This course is designed for students looking to take the first steps into the world of Project Management. It will give students an understanding of the principles and practice of managing business projects.

Students will be learning to:

• Define the roles and responsibilities of the project manager
• Describe the project management process
• Establish the project team and resources
• Define timescales
• Implement and monitor projects and elements
• Take corrective action where necessary
• Close a project
• Learn the lessons

Support is provided for up to 12 months but it is entirely up to you how quickly you work through the course. The estimated study time is 90 hours so if you average around 5 hours a week study you would complete in 4-5 months.

The Project Management Level 2 course is delivered hard copy in folders which contain your learning material, assignments and study guide.

Support is provided throughout the course via a tutor who can be emailed at any time should you come across anything you are unsure of. There is also a support team by telephone.

Project Management Level 2 is split into four units. At the end of each unit you will complete an assignment which you will email to your tutor. An assignment is a set of questions based upon the unit you have just studied. Your tutor will mark your work and give you feedback. If there are any areas for improvements or anything that you have misunderstood you will always have the opportunity to re-submit.

The good news is there are no exams! Once you have completed all the assignments you complete the course.

Unit 1: Introduction to Project Management

• What is project management?
• The role and responsibilities of the project manager
• The project management process

Unit 2: Initiating and Planning the Project

• Agreeing project specification
• Choosing the project team
• Project management tools
• Designing the project and creating a plan
• Planning project timescale
• Estimating the project costs
• Contingency planning
• Communicating the project plan

Unit 3: Implementing, Monitoring and Controlling the Project

• Delegating project activities
• Managing and encouraging the project team
• Measuring the on-going project activities
• Monitoring the project variables (cost, effort, scope, etc)
• Project time management
• Giving and receiving feedback
• Taking corrective actions to address issues

Unit 4: Completing the project

• Closing the project
• Reviewing the project
• Possible reasons why projects fail
• Learning lessons from the review
• Reporting the project results

At the end of this course successful learners will receive a Certificate of Achievement from ABC Awards and Certa Awards and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the components the learner has completed as part of the course).

The course has been endorsed under the ABC Awards and Certa Awards Quality Licence Scheme. This means that Kendal Publishing Ltd has undergone an external quality check to ensure that the organisation and the courses it offers meet defined quality criteria. The completion of this course alone does not lead to a regulated qualification* but may be used as evidence of knowledge and skills gained. The Learner Unit Summary may be used as evidence towards Recognition of Prior Learning if you wish to progress your studies in this subject. To this end the learning outcomes of the course have been benchmarked at Level 2 against level descriptors published by Ofqual to indicate the depth of study and level of demand/complexity involved in successful completion by the learner.

The course itself has been designed by Kendal Publishing Ltd to meet specific learners and/or employers requirements which cannot be satisfied through current regulated qualifications. ABC Awards/Certa endorsement involves robust and rigorous quality audits by external auditors to ensure quality is continually met. A review of courses is carried out as part of the endorsement process.

ABC Awards and Certa Awards have long-established reputations for providing high quality vocational qualifications across a wide range of industries. ABC Awards and Certa Awards also offer regulated qualifications for all ages and abilities post-14: all are developed with the support of relevant stakeholders to ensure that they meet the needs and standards of employers across the UK

*Regulated qualification refers to those qualifications that are regulated by Ofqual/CCEA/Qualification Wales