Executive Development | SBS-ED
Irrespective of an individual’s profession, or even in a personal capacity, they will have to manage projects at some point. This programme arms professionals with cutting-edge project management knowledge and enhanced project management skills: The ones needed (1) to excel in their role, either as a new or more experienced project manager, (2) to take their projects and their career to the next level, and (3) to make themselves indispensable in a world that will always require excellent project managers.
The programme is based on the PMBOK process groups and the PRINCE2® principles. Participants will learn to apply international standard Project Management philosophies, principles, and techniques that will enable them to plan, analyse, measure progress, control, and report on any project – irrespective of the scope or industry. It equips participants with the skills necessary to assess and determine situations that warrant a project approach in order to achieve strategic objectives.
The objective of the programme is to acquaint participants with the practical and theoretical principles and techniques with which a specific team produces an identified, once-off project, within specified time, cost, and performance targets. Our approach is not to present or promote a specific methodology for project management, but rather the philosophy, principles, and techniques involved in the management of projects.
New or more experienced project managers who need to plan, analyse, measure progress, control, and report on any project – irrespective of the scope or industry.
Based on the PMBOK process groups and the PRINCE2® principles, the PMP is a comprehensive 3-month programme that provides insights into the fundamentals of Project Management but also covers, on a more in-depth level, (1) The Formulation of the Scope of a Project, (2) Organising for Project Management, (3) Cost
Management, and (4) Time Management for Projects with Nonrepetitive Elements.
On successful completion of the Project Management Programme, participants can apply for recognition of prior learning (RPL) for the Managing Projects module on Stellenbosch Business School’s Postgraduate Diplomas in Project Management OR Development Finance, on the condition that they submit all the documentation and take/pass the tests as required, as well as meet the application process and admittance criteria requirements.
Over the course of 3 months, participants will be equipped to:
