Diploma of Project Management (Online)

The Diploma of Project Management is a competency based qualification at Australian Qualification Framework (AQF) level 5.

Candidates are assessed against a National standard which reflects a "Best Practice" standard in terms of management of projects. This qualification is recognised nationally across all industry sectors as a significant benchmark in demonstrated capacity to both apply Project Management methodology and to manage projects across the project lifecycle.

You will submit a Portfolio of Evidence of your practical application of Project Management of the Project Management theory covered in the course.

This evidence takes the form of the documents that you actually use to manage your Projects eg Project Management Plans, Progress reports etc. The evidence can come from Projects that you have previously managed as well as your upcoming Projects.  You will be provided with Project Management Templates during the course which will assist you.

You will be briefed on the detail of evidence requirements on enrolment and coached through the development of this portfolio throughout the program.

An assessor will then assess your Portfolio of Evidence against the standard and subject to you meeting the competency standard you will be awarded a Diploma of Project Management.

The online learning undertaken in accordance with each participant's Learning Plan will cover off all of the underpinning knowledge and understanding, processes, tools and techniques to effectively manage projects in any work environment. This is consistent with the requirements for achieving the AQF5 - Diploma of Project Management.

By applying the Online learning on "real" projects back in the workplace and utilising the Project Management templates supplied to you during the course to manage your projects, you will be producing documents which you can use to compile your Portfolio of Evidence.

In this way you will be achieving your qualification using documents that you have learned about in the course and which will support you to manage projects more effectively then you did before.

In accordance with your individual Learning Plan you will be given a schedule of Online Facilitator led Tutorials which you will attend to re-enforce the online learning content and activities. In addition to these there will regularly scheduled qualification evidence tutorials for you to attend which will coach you through application of the theory in the Workplace and help you in compiling your Evidence Portfolio.

There is also online support embedded within the Course resources of many of the modules to help you further understand the evidence documents required to achieve the qualification.

You will also have access to a series of Project Management Webinars, where experts will speak on specific topics and you will have some access to ask questions.

You will be allocated a support contact at enrolment and they will work with you throughout the program to ensure that you get the best out of your learning experience.

The time taken to complete the Diploma of Project Management (Online) varies according to your experience in project management.

Online Content: The actual online content can be completed in 35-40 hours and to complete all of the online tutorials would take a further 10-15 hours along with additional background reading from the supporting Project Management text book.

Assessment: The Diploma of Project Management (Online) is a competency based qualification and to complete the qualification requires that you take the learning and employ it in a project setting and demonstrate that you are managing projects using a best practice Project Management model as defined by the National standard. As a guideline it may require a further 35-40 hours to prepare your evidence portfolio for the assessment. For some very experienced candidates using robust Project Management methodologies this might be mostly a validation process and achieving the qualification will be a relatively short period.

As a guideline, most participants take 70-80 working hours to complete over a 9-12 month period.

The time required will be evaluated by PMDI in consultation with the participant in the pre-course phase and will be included in the Individual Learning Plan received by each participant.
 

Engineering Education Australia (EEA) partner with Project Managemet Development International (PMDI) to deliver the online content and to provide support in preparing your portfolio of evidence.

The Registered Training Organisation is EEA partner The Moreland Group who are also the RTO for our face-to-face Diploma of Project Management (Full Program).

The Diploma of Project Management (Online) can be started at any time.

Upon payment for the program you will be welcomed to the program within 3-5 working days.

You will then be supported for up to 12 months as you complete the online content and put together your portfolio of evidence for the assessment part of the Diploma of Project Management.

• What is a project?
• What is project management?
• The nine units
• The institutes
• The project lifecycle
• Project Methodology

• Strategic- Planning
• Aligning Strategy with Projects
• PM Methodology as a system
• Organisational structure

• Projects and portfolio
• Projects and power
• Projects and politics
• Projects and personality    

• Project scope-planning
• Scope management planning
• Vision influences scope
• Project scope definition
• Scope change control process

• Work breakdown  structure
• Activity and task definition
• Activity sequencing
• Estimating Durations
• The project schedule
• Milestones
• Task sequencing    

• Project cost-planning
• Resource planning
• Cost estimating
• Cost management plan

• Project Quality-Planning
• Standards
• Quality Assurance (QA)
• Quality Control (QC)
• Project quality plan

• Project risk-planning
• Risk Identification
• Risk analysis and measurement
• Risk response
• Risk management plan

• Determining requirements unit
• Resources Planning process
• The Green Trend
• Considerations for the Project Manager
• Green procurement
• Procurement planning activities

• Projects Communications-planning
• Communication Planning
• Information Management
• Project reporting

• Projects Communications-planning
• Communication Planning
• Information Management
• Project reporting

• Project Integration Management-Planning
• Integration-Function
• Integration-Organisation
• Integration-External

• Selecting the Team
• Team Building
• Performance management

• Communicating requirements
• Contractor selecting
• Contract Development

• The dashboard
• Monitoring-Scope
• Monitoring-Time
• Monitoring-Cost
• Monitoring-Quality
• Monitoring-Risk
• Monitoring-Procurement
• Monitoring-Communication
• Monitoring-HR
• Monitoring-Integration

• Taking control
• Controlling-Scope
• Controlling-Time
• Controlling-Cost
• Controlling-Quality
• Controlling-Risk
• Controlling-Procurement
• Controlling-Communications
• Controlling-HR

• Critical Path method
• Forward Pass-Early Start
• Backward Pass- Late Start
• Critical Chain Method
• Earned Value Technique
• Forecasting

• Case Study

• Continuous Improvement Cycle
• Closing-Scope
• Closing-Time
• Closing-Cost
• Closing-Quality
• Closing-Risk
• Closing-Procurement
• Closing-Communications
• Closing-HR
• Closing the project

• Learn the process steps to becoming assessment ready
• Understand the requirements of the project management competency units
• How to develop an evidence portfolio

Yes, this program is recognised by Engineers Australia for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in accordance with Engineers Australia CPD Guidelines.

Included in this program is 15 hours of business management and 10 hours of risk management CPD along with a further 30 + hours of professional development in the core areas of Project Management.

Please remember that this qualification is 'competency based' and you are working towards a Diploma of Project Management that recognises your competency as a Project Managemer in accordance with the National Qualification.

• Certificate IV in Project Management is typically for members of the Project Team
• Diploma of Project Management is for Project Managers
• Advanced Diploma of Project Management is for Program Managers

Masters Level Project Managemetn Qualifications are different in that they are 'knowledge' based rather than 'competency' based programs and go into far more theoretical detail and typically require assignments and knowledge based exams along the way.

Diploma of Project Management (BSB51504)
 
AQF Level  AQF Level 5
 
The Diploma of Project Management addresses the following Project Management Competency Standards within BSB01 Business Services Training Package:

• BSBPM501A - Manage Application of Project Integrative Processes
• BSBPM502A - Manage Project Scope
• BSBPM503A - Manage Project Time
• BSBPM504A - Manage Project Costs
• BSBPM505A - Manage Project Quality
• BSBPM506A - Manage Project Human Resources
• BSBPM507A - Manage Project Communications
• BSBPM508A - Manage Project Risk
• BSBPM509A - Manage Project Procurement
   

The recommended entrance requirements is that you are a Project Manager currently (or soon to be) managing projects from an 'end to end' perspective.

Typically you would have 3 or more years Project Management experience and currently be working in a Project Management role. However, those new to Project Management roles, who are able to carry out Project Management from an 'end to end' perspective over the 12-month program, are also able to collect adequate evidence to demonstrate competency and gain the Diploma of Project Management.