Program objective
Build practical project-management capability from defining value and scope to controlling delivery and managing change. Participants integrate schedule, resources, cost, risk and stakeholder considerations in a coherent project plan.
Who this suits
Project coordinators, project managers and professionals responsible for delivering defined initiatives or cross-functional work.
Professional objectives
- Define project value, scope and stakeholder expectations clearly.
- Build an integrated plan covering schedule, resources, cost and risk.
- Monitor delivery and manage changes through practical project controls.
Key learning outcomes
- Produce a project charter and a stakeholder register.
- Develop a scope statement, WBS and deliverable acceptance checklist.
- Build an integrated schedule, responsibility matrix and cost estimate.
- Create a risk register, quality checklist and communication plan.
- Adapt the case into a suitable delivery approach and a visual work board.
- Run a delivery-review simulation and complete a project closure pack.
Module map
- 1.Project foundations and value
- 2.Scope and requirements
- 3.Schedule, resources and cost
- 4.Risk, quality and stakeholder planning
- 5.Predictive, agile and hybrid delivery
- 6.Monitoring, change and closure
Modules in detail
1
Project foundations and value
Theory & concepts
Distinguish projects from operations and define the business need, intended benefits and success criteria. Prepare a concise charter, identify the sponsor and clarify decision rights before committing to detailed planning. Connect the business case, charter and benefits to a clear sponsor decision. Define assumptions, constraints and success criteria, and identify the project's customers and affected stakeholders.
Professional application
Define the project's purpose, intended value and sponsor expectations before planning activity. Distinguish success in delivering the output from success in achieving the business benefit.
Hands-on exercise & output
Produce a project charter and a stakeholder register.
2
Scope and requirements
Theory & concepts
Translate stakeholder needs into deliverables and acceptance criteria. Build a work breakdown structure, define exclusions and assumptions, and establish a simple approach for controlling changes to agreed scope. Elicit and prioritize requirements, define acceptance criteria and build a work breakdown structure. Distinguish scope validation from scope control and manage requirements traceability.
Professional application
Translate broad requests into specific requirements and acceptance evidence. Identify exclusions and assumptions early, then trace important requirements through delivery and approval.
Hands-on exercise & output
Develop a scope statement, WBS and deliverable acceptance checklist.
3
Schedule, resources and cost
Theory & concepts
Sequence activities, identify dependencies and examine the critical path. Estimate effort, duration and cost, allocate responsibility and build a baseline that exposes resource constraints and unrealistic commitments. Use dependency types, three-point estimating and a network diagram to assess schedule realism. Identify critical-path activities, resource constraints, contingency and the cost baseline.
Professional application
Challenge the realism of estimates using dependencies and available capacity. Explain how a delay or resource change affects the critical path, cost and delivery options.
Hands-on exercise & output
Build an integrated schedule, responsibility matrix and cost estimate.
4
Risk, quality and stakeholder planning
Theory & concepts
Create a risk and issue register with response owners and escalation triggers. Define quality checks, communication needs and stakeholder engagement actions, and distinguish an uncertain risk from an issue already affecting delivery. Distinguish risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies in a RAID log. Apply probability-impact assessment, response planning and quality acceptance checks, with owners and review triggers.
Professional application
Distinguish a possible risk from an issue already affecting delivery. Assign response owners, triggers and escalation thresholds, and connect quality checks to acceptance requirements.
Hands-on exercise & output
Create a risk register, quality checklist and communication plan.
5
Predictive, agile and hybrid delivery
Theory & concepts
Compare approaches according to uncertainty, change frequency and stakeholder needs. Use a basic backlog and visual work board, and explain how iterative delivery can coexist with milestones and governance controls. Compare predictive planning with iterative and incremental delivery. Use user stories, prioritization, a backlog and a Kanban board to manage change and limit work in progress.
Professional application
Select the delivery approach according to uncertainty, feedback needs and constraints. Explain which controls remain necessary when work is organized through an iterative backlog.
Hands-on exercise & output
Adapt the case into a suitable delivery approach and a visual work board.
6
Monitoring, change and closure
Theory & concepts
Review progress against the baseline and communicate forecast impacts. Evaluate change requests, record decisions and close the project with acceptance, handover, lessons learned and ownership of ongoing benefit realization. Interpret milestone slippage and cost variance before approving a change. Record change decisions, verify deliverable acceptance and complete handover, lessons learned and benefits ownership.
Professional application
Prepare a delivery review that states progress, forecast, risks and decisions required. Close the project through accepted outputs, documented handover and clear ownership of remaining benefits.
Hands-on exercise & output
Run a delivery-review simulation and complete a project closure pack.
Integrated assignment
Develop and defend an integrated project pack covering the charter, scope, delivery plan, risk controls, stakeholder communications and change process.
Delivery & methodology
Format
Part-time professional training
Attendance
Face-to-face · Live online
Location
Dubai / UAE for face-to-face cohorts; online attendance available
Timing
Session hours, timetable, venue and cohort availability are confirmed in joining instructions.
- Pre-course needs and learning-goals assessment
- Facilitated theory and professional concepts
- Guided demonstrations, case analysis and hands-on exercises
- Application to workplace decisions, with discussion and feedback
- Post-course learning review and a personal application plan
Assessment & application
Before
Identify your role, experience, priority objectives and a workplace task you want to improve. Record a baseline confidence rating with an example of current capability.
During
Review module exercises for accurate use of the method, evidence supporting decisions, relevance to the case and clarity of the completed output. Use facilitator and peer feedback to refine the work.
After
Compare the completed assignment with your initial objectives. Explain the decisions made, identify remaining gaps and record the next practical steps.
Workplace transfer
Create a personal 30-day application plan with a defined action, target date, required support and an observable success measure. This is a participant follow-through plan; ongoing coaching is scoped separately.
Frequently asked questions
How does the program handle different delivery approaches?
It compares predictive, agile and hybrid approaches and applies them within an integrated project case, building connected planning and control tools from charter to delivery review.
Are methodologies compared?
Yes. Predictive, agile and hybrid approaches are compared and applied.
Are the dates confirmed?
Dates, delivery format and places are confirmed by TIH before any booking is finalized. Use the enquiry option to check the next available cohort.
