Advanced Project Management at QLS Level 4 Distance Learning Course

Advanced Project Management at QLS Level 4

Introduction

Advanced Project Management at QLS Level 4

Course code: BSM26

Delivery method: Paper Based or Online

Course duration: 12 Months

Entry requirements: No prior qualification needed

Award achieved: ABC Awards and Certa Award Certificate of achievement at QLS Level 4

Crucially, this Advanced Project Management course will require you to involve yourself in the issues raised in the course: the course materials are only part of the learning process. You should supplement it with your growing and developing experience that will be gained in the light of what you have learned here. In addition, the experience you already have acquired in the broad area of Project management will be of great benefit to you in producing sophisticated responses to the assignments.

Content

Team Leading

Key Principles of Team Leading

Know the role of a team leader within a team
Know how to approach key issues in team leading
Know how to organise the work of a team
Know how to support team development

Managing Personal Development

Know how to assess own development needs
Understand ways to improve own performance
Know how to prepare a personal development plan

Developing Working Relationships with Team Members

Know the characteristics of productive working relationships between a team leader and a team member
Know how to develop working relationships with team members
Understand how to maintain working relationships with team members

Health and Safety Awareness in Team Leading

Know about health and safety in the workplace
Know the risks and hazards in the workplace
Understand the health and safety responsibilities of a team leader

Project Management

What is project management?
Why use project management?
Benefits of project management
What do project managers actually do?
History of PM
Project management old and new
Modern scientific project management
Gantt charts
The Fayol management model
Network diagrams
Critical path method (CPM
Program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
Organisational Structure
The four basic organisational structures
Project Life Cycle
The four stage project cycle model
Milestones and hold points
Project close-out
Feasibility Studies
The client’s feasibility study
Stakeholders
The client
Define the constraints on the project
Value management
Financial models for project selection
Payback period
Return on investment
Discounted cash flow
Net present value
Project Estimating and Scope Definition
Ball-park cost estimate
Feasibility study
Costing
Subdivision of project costs
Direct costs
Indirect costs
Time related costs
Labour and staff costs
Material and logistics costs
Miscellaneous costs
Initiation
Project charter
Defining the scope
Changing scope
Scope Management
Project closeout
Project closeout report
Project Procurement Plan
What is required?
Sourcing
Communication of requirements to potential suppliers
Evaluation and selection of supplier
Review and evaluate tenders
Manage the Contract
Closeout
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Presentation
Producing a WBS
WBS numbering system
WBS and costing
Further breakdown of WBS
Critical Path
Network diagrams: WBS and critical path
Logic
Activities in series
Activities in parallel
Generation of logic
Activities: summing up
Resource Planning
Estimating
Forecasting
Resource availability
Use of resources
Resource overload and underload
Resource adjustment
Increasing project resources
Reducing resources
Controlling the project
Why control projects?
Scope of control
Scope management
Technical backup
Time management
Resource and procurement management
Commercial management
QHSE
Gathering information
Applying project control
Dealing with people
Quality Management
Definitions
Cost of quality
Right first time costs
QA costs
Internal cost of failure
External cost of failure)
Quality circles
Quality auditing
Conduct of an audit
Why audit?
Quality control plans
Risk Management
Hierarchy of control
Controlling risk
Risk assessment
Identify the hazard
Decide who might be harmed
Evaluate the risks and decide upon precautions
Record and implement your findings
Review and update your risk assessments
Communication
Assignments

Health and Safety

Legal Framework for Health and Safety
Sources of Law (England and Wales)
The HSE
The Responsibilities of Employers and Employees
Employers’ Roles and Responsibilities
Employees’ Roles and Responsibilities
Client Roles and Responsibilities
Health & Safety Executive (HSE) Roles and Responsibility
Policies
Hazards and Risks
Effects of Changes to Work Practices
Risk Rating of Hazards
Environmental Aspects
Working at Height
Accident Data
Using Risk Assessments in Appropriate Formats
Special cases
Workers with disabilities
Lone workers
Control and Monitoring
Hierarchy of risk control
Personal protective equipment (PPE)
Controlling the risks to health
Safe Systems of Work
Developing a safe system of work
Work Equipment
Practical Safeguards
Guards
Electrical Hazards
Emergency routes, exits and emergency procedures
Principles of Heat Transmission and the Spread of Fires
Smoke
Fire Risk Assessment
Chemical and Biological Hazards
The role of COSHH
Incident and Accident Investigation and Reporting
Recording and Reporting
RIDDOR

Course Endorsement

At the end of this course successful learners will be given the option to receive a Certificate of Achievement from the Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the components the learner has completed as part of the course).

The course has been endorsed under the Quality Licence Scheme. This means that Kendal Publishing Ltd has undergone an external quality check to ensure that the organisation and the courses it offers, meet defined quality criteria. The completion of this course alone does not lead to a regulated qualification* but may be used as evidence of knowledge and skills gained. The Learner Unit Summary may be used as evidence towards Recognition of Prior Learning if you wish to progress your studies in this subject. To this end the learning outcomes of the course have been benchmarked at Level 4 against level descriptors published by Ofqual, to indicate the depth of study and level of demand/complexity involved in successful completion by the learner.

The course itself has been designed by Kendal Publishing Ltd to meet specific learners’ and/or employers’ requirements which cannot be satisfied through current regulated qualifications. The Quality Licence Scheme endorsement involves robust and rigorous quality audits by external auditors to ensure quality is continually met. A review of courses is carried out as part of the endorsement process.

The Quality Licence Scheme is part of the Skills and Education Group, a charitable organisation that unites education and skills-orientated organisations that share similar values and objectives. With more than 100 years of collective experience, the Skills and Education Group’s strategic partnerships create opportunities to inform, influence and represent the wider education and skills sector.

The Skills and Education Group also includes two nationally recognised awarding organisations; Skills and Education Group Awards and Skills and Education Group Access. Through our awarding organisations we have developed a reputation for providing high-quality qualifications and assessments for the education and skills sector. We are committed to helping employers, organisations and learners cultivate the relevant skills for learning, skills for employment, and skills for life.

Our knowledge and experience of working within the awarding sector enables us to work with training providers, through the Quality Licence Scheme, to help them develop high-quality courses and/or training programmes for the non-regulated market.

*Regulated qualification refers to those qualifications that are regulated by Ofqual / CCEA / Qualification Wales

Method of Study

Paper Based Version

The course comes to you as a paper-based pack delivered by courier.

You will be given guidance through the Study Guide on the nuts and bolts of studying and submitting assignments.

Postal assignments cannot be accepted without prior permission from the tutor.

Online Version

Our online courses are fully digitised versions of the paper-courses, so you can study on any PC or smart device when connected to the internet.

As with the paper course, your online learning programme is completely flexible, so you can study at a pace that suits you.

All of our online course content is broken down into bite size chunks to make your learning more manageable and effective.

Method of Assessment

The course contains a number of assignments which your tutor will mark and give you valuable feedback on. We call these Tutor Marked Assignments (TMAs). You need only send the TMAs to your tutor for comment, not the self-assessment exercises which are also part of the course to help you gauge your progress.

Course Length Information

This course can be taken over a 12 month period but you can complete it as fast or as slowly as you wish.

Tutor Support

You will have access to a tutor via email who will mark your work and guide you through the course and will assist you with any problems you may have. In addition you will be supplied with a comprehensive Study Guide which will help you through the study and assessment process.