Public Sector Project Management Principles and Theories Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply the principles of public sector project management to real-world government projects.
• Analyze the legislative and policy frameworks governing public sector projects in South Africa.
• Evaluate project lifecycle phases and their application in a public sector context.
• Design project plans that incorporate risk management, stakeholder engagement, and resource allocation.
• Implement monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to ensure project accountability and transparency.
• Demonstrate the ability to align project outcomes with strategic government objectives.

Target Audience

This course is designed for current and aspiring project managers, programme coordinators, and officials working in national, provincial, or local government departments, as well as public entities and agencies seeking to enhance their project management competencies.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment. However, learners should have basic literacy and numeracy skills.

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Practical sessions enable learners to apply project management tools and techniques to simulated public sector scenarios. Learners will work in teams to develop scope statements, schedules, budgets, and risk plans, culminating in a capstone presentation.

Practical Activities

• Practical 1: Scope and WBS Development — Learners analyse a case study of a government housing project and develop a scope statement and work breakdown structure. (6h)
• Practical 2: Schedule and Budget Creation — Using the WBS from Practical 1, learners develop a project schedule in MS Project and a cost estimate using parametric techniques. (6h)
• Practical 3: Risk and Stakeholder Analysis — Learners identify risks for the case study project, perform qualitative analysis, and develop a risk register. They also map stakeholders and create an engagement plan. (6h)
• Practical 4: Capstone Project Presentation — Teams present their integrated project plan (scope, schedule, budget, risk, stakeholder) to a panel acting as a project steering committee. (6h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.