Online Courses

We will soon be offering our Project Management course online. This means that you can study at your own pace using our video lessons and our topic e-workbooks. You will also have the support of your own personal tutor who will guide you throughout your study. Enjoy the benefits of studying at your own pace and in the comfort of your own home or at your desk. Watch this space for details:

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Virtual Classroom Courses

We offer our Project Management course on a virtual basis. This means that we run live fully interactive courses, where you will attend our virtual classrooms via Zoom or Teams. Enjoy the benefits of the classroom environment but in the comfort of your own home or at your desk. See below for details:

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Project Management Classroom Course

Start Date: TBC Qualification Delivery Classroom Duration TBC Price £

Project Management Classroom Course

Course Information

A 3-day workshop designed for those who manage or are about to be managing small to medium sized projects.

Whether you are responsible for monitoring, budgets, planning, communication or the coordination of a project, this course will enable you and your team to manage projects from initial brief and sign-off through to delivery and monitoring to close-down, legacy and handover.

During the course, you will work on a practical project covering the areas below:

  • Common terminology associated with project management
  • The key characteristics of all projects
  • What a project manager does and what makes a good project manager
  • How to set objectives which align with business goals
  • What a business case is and why a project must always have one
  • How to identify the roles and responsibilities of your project team
  • The importance of identifying and managing stakeholders throughout and how to plan stakeholder communications
  • The importance of adequate planning by writing a project plan
  • How to create a Work Breakdown Structures to identify and plan the work
  • Identify a risk management technique to help you assess risks and avoid failure of your project
  • How to schedule tasks and how to apply the critical path technique to help you deliver your project on time
  • How to forecast effectively.
  • The pitfalls of estimation and learn an effective way of estimating work
  • How to set up, monitor and control budgets
  • How to track progress in order to keep your project on course
  • Explain how effective reports can make the difference to enable you to track your project effectively
  • Explain how to manage change without jeopardizing your project (How to deal with contradicting needs between the customer, project manager and project team)
  • How to close a project and hand over power
  • How to improve your project management practices in future using lessons learned

Course Delivery

Classroom

Entry Requirements

This qualification is ideal if you are have project management responsibilities but no formal training, and are serious about developing your abilities. It’s particularly suited to practising team leaders, supervisors and managers who also want to develop their project management skills further.

There are no real entry requirements to this course though we will check that this course suits your needs – this is usually through an informal telephone conversation or email.

Course Duration

Start Date: TBC

Finish Date: TBC

The course is planned for 8 consecutive weeks, each lesson is 2 hours in duration and planned for evenings starting at 18.30 and finishing at 20.30

 

Course Price

£

Project Management Classroom Course

Start Date: TBC Qualification Delivery Classroom Duration 6 mornings Price £

Project Management Classroom Course

Course Information

A 6 half-day workshop designed for those who manage or are about to be managing small to medium sized projects.

Whether you are responsible for monitoring, budgets, planning, communication or the coordination of a project, this course will enable you and your team to manage projects from initial brief and sign-off through to delivery and monitoring to close-down, legacy and handover.

During the course, you will work on a practical project covering the areas below:

  • Common terminology associated with project management
  • The key characteristics of all projects
  • What a project manager does and what makes a good project manager
  • How to set objectives which align with business goals
  • What a business case is and why a project must always have one
  • How to identify the roles and responsibilities of your project team
  • The importance of identifying and managing stakeholders throughout and how to plan stakeholder communications
  • The importance of adequate planning by writing a project plan
  • How to create a Work Breakdown Structures to identify and plan the work
  • Identify a risk management technique to help you assess risks and avoid failure of your project
  • How to schedule tasks and how to apply the critical path technique to help you deliver your project on time
  • How to forecast effectively.
  • The pitfalls of estimation and learn an effective way of estimating work
  • How to set up, monitor and control budgets
  • How to track progress in order to keep your project on course
  • Explain how effective reports can make the difference to enable you to track your project effectively
  • Explain how to manage change without jeopardizing your project (How to deal with contradicting needs between the customer, project manager and project team)
  • How to close a project and hand over power
  • How to improve your project management practices in future using lessons learned

Course Delivery

Classroom

Entry Requirements

This qualification is ideal if you are have project management responsibilities but no formal training, and are serious about developing your abilities. It’s particularly suited to practising team leaders, supervisors and managers who also want to develop their project management skills further.

There are no real entry requirements to this course though we will check that this course suits your needs – this is usually through an informal telephone conversation or email.

Course Duration

Start Date: TBC

Finish Date: TBC

The course is planned for 6 consecutive weeks, each lesson is 3 hours in duration and planned for mornings starting at 09.00 and finishing at 12.00

 

Course Price

£

Questions and Answers

How can I pay for my course?

We offer a variety of ways for you to pay for your chosen course please see options below:

Online Courses

You can pay the full amount or in instalments  – this option is available to you in the drop down box next to the “Purchase” button in all of our courses.

You also have the facility to pay either through PayPal or with your credit card – whichever suits you best.

 

Virtual Classroom Courses

You can pay either through a Bank Transfer (we will provide you with our bank details) or we can send you a link which will allow you to pay with your debit/credit card.

If you would like to pay for your course in instalments then contact us so that we can work out a plan that is agreeable.

Call: 01942 886895

Email: info@professional-futures.com

Hit the “Contact us” button at the top of the page.

What support can I expect to receive from Professional Futures?

You will be allocated your own personal tutor who will provide you with guidance and advice throughout your qualification whether you are studying on our online courses or with us on a virtual classroom course.

You will also provided with unprecedented assignment guidance – this includes a written assignment guide booklet and a video which walks you through how to present your work and answer each of the questions within your assignment brief. This is combined with the options of contacting your tutor on email, Zoom, Teams or on the phone – whichever option suits you.

All class materials are made available to you either through our online school or on email as required.

Why should I choose Professional Futures ?

You will be working with a team of qualified teachers/tutors who have a wealth of experience (over 30 years) in leadership, management, coaching and mentoring, project management and teaching/facilitating. Our tutors will provide you with unprecedented support whether you are working with us online, virtually or in the classroom – see our testimonials for some of the feedback our students have left us.

We have been established as a local training provider since 2015 and prior to then our team founded their teaching experience in both the Further Education and Independent Training Provider worlds. Since then we have delivered a wide range of accredited courses (online, virtually and classroom based):

ILM Leadership and Management courses Levels 2-5
ILM Coaching and Mentoring courses Level 3
Qualsafe AET (Award in Education and Training) Level 3

Alongside these courses we have created and delivered a number of bespoke courses for our clients covering such topics as:

Project Management
Customer Service
Complaints handling
Conflict Management
Motivation and Performance Management
Working with Vulnerable People

We have also substantial experience in delivering the following Trailblazer Apprenticeship Standards:

Team Leader/Supervisor standards – Level 3

Operations/Departmental Manager standards – Level 5

Our vision is to provide outstanding and relevant vocational education and training, that will promote future success for our learners, apprentices and their employers.

Our mission is that we create and provide innovative, flexible and professional training and development that will promote future success for all.

In summary we recognise that successful learning requires warm, human relationships between teachers and students/apprentices, that are based on trust and mutual respect, where students/apprentices feel safe, supported and challenged so that they become better at learning.