IPMA-C course

Do you manage complex projects and want to keep an overview? In the IPMA-C course you develop a genuine helicopter view, manage time, money and quality, and prepare for the official IPMA-C exam.

Description

In the IPMA-C course you go into greater depth on managing complex projects. You learn how to determine roles and responsibilities within a project, delegate work and draw up project standards. You also gain insight into putting together a strong project team and managing time, money, quality, information and organisation.

You go into the general management tasks within a project in greater depth: setting project goals, phasing, control and taking well-considered decisions. Subjects such as budgeting, planning, value analysis and progress monitoring are also covered extensively. The emphasis is on developing a helicopter view, allowing you as a project manager to keep an overview and keep your team motivated and engaged.

At the end of the course you will be well prepared for the official exam for IPMA-C Certificering Nederland.

Topics

In you work towards the IPMA-C exam. The following subjects are covered:

Days 1 and 2. Project preparation

• Project assignment, objective, result, scope and demarcation
• The project team: qualities and those involved
• Project success and project management success
• Risk management: risks and opportunities in projects
• Project communication and negotiating

Day 3. Project set-up and execution

• Creativity and solution-oriented thinking
• Project organisation and set-up
• Phasing and structuring the course of the project
• Estimating and planning techniques
• Leading project teams and teamwork

Day 4. Project control

• Project control and project reporting
• Control factors: time, money, quality, information and organisation
• Change management and configuration management
• Project analysis and monitoring with earned value management
• Team management: commitment and motivation
• Dealing with conflicts

Day 5. Project closure

• Financial project reporting: jargon and key concepts
• Closing and delivering the project
• Exam training

Result

After the IPMA-C course you lay a solid foundation for your project and prepare it thoroughly. You know which competences and qualities your project team needs and you recognise the opportunities and risks. You manage these in a targeted way.

You set up project communication clearly and negotiate smoothly with clients, team members and other stakeholders. You phase and structure your project, and with good planning you save time and money. During execution you keep the overview, even when things get busy.

You manage your team and keep everyone engaged and motivated. You control the factors of time, money, quality, information and organisation, and report on them clearly. On completion you close the project properly and hand it over. You are also well prepared for the official exam for IPMA-C Certificering Nederland.

Target audience

The IPMA-C course has been developed for project managers who are just starting out, or project leaders who want to progress to project manager and learn to control complex projects.

Teaching method

During the IPMA-C course you work in a small group together with an experienced trainer. We alternate the theory with practical assignments, examples from your own projects and practice questions in line with the IPMA-C exam.

You will work actively with cases, group discussions and reflection on your own role as a project manager. In this way you build up your helicopter view step by step, along with the confidence to steer complex projects.

You will receive course materials that you can also use as a reference work after the course. Afterwards you will receive a certificate of participation and you will be well prepared for the official IPMA-C exam.

Prior knowledge

You have some experience as a project leader or project manager and want to move on to managing more complex projects. A completed IPMA-D is a good basis, but not a requirement. What matters more is that you already work on projects in practice.

Comments

For this course we hire an external venue. You sit the IPMA-C exam separately at IPMA Certificering Nederland; the exam fee and registration are handled by IPMA and are not included in the course price.

In-company

Would you like to organise this training for a whole group or several groups? This can be cost-effective. For example, we can tailor the content entirely to your organisation, and training a whole group is also cheaper.

Are you looking at large numbers of participants or a complete academy? That involves a great deal. Consider planning and communication, for example, or identifying and agreeing the objectives and content of the training. Or differences in level, feedback mechanisms and safeguarding. Fortunately, Learnit has extensive experience in this field (more than 25 years) and we are happy to help you through this process.

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Language

The training is given in Dutch as standard. The trainer has a good command of English. English-language course material can be used. With a minimum enrolment of 3 participants, the training can also be given entirely in English.