What happens when the project starts - before anyone has a real plan?
Learn how to plan projects with:
Structure.
Sequence.
Readiness.
Effective project execution starts with effective planning. Project Management Planning helps you turn project goals into a clear, actionable plan: breaking work into manageable pieces, building schedules and milestones, mapping dependencies, and planning for risk before the work begins. It gives you practical tools to set your project up for consistent, coordinated delivery.
What You'll Explore
- How to translate project goals into a structured, actionable plan.
- How to define scope, assumptions, constraints and success criteria.
- How to break work into manageable tasks, phases and deliverables.
- How to build schedules and milestones, and sequence activities effectively.
- How to identify project risks and plan how to mitigate them.
- How to plan stakeholder communication and accountability.
- How to check execution readiness and apply planning tools to real workplace projects.
What You'll Gain
- You’ll leave with practical planning tools, a clearer way to organize and sequence project work, and a plan structure you can apply to your own projects right away.
- The goal isn’t a perfect plan. It’s a plan clear enough that everyone knows what’s happening, when, and who’s responsible, so the project is ready to run before it starts.
Set the Boundaries → Break Down the Work → Build the Schedule → Plan for Risk → Get Ready to Execute.
The learning journey moves from defining scope, assumptions, constraints and success criteria, to breaking work into tasks, phases and deliverables, building schedules and milestones, identifying risks and mitigation plans, and ultimately confirming the project is ready to move into execution.The MCE Learning Experience
This is a highly interactive, reflection-based course. You’ll move between practical discussions, workplace scenarios, guided planning activities and project-based application exercises, and practice building a plan for a real or realistic project of your own.
Your workbook is an important part of the experience. It brings together the key concepts, models, tools, and reflection activities from the course, giving you a place to capture your own insights and examples. Use it throughout training and reflect on it afterwards to apply the tools in your day-to-day leadership.
ELECTIVE courses are responsive by design and developed to stay current with industry trends and client needs. Add them to any pathway, whether DEVELOP, BUILD or BLENDED, or take them on their own.
Ready to Build Plans That Hold Up?
Project Management Planning is an ELECTIVE. Add it to any pathway as an EXTENDED option: in DEVELOP it strengthens your own planning and organization, in BUILD it helps you coordinate your team around a shared plan, and it fits just as well in a BLENDED cohort. It also stands on its own. Cohorts are available for this course. Or ask us how it fits into a pathway.
Cohorts are available for this course. Or ask us how it fits into a pathway.
New to project management? Start with Project Management Foundations.