📂 Project Planning and Management
Levels: Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced
Offered by: Billbrain Institute of Technology
📘 Course Overview
The Project Planning and Management course provides learners with the knowledge, tools, and strategies to effectively initiate, plan, execute, monitor, and close projects. Spanning across three levels, the course emphasizes real-world applications, critical thinking, and digital tools for managing resources, timelines, risks, and stakeholder expectations.
This program is ideal for aspiring project managers, development practitioners, and professionals seeking practical skills in project execution and leadership.
🧩 Beginner Level – Project Fundamentals & Planning Basics
🧠 What You Will Learn
📋 Introduction to project management principles and terminology
🧭 Project life cycle and key phases
🧱 Defining goals, objectives, and scope
📅 Work breakdown structure (WBS) and activity planning
🔍 Identifying stakeholders and roles
📊 Basics of Gantt charts and timelines using Excel
🎯 Target Audience
Students, project assistants, NGO staff, and anyone interested in entering the field of project management.
⏱️ Course Duration
6 weeks (3 sessions per week, 2 hours per session)
💼 Prerequisites
None
⚙️ Intermediate Level – Execution, Monitoring & Risk Management
🧠 What You Will Learn
🗂️ Developing project schedules and resource plans
🧮 Budgeting and cost estimation
📉 Risk identification, assessment, and mitigation planning
📊 Monitoring & Evaluation linkages in project management
📈 Using MS Project, Trello, or other PM tools for tracking progress
🤝 Stakeholder communication and reporting
🎯 Target Audience
Current project team members, development practitioners, NGO workers, and graduates of the beginner level.
⏱️ Course Duration
6 weeks (3 sessions per week, 2 hours per session)
💼 Prerequisites
Completion of Beginner Level or equivalent experience in project-based roles
🧠 Advanced Level – Strategic Project Management & Impact Delivery
🧠 What You Will Learn
📦 Portfolio and program management principles
🔄 Agile and adaptive project management approaches
🧠 Strategic alignment of projects with organizational goals
📊 Advanced performance tracking and impact evaluation
📤 Final project: design and present a full project plan
🌍 Sustainability, exit strategy, and donor reporting
🎯 Target Audience
Senior project officers, coordinators, development consultants, and managers.
⏱️ Course Duration
6 weeks (3 sessions per week, 2 hours per session)
💼 Prerequisites
Completion of Intermediate Level or demonstrable experience in leading project teams
💰 Fees
Application Fee: UGX 30,000/=
Tuition Fee: UGX 550,000/= (Per Level)
📜 Certification
Certificate of Completion awarded at each level by Billbrain Institute of Technology
🚀 Career Pathways
Project Officer / Project Manager
Program Coordinator
Operations Manager
Development Project Consultant
Grants & Implementation Manager
PM&E Officer