London Institute of Business & Technology

Strategic Project Management for Senior Project Managers

Lead Complex Projects with Strategic Confidence

Large-scale projects with strategic project management oversight are 2.5x more likely to meet their objectives than those managed tactically.

The Challenge

Senior project managers often struggle to connect project delivery to strategic objectives, resulting in technically successful but strategically irrelevant projects.

The Solution

Elevate project management from task delivery to strategic value creation, ensuring projects drive organisational objectives.

Programme Overview

Strategic project management, programme management, portfolio management, benefits realisation, and project governance.

Who This Is For

Senior Project Manager
Programme Manager
PMO Director
Head of Delivery

What You'll Achieve

  • Understand principles, concepts, and theory of Project Management
  • Be able to critically analyse complex problems to propose project-based solutions
  • Be able to demonstrate critical awareness of the different steps of the Project Management process from conception to completion
  • Be able to demonstrate competence to handle complex projects involving multidisciplinary stakeholders under conditions of uncertainty & change

Programme Sessions

5-Day Certification Programme

Covers: Project Management Overview, The Project Life Cycle and Project Management Process, Projects Appraisal

Topics covered:

  • L1.1

    Project Management Overview

  • L1.2

    The Project Life Cycle and Project Management Process

  • L1.3

    Projects Appraisal

Covers: What is Strategic Perspective?, Internal and External Strategic Challenges, Environmental Scanning

Topics covered:

  • L2.1

    What is Strategic Perspective?

  • L2.2

    Internal and External Strategic Challenges

  • L2.3

    Environmental Scanning

Covers: What is Decision Making, Flaws in Decision Making, Project Managers and Decisions

Topics covered:

  • L3.1

    What is Decision Making

  • L3.2

    Flaws in Decision Making

  • L3.3

    Project Managers and Decisions

Covers: What is a Project Management Framework?, Project Management Frameworks, Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), and 2 more topics

Topics covered:

  • L4.1

    What is a Project Management Framework?

  • L4.2

    Project Management Frameworks

  • L4.3

    Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)

  • L4.4

    Project Team: Human Resources and Communications

  • L4.5

    Project Team: Human Resources and Communications

Covers: Introduction: Project Initiation, Project Initiation, The Project Charter, and 1 more topics

Topics covered:

  • L5.1

    Introduction: Project Initiation

  • L5.2

    Project Initiation

  • L5.3

    The Project Charter

  • L5.4

    Stakeholder Management

Covers: Overview of Project Planning, Scope Planning, Project Schedule Planning, and 4 more topics

Topics covered:

  • L6.1

    Overview of Project Planning

  • L6.2

    Scope Planning

  • L6.3

    Project Schedule Planning

  • L6.4

    Resource Planning

  • L6.5

    Budget Planning

  • L6.6

    Executing

  • L6.7

    Projection Execution Challenges

Covers: Project Monitoring and Control Overview, Managing Project Complexity, Project and Program Complexity Model, and 1 more topics

Topics covered:

  • L7.1

    Project Monitoring and Control Overview

  • L7.2

    Managing Project Complexity

  • L7.3

    Project and Program Complexity Model

  • L7.4

    Project Completion

Competencies Developed

Understand principles, concepts, and theory of Project Management

Identify and describe principles, concepts, and theory of Project Management

Review methods for appraising strategic projects and project management; Evaluate the principles, concepts, and theory of Project Management that should be followed for the successful management of projects

Be able to critically analyse complex problems to propose project-based solutions

Assess sources of data and information that will analyse complex problems and support the development of project-based solutions

Synthesise the data and information for options or alternatives that support the best solutions; Critically evaluate and determine an option that supports the project’s strategic aims

Be able to demonstrate critical awareness of the different steps of the Project Management process from conception to completion

Develop and reviews different steps of the Project Management process from conception to completion

Conduct research using different data sources, and synthesize data and options; Draw conclusions and make recommendations that achieve the project’s strategic aims

Be able to demonstrate competence to handle complex projects involving multidisciplinary stakeholders under conditions of uncertainty & change

Determine strategic plans to investigate complex projects that have significant implications for the organisation

Prepare a project plan that identifies key milestones and critical pathways under conditions of uncertainty & change; Critically evaluate the impact and success of a complex project involving multidisciplinary stakeholders under conditions of uncertainty & change

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Key Information

Duration5 Days (40h)
DeliveryHybrid
Pass Threshold40%
Awarding BodyLondon Institute of Business and Technology

Fees & Payment

Best Value

Pay in Full

£1,200

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