seminar and contains over two and a half hours of video, and a wealth of additional templates for you to download and adapt to your work. These will help you to manage your projects practically, for greater control and more success.

Course Content

5 activities • 26 videos • duration: 2h 52m

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Project Management Fundamentals: Know the Principles and Get it Right-Part16 videos • 35 min
  • videocamWhat is a Project?
    Duration 4:08
  • videocamThe Four Stage Project Lifecycle
    Duration 8:49
  • videocamProject Stages and Boundaries
    Duration 8:46
  • videocamOne Reason why Projects go Wrong
    Duration 5:46
  • videocamTerminology used in the Project Stages
    Duration 5:29
  • videocamMore on Project Gateways / Stage Gates
    Duration 2:15
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Project Definition Stage: The Vital Foundation to Your Success-Part14 videos • 26 min
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Project Planning Stage: Failing to Plan = Planning to Fail-Part112 videos • 1.4 hours
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Project Delivery Stage: Don't you Love it When a Plan Comes Together!-Part12 videos • 19 min
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Project Closure Stage: Deep Sigh - You're Nearly Done-Part12 videos • 9 min

Your Instructor

Mike Clayton

Business Trainer, Author and Speaker

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Dr Mike Clayton is a business trainer, author and speaker. Since 2002, he has been helping professionals, managers and leaders to excel in their roles with management, leadership, and personal effectiveness training. Mike has written over a dozen books for major publishers like Wiley, Macmillan and Pearson, including: Powerhouse, How to Manage a Great Project, How to Speak so People Listen, Brilliant Time Management, and The Influence Agenda. Mike's professional background is 12 years as a project management professional with the London office of international management consultancy Deloitte. Prior to that, Mike had an academic career in Physics, working at the world renowned Schuster Laboratory of the University of Manchester.

Credit Information

Is this course eligible for my CPD requirements as a Canadian CPA?

Provincial regulators of CPAs in Canada do not require that independent providers of CPD be approved to offer courses. Instead, individual CPAs are responsible for assessing whether a CPD activity meets their requirements, and may take activities from any source provided those requirements are met.

Every course offered on LearnFormula is delivered by a qualified subject matter expert or learning organization, and advances learning objectives that are relevant to the responsibilities or professional competencies of Canadian CPAs. All activities on LearnFormula are quantifiable in terms of hours, and are also verifiable, in that users receive documented evidence of their attendance via a certificate of completion after finishing a course (and this certificate is stored by LearnFormula indefinitely). Nearly 100,000 Canadian CPAs successfully satisfy their CPD requirements via LearnFormula on an annual basis.

What Students Are Saying

4.5 out of 5
Student's Choice
43 reviews
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    Whitney K.
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    it was a good basic understanding of project management concepts

  • LH
    Lidija H.
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    Excellent! Great overview of the project cycle and why each step is important for the project and the project manager.

  • RM
    Robert M.
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    Excellent course.

  • DR
    David R.
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    VERY WELL ORGANIZED

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