This practical course introduces project management basics needed for project success and teaches a process to generate a basic project plan, including a project schedule.

The course is fully online, and you work whenever and wherever it suits you – no travelling and no leave from work is required. Any scheduled interactive session will be recorded so that you can view it when it suits you.

Thousands of people have already benefitted from this course. It has been presented in contact classes since 1996 and has been presented online since 2018. The content is updated regularly to keep up with new developments.
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The Graduate School of Technology Management (GSTM) of the University of Pretoria is the undisputed leader in project management research, education and training in Africa and is responsible for the academic content of the PPM. The programme is to a large extent developed and taught by the same lectures that offer Africa’s only master’s programme in project management that is accredited by the Global Accreditation Center of the PMI (Project Management Institute).

Thousands of people have already benefitted from the PPM. It has been presented in contact classes more than 180 times since 1997. The PPM is therefore well known in industry. It has been presented online since 2020. The content is updated regularly to keep up with new developments.
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The difficulty of choosing a project management course

The PPM is a practical project management training course to equip project managers and aspiring project managers with appropriate project management skills. The list below gives merely some indication of typical skills taught. Please note that the outcomes and assessment methods vary from year to year, from intake to intake and depending on the lecturers presenting the training modules. The University reserves the right to make any significant changes to the content of the PPM training course without any notification. This document therefore does not imply any commitment on the side of the University or any of its agents.

As the objective is the development of project management skills, several interactive group events take place during the course but the assessments indicated below excludes work done in groups that do not contribute to the final grade. Although contact time on the Weekend course offering is less than on courses presented during the week, the outcomes are nominally the same.
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