As organisations become increasingly project based, Project Managers need to be more financially savvy. Not only must projects be on time and on budget, but they also need to contribute to both shareholder value and the long-term financial success of the business.
This course is designed to give you a comprehensive knowledge of core fundamentals of finance and accounting in an easily understandable way. You will learn key financial terms and concepts to help you with planning, tracking, and evaluating a project or a business plan.
Gain a practical understanding of how to use financial data to inform and impact the decision-making process and be able to make more informed decisions within your organisation.
The focus of this course is to help you master the fundamental financial terms and concepts – a knowledge every project manager should have while cost planning for a new project.
Having the skills to create a cash flow forecast for a project can help foresee the potential loss and then think of how to avoid it. Building a project budget and monitoring and controlling it throughout is not easy, but this course can help clarify some steps in that process.
By doing this course, you will benefit from interactive lectures delivered by an internationally renowned academic and project management practitioner with real-industry experience.