EXPLORE PROJECT LEADERSHIP AND LEARN HOW TO MANAGE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES FACED WHEN MANAGING BIG PROJECTS IN A LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONTEXT.

Course Overview:

Every day in local government, we're managing projects.

Whether you’re leading infrastructure upgrades, delivering community programs or improving internal processes, strong project management skills are essential. And as local government professionals, we should be leading the way.

This course will explore project leadership and you will learn how to manage some of the challenges faced when managing big projects in a local government context.

Our Advanced Project Management course is designed for those ready to move beyond the basics. Perfect for anyone with experience managing projects, or who has completed our Introduction to Project Management. This course digs deeper into project management theory and looks at both operational and strategic elements of project management.

Best suited to those who have some project management experience behind them, and those that have completed the Introduction to Project Management course.

Suitable For:

Staff who have experience with managing projects

Key Learnings:

During this course, you will cover the following:

Preparing a project management plan
- Critical path scheduling including tools and tips on how to approach planning (WBS), guidelines to estimation of tasks, and duration
Controlling changes
- Develop and manage change controls in a project environment
- Integrating and managing - opportunity and risk management
Finance and cost control
- Identify, analyse and refine project costs to produce a budget, and use this budget as the principal mechanism to control project cost
Reporting and communicating in a project environment to the 'Project Governance' model
Project leadership and managing challenging projects and stakeholders
Hints and tips on monitoring and controlling projects and managing meetings.

Duration: 1 day in person

Date: 29 September 2025

Time: 9:30AM - 4:00PM

Investment
Member: $585.00 + GST = $643.50
Non-member: $685.00 + GST = $753.50

Delivery Method: This course is being delivered in person at LG House, 148 Frome Street, Adelaide.

In-House Training:
Contact LG Professionals SA for information on running this course in-house at your council.

Course Facilitator:

Lisa Twyford – clear decisions

Lisa Twyford is a highly motivated professional with extensive business improvement and project management experience and is the Managing Director and founder of clear decisions.

Lisa's clients describe her as professional, focused and results driven – a trusted advisor to management and confidant to work colleagues. Her leadership, patience and persistence while working on complex change initiatives would be valued by any business.

Lisa assists to provide clarity, certainty and will work with you to achieve your goals – no matter how challenging. Lisa helps local government people to get things done, work smarter and reach their full potential.

Contact

e: pd @lgprofessionalssa.org.au
p: 08 8224 2080

Mailing Address: 148 Frome Street ADELAIDE SA 5000 Phone: 08 8224 2080 Email: admin@lgprofessionalssa.org.au