An Intensive 5-day Training Course

Certificate in
Strategic Project Management

Delivering Projects Successfully and Achieving Strategic Goals

INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE

Strategic project management plays a pivotal role in aligning project execution with broader business objectives, ensuring sustainable success and competitive advantage. Unlike traditional approaches focused solely on timelines, budgets, and deliverables, the Strategic Project Management training course emphasizes the integration of each project into the organization’s long-term vision and strategic goals. This ensures that every project contributes meaningfully to overall business growth and market positioning.

A core principle of strategic project management is the selection and prioritization of initiatives that deliver the greatest organizational value. Project managers operating at a strategic level collaborate closely with executive leadership to identify, plan, and implement projects that drive market expansion, innovation, and operational efficiency. This alignment requires meticulous planning, strong communication, and the agility to adjust to evolving market dynamics and corporate priorities.

By embedding strategic thinking into project management practices, organizations enhance resource allocation, improve risk management, and achieve better long-term outcomes. The Strategic Project Management training course equips participants with the knowledge and tools needed to optimize project performance, enabling businesses to respond proactively to emerging opportunities and challenges in a dynamic environment.

This KC Academy Strategic Project Management training course will cover:

  • Fundamentals of Strategic Project Management
  • Essential project management skills to maximize project success
  • Project strategizing and strategic planning techniques
  • Planning, organizing, implementing, and controlling project activities
  • Building effective leadership and cohesive project teams
  • Key success factors for delivering strategic projects

COURSE DETAILS

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OBJECTIVES

The Strategic Project Management training course is designed to empower team leaders, project managers, engineers, and technical specialists with the critical skills needed to successfully manage projects in alignment with strategic business goals.

By the end of the Strategic Project Management training course, participants will be able to:

  • Apply a structured and professional approach to strategic project management.
  • Understand the project life cycle, including complexity drivers and critical phases.
  • Develop practical, efficient, and goal-oriented project management plans.
  • Implement essential project control mechanisms and reporting procedures.
  • Effectively identify, assess, and mitigate project risks.
  • Strengthen leadership capabilities and team-building competencies to drive project success.
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TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training course methodology will incorporate both theory and skill training components, utilising both traditional lectures, as well as hands-on exercises, group discussions, and case studies.

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ORGANISATIONAL IMPACT

Organizations that invest in the Strategic Project Management training course can expect:

  • Improved alignment of projects with core business values and strategic objectives.
  • Enhanced risk management through early identification and mitigation of potential issues.
  • A deeper understanding of project control best practices, balancing quality, cost, and time.
  • A more skilled project management workforce capable of delivering consistent project success.
  • Strengthened internal project teams that can be effectively deployed across multiple initiatives.
  • Greater overall efficiency in achieving business and project milestones.
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PERSONAL IMPACT

Participants in the Strategic Project Management training course will develop valuable skills that extend beyond project management, including:

  • Enhancing delivery speed and project execution efficiency.
  • Strengthening risk analysis and proactive problem-solving capabilities.
  • Mastering strategic planning and advanced project estimating techniques.
  • Building and leading high-performing integrated project teams.
  • Developing key professional attributes necessary for successful project leadership.
  • Increasing their value within their organization as indispensable project team members and leaders.
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WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This KC Academy Strategic Project Management training course is specifically tailored to team leaders, project managers, engineers and technical specialists, but will also benefit anyone who is involved in business management and delivery. This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

  • Project Managers & Engineers
  • Project Control Managers & Engineers
  • Proposal Managers
  • Risk Managers
  • Contract Managers
  • Project Engineers
  • Discipline Engineers
  • Technical Specialists

DAILY AGENDA

Day 1: Project Management Planning and Strategizing
  • Projects and Programs
  • Project Identification
  • Understanding the Organisation & Complexities in Oil & Gas Projects
  • Project Life Cycles and Stage Gates
  • Project Sanctioning and Approval Process
  • Development of the Strategic Project Business Case
  • Exploratory Decision Analysis
Day 2: Strategic Project Delivery Preparation
  • Understanding the Macro-Environment in Relation to Projects
  • Working with Stakeholders and Managing their Expectations
  • Preparing for Project Delivery through 20 Steps
  • Defining Project Roles & Responsibilities
  • Developing a Strategic Project Execution Plan
  • Compiling Project Estimates
  • Producing Work & Cost Breakdown Structures
Day 3: Project Analysis & Control
  • Financial Feasibility Analysis
  • Financing & Credit Risk Considerations
  • Developing Realistic Project Schedules
  • Critical Path Analysis
  • Project Control & Management of Change
  • Key Performance Indicators & Earned Value Management
  • Monitoring & Reporting Project Progress
Day 4: Identifying, Analysing & Controlling Project Risks
  • Defining & Describing Risk
  • Planning the Risk Management Process
  • Identifying Risk
  • Qualitative & Quantitative Risk Analysis
  • Risk Response Planning
  • Prioritising Risks Strategically
  • Controlling Risks
Day 5: Developing Strategic Management and Leadership Skills
  • Project Managers & Leaders – Unique Requirements
  • The Need for a Team Approach
  • The Team Development Cycle
  • Developing Effective Teams
  • Keys to Effective Influence & Persuasion
  • Communication, Delegation & Motivational Skills
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Certificate

On successful completion of this training course, KC ACademy Certificate will be awarded to the delegates.

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