Our staff run projects on top of their day jobs, and deadlines keep slipping. Which project management course do they need?
Start with how your team plans and tracks work today. Most South African organisations run projects informally – system upgrades, audits, reporting cycles, events – without a shared way to plan, assign and report. College Africa Group’s project management courses give teams that shared approach, from the basics of running a project to scheduling in Microsoft Planner or Microsoft Project. These are practical corporate courses, not certification or exam programmes.
Which project management training is right for our team?
Choose the route that matches the problem:
“People are handed projects with no grounding in how projects work.”
Project Management Fundamentals – a one-day workshop, no software, covering project terms, the project life cycle, selling and prioritising projects, vision and goals, and creating a charter and statement of work.
“Team tasks are scattered across email, spreadsheets and WhatsApp.”
Microsoft Planner training – Core Essentials for everyday team tasks in Microsoft 365, and Advanced for premium plans with dependencies, the critical path, baselines and reporting.
“We need detailed schedules, resource levelling and cost control.”
Microsoft Project training – two one-day desktop courses: Core Essentials for building schedules and Advanced Essentials for tracking and controlling them.
Should we train on Planner or Microsoft Project?
Use Microsoft Planner when teams need to share and track work together in Microsoft 365. Use Microsoft Project when a planner or project manager needs detailed scheduling, resource levelling and cost control on the desktop. Many organisations start everyone on Project Management Fundamentals, then train a smaller group on the tool they use.
Who should attend project management training?
- Project coordinators, administrators and PMO support staff
- HR, finance, IT and operations staff delivering internal projects
- Team leaders and managers accountable for timelines and outcomes
How is project management training delivered?
Training is instructor-led, onsite at your premises anywhere in South Africa or live virtually. Corporate groups can use examples from their own projects and templates. Delegates receive a course manual and an attendance certificate.
Project management course FAQs
How long are the project management courses?
Project Management Fundamentals is one day. Microsoft Planner Core Essentials and Advanced are one day each, and Microsoft Project Core Essentials and Advanced Essentials are one day each.
Are these certification courses?
No. They are practical corporate courses that build workplace skills, not exam or certification programmes.
Do we need Project Management Fundamentals before the software courses?
Delegates should understand basic project terms before Microsoft Project training. Project Management Fundamentals is sufficient preparation.
Can the training be customised?
Yes. Corporate groups can work with examples from their own projects and templates.
Is training available virtually?
Yes. Training is available onsite anywhere in South Africa or live virtually.
Ready to get your projects delivered on time?
Tell us how your team runs projects today, how many delegates you have and where they are based.
Phone: 083 778 4903
Email: sales@collegeafricagroup.com