This document provides a business case for a 5-day Project Management Course. The course focuses on communication, which is identified as a leading cause of project failure. It would be presented on-site for a fee of R 8,888 per participant with a minimum of 10 participants. The benefits of the course include effective communication, understanding project requirements and processes, improved quality and cost savings. The risks include projects being undertaken without proper project management knowledge.

1. BUSINESS CASE
Project: Project Management Course
Release: V1.0
Date: 5 October 2015
Author: Irene Steenhagen
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1 Business Case History
1.1 Document Location
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2 Table of Contents
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1 Business Case History 1
1.1 Document Location 1
1.2 Revision History
1.3 Approvals
1.4 Distribution
2 Table of Contents
3 Executive Summary
4 Reasons
5 Business Options
6 Expected Benefits
7 Expected Dis-benefits
8 Timescales
9 Costs
10 Investment Appraisal
11 Major Risks
12 Contact Details

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3 Executive Summary
Change is inevitable, to make the change happen smoother it is of enormous assistance to
have managers with project management knowledge.
When doing projects this knowledge can increase the efficiency of the project management
staff.
This course has a focus on communication as this is proven to be one of the leading factors of
project failure. From my 12 year experience on projects, the next biggest factor is motivation
and thus interest. This has a big influence on communication. The course is customised for
your company and should you with we can come to your premises to present the course. The
course fee is R 8888 ex VAT per individual attending.
4 Reasons
Project management is most often a multi department / multi discipline requirement and this
requires a human being who understands the complexity of managing the communication and
workings of the multi-talented people working in the many departments and their contractors.
5 Business Options
Summary of subjects covered on the 5 day Project Management Course
Goals – Yours, the company’s or a combination of the two.
Project Process – The Project from inception to removal and recycling. This lays the bases of
the week.
Communication – forms of communication and effective communication.
Team – The people working on the project.
Communication test – Test the communication skills. Including role playing and experiencing
miscommunication and how to prevent this.
Documentation – project management documentation requirements, when they are prepared
and why.
Scope – What is the work to be done on this project?
Quality – management of the quality of the workmanship and the “result” of the project.
Time / Cost – calculation of the time it will take to complete the project and what the project
will cost. With this goes the critical path calculations.
Motivation – Keeping yourself, the team and stakeholders motivated? Recognise demotivated
people and how to address them without offending.
Stakeholders and RACI – Who is responsible, accountable, concerned and involved in the
project and their role. The RACI is a very important part of the Communication planning
document.
Terminology / Language – This goes hand in hand with effective communication.
Procurement – management of vendors and goods.
Risk – What are the risks of doing or not doing this project?
Goals / Sub goals – Are the goals from day one still the same or can you add more detail?
Integration – “Connecting the dots” – Connecting the parts of the project and project process

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to make up a successful project.
Progress / Milestones – Braking the project into smaller parts and keeping a check on the
progress over time. If you have a large project you may want to break the timeline into
smaller parts and use these milestones to complete documentation to use for milestone
payment.
Team Support – How do you support the team who are supporting you?
Q + A – Do you have any questions that was not covered as yet?
This list can be changed to be company specific.
6 Expected Benefits
Effective communication
Understanding of project requirements
Understanding and adaptability of the project process
Effective implementation of projects
Effective implementation of changes
Improved quality of the projects
Financial savings due to effective planning
7 Expected Dis-benefits
The course did not cover what was expected. (This is why we make it “user Specific”).
8 Timescale
The course runs from 8:00 to 16:30 for the full week.
9 Costs
The one week communication focused project management course costs R 8888 ex VAT per
individual. The minimum amount of people on the “in-house” course is 10 people. Should
you have less than 10 people and you would like to attend the course, please attend the course
nearest to you.
10 Investment Appraisal
This course gives the individual attending an excellent understanding of the project
management process, the planning required before a project is implemented, the importance
of the planning stage, the importance of effective communication, the importance of effective
quality assurance and the risks if quality assurance is not implemented effectively.

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11 Major Risks
Projects are undertaken with limited knowledge of project management and the
implementation of the project plan and strategies.
12 Contact Details
Irene Steenhagen
ALKEMRAS (PTY) Ltd
M: 076-465-3608
E: irene@alkemras.co.za or pmcourse.alkemras@gmail.com
W: pmcourse.alkemras.co.za