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This course will help you to plan for and deliver successful place-based projects.

When you focus on people and places, you do many things differently. This includes project leadership and management.

Too often, we rush to finish a project, only to see it not funded, opposed by the local community, subject to cost blowouts and/or forgotten in a fast-moving world.

According to studies, some 60–90% of strategic plans never fully launch. The causes of derailment vary widely. While poor implementation is one key reason, the strategy preparation and design process itself can be the real problem, according to the Harvard Business Review.

Conventional project management methods are generally designed for and well-suited to capital works and infrastructure-focused projects. But, these approaches don't always work well in more social, complex and fluid situations, such as main street revitalisation, neighborhood improvement, economic development and community building.

Who it is written for

This course is written for busy professionals working on place-based projects, including (but not limited to): placemaking, economic development, community building, urban design, urban planning, activation or place improvement activities. 

Allow about 90 minutes to complete.

It provides principles, ideas and approaches for making it happen in any country, plus practical, street-level secrets from placemakers with decades of experience.

What it will help you with

• Some of the key skills needed to be successful
• The conventional project management approach compared with the agile, iterative 'Strategic Doing' approach
• Key project management concepts, such as: time, cost, quality and scope
• Common place project mistakes to avoid

Get your personal Certificate of Completion

People who complete this course will receive a personalised Certificate of Completion, endorsed by Town Team Movement and PlacemakingX, to recognise your knowledge.

Remember to press the “Complete and Continue” button in the top right-hand corner after you have finished each lesson.

Once you press the “Complete and Continue” button in the Download your Certificate of Completion section, you will be issued with your own personalised Certificate of Completion.

You have 5 months to complete the course, but extensions can be granted. You will have access to the course materials even after you have received your Certificate of Completion.