Overview

This two-day course guides participants through the Six Stages of the Project Life Cycle, highlighting how proper application of each stage ensures project success. It addresses common reasons for project failure and offers practical solutions grounded in good practice and SACPCMP gazette standards. Led by a seasoned expert, the course covers key elements like scope, deliverables, services, and knowledge areas, providing a structured, cross-industry approach to effective project management.

Why Should an Individual Attend?

• Master the Full Project Life Cycle. Gain a step-by-step understanding of all six stages, from Inception to Close-Out, ensuring your projects are structured for success from the start.
• Avoid Common Pitfalls. Explore real case studies of failed projects and uncover the critical missteps to avoid, turning hindsight into foresight.
• Align with SACPCMP Standards.Deepen your understanding of the SACPCMP gazette and how to apply its deliverables and expectations to your own project practice.
• Strengthen Core Project Pillars. Build competence across key areas like Quality, Safety, Budget, Programme, Risk, and Stakeholder Management, essential for any successful project manager.
• Sharpen Your Strategic Thinking. Learn to navigate complex project dynamics, including contractor vs employer perspectives, contract rules of engagement, and qualitative vs quantitative approaches.

Outcomes

At the end of this course, delegates will be able to:

• Recognise key traits of successful project managers. Understand the behaviours, experience, and leadership qualities that drive excellence.
• Describe the six stages of the project life cycle. Outline each phase from start to finish, including roles, deliverables, and decisions.
• Apply SACPCMP requirements to real-world projects. Align project work with gazetted standards across all stages.
• Assess and learn from project failures. Conduct audits to identify causes and improve future outcomes.
• Implement core pillars of project management. Apply principles of quality, safety, budget, schedule, risk, and stakeholder engagement.
• Manage contracts and stakeholder relationships. Navigate roles, responsibilities, and contractual frameworks effectively.
• Use practical tools for project delivery and control. Apply proven techniques to achieve measurable results across diverse settings.

Program Outline

• Introduction
  • What makes a good project manager?
  • The 10 000-hour rule!
  • An overview of the project life cycle
  • The project management knowledge areas
  • An audit of projects that have gone wrong, and why these went wrong
  • Review of the SACPCMP ‘deliverables’ for the project life cycle.

• The Pillars of Project Management
  
  • Quality
  • Safety
  • Budget
  • Programme
  • Risk
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Communication Management
  • Scope Management
  • Contract Management
  • Human Resource Management
  • Procurement Management
  • Project Integration

• The Six Work Stages of the Project Management Life Cycle
  • Stage 1 – Inception / Initiation and Briefing
  • Stage 2 – Concept and Viability
  • Stage 3 – Design Development
  • Stage 4 – Documentation and Procurement
  • Stage 5 – Construction
  • Stage 6 – Close out

• The role players

• Project challenges

• Knowledge areas

• SACPCMP gazette review

• Contracts – the ‘rules of engagement’

• Contractor vs employer’s perspective

• Qualitative vs quantitative approach

• Contractor’s management tool

• Case studies and discussions

Who Should Attend?

• Project Managers
• Construction Project Managers
• Construction Managers
• Engineers, Technicians and Technologists