Introduction to Projects
Building a clinic, running a matric dance, moving a company's computers to a new system, opening a new section of a mine: all of these are projects. Every project, big or small, follows the same basic pattern, and every project team needs people who keep the work organised, the paperwork in order and everyone informed. That is the job of a project coordinator, and it is one of the best ways for a school leaver to start a career in construction, events, IT or mining. This course explains what makes something a project, the balance between scope, time, cost and quality, the five phases of the project life cycle, the roles in a project team, the work a project coordinator does every day, and how to keep stakeholders informed and project records in order. The course is fully online and self-paced. Each lesson has a short activity in your workbook. You finish with a practical task and a final assessment, and you receive a MetaCo Certificate of Completion that you can add to your CV.
What you will learn
Understand what a project is, how it moves through its life cycle and who does what in a project team.
- Module 1: Introduction
- Module 2: What Is a Project?
- Module 3: The Project Life Cycle
- Module 4: The Project Team
- Module 5: Stakeholders, Communication and Records
- Module 6: Putting It into Practice
How it is assessed
Short quizzes as you go, a final assessment with three attempts (fresh questions each time) and a practical task.
Certificate
MetaCo Certificate of Completion, with your own number and a QR code employers can scan. This certificate confirms completion of a MetaCo short course.
What you get
- The lessons, quiz and practical task
- A downloadable workbook (PDF)
- The Project Coordination toolkit
- A one-page cheat sheet to keep
- The MetaCo certificate with a QR verification link, and a "Copy to my CV" line
- The Career Starter Kit, free with your first purchase
More Project Coordination courses
Break project work into tasks, estimate time and resources, put tasks in order and draw a simple Gantt chart that meets the deadline.
R349
Keep projects on track with action registers, honest status reports and early warnings about risks and delays.
R349
Set up and use the everyday tools of project coordination: spreadsheet trackers, Trello, Microsoft Planner, shared folders and version control.
R349