Qualifi Ltd · RQF Level 7

Qualifi Level 7 Diploma in Project Management

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  • LevelRQF Level 7
  • Total credits120
  • Guided learning600 hours
  • Units in this qualification12

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What you’ll learn

What each unit actually teaches you to do

The Qualifi Level 7 Diploma in Project Management is designed to develop knowledge, understanding, and skills in managing projects effectively within a business context.

These are the units Qualifi Ltd registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated, and every one you earn is yours to keep.

Finance for Project ManagersReal unit · Qualifi Ltd
You'll develop the ability to evaluate financial aspects of project management, analysing financial information and assessing budgets in relation to organisational objectives. The unit also covers the evaluation of financial proposals and the role of financial management in project success.

What you'll be able to do

  • Evaluate the financial aspects of project management and their importance to project success.
  • Analyse financial information and data.
  • Assess budgets and their ability to support organisational objectives.
  • Evaluate financial proposals for expenditure provided by others.
Innovation in Project ManagementReal unit · Qualifi Ltd
This unit equips learners with practical skills for managing innovation projects, focusing on methods beyond traditional project management.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the innovation project environment.
  • Understand the use of best practices and tools that project managers should use in an innovation environment.
Leadership and Professional DevelopmentReal unit · Qualifi Ltd
This unit aims to enhance learners' leadership and personal development through critical self-reflection and formal leadership theories.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand a range of leadership models, theories and concepts.
  • Formulate a plan that addresses their leadership development needs.
  • Analyse the drivers of change and the implications for the role of organisational leadership.
Managing Risk, Uncertainty and Complexity in ProjectsReal unit · Qualifi Ltd
This unit focuses on teaching advanced risk management techniques applicable in complex project environments.

What you'll be able to do

  • Evaluate the risk management process.
  • Assess the extent to which it is possible to control a complex project environment.
  • Control and manage a complex project environment.
Operations and Global Supply Chain ManagementReal unit · Qualifi Ltd
This unit focuses on operations management and strategy within the supply chain, aiding decision-making processes for optimal performance.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the nature of supply chains.
  • Appraise product and process design and their connections with operations and global supply chains, competitive performance indicators and business economics.
  • Deliver organisational supply chain management goals through planning and control of supply and demand.
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of techniques for operations and supply chain improvement.
Operations and Information Management for Project ManagersReal unit · Qualifi Ltd
This unit builds critical awareness of project management operations and information systems.

What you'll be able to do

  • Evaluate the role of operations management in a company.
  • Understand product and service strategic capacity planning.
  • Understand the requirements for using information technology to manage inventory effectively.
  • Understand scheduling operations for project managers.
  • Understand project quality management systems.
Planning, Controlling and Leading a ProjectReal unit · Qualifi Ltd
This unit introduces learners to the reality of project development and management in the global corporate environment, focusing on critical thinking regarding project management.

What you'll be able to do

  • Be aware of the concept and principles of project management in the workplace.
  • Create methods and plans for launching, managing and leading initiatives.
  • Assess the effectiveness of project management team communication.
  • Create project monitoring and management procedures.
  • Understand how to close and review the completion of a project.
Principles of Project ManagementReal unit · Qualifi Ltd
This unit introduces the principles of project management required for successful project delivery, including the project lifecycle.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the principles of project management and their importance in successful project delivery.
  • Understand the project lifecycle, project objectives, project success criteria and success factors.
  • Analyse the range of established and innovative processes and methodologies for project planning, execution and control.
Procurement Risk and Contract ManagementReal unit · Qualifi Ltd
This unit helps learners understand the fundamentals of procurement and the importance of managing procurement and contract management risks, focusing on various legislation frameworks.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the fundamentals of contract management and procurement.
  • Assess the procurement operating environment and legislation critically.
  • Understand how procurement activities are managed.
  • Understand the procurement and contract management risk management processes.
Project Management PlanningReal unit · Qualifi Ltd
This unit covers key aspects of project planning, focusing on tools, techniques, and methodologies for effective project management.

What you'll be able to do

  • Evaluate a range of project management models and tools.
  • Manage the risks and uncertainties inherent in project management.
  • Develop a project plan.
Project and Logistics ManagementReal unit · Qualifi Ltd
This unit covers the fundamental concepts of project, program, and portfolio management and examines the supply chain ecosystem.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify the characteristics and goals of project, program, and portfolio management.
  • Evaluate the necessities for establishing a Project Management Office.
  • Understand the global supply chain ecology.
  • Understand the importance of information technology in logistics and supply chain management.
Research Methods for Project ManagementReal unit · Qualifi Ltd
This unit equips learners with essential research methodologies for their projects and enhances their independent research skills.

What you'll be able to do

  • Develop research methodologies in an environment that is appropriate for the task.
  • Conduct a critical review of literature on a business study topic.
  • Create research methodologies that are suited for the situation.
  • Write and present a research proposal.

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Your passport

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Finance for Project ManagersInnovation in Project ManagementLeadership and Professional DevelopmentManaging Risk, Uncertainty and Complexity in ProjectsOperations and Global Supply Chain ManagementOperations and Information Management for Project ManagersPlanning, Controlling and Leading a ProjectPrinciples of Project Management

Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.

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One-to-one, on your own real work

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One-to-one, on your real workNo lectures, no past-papers. Every unit is practised on the actual tasks your job throws at you, a tutor beside you, not a video in front of you.
Taught to the top, not the testMost courses stop at remembering. Your companion keeps climbing: analysing, judging, creating. That’s the part a machine can’t do for you.
Credits you keep, a map that continuesEvery unit is regulated and yours for good. The day you finish, Zavmo already knows the next role your new credits open.
Finance for Project ManagersLevel 7

Applied to your work in any of these jobs

Learners will develop the ability to evaluate financial aspects of project management, analysing financial information and assessing budgets in relation to organisational objectives. The unit also covers the evaluation of financial proposals and the role of financial management in project success.

How the thinking builds
  1. Remember
  2. Understand
  3. Apply
  4. Analyse
  5. Evaluate
  6. Create
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Built for Qualifi Level 7 Diploma in Project Management

12 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Qualifi Ltd.

  1. Finance for Project Managers
  2. Innovation in Project Management
  3. Leadership and Professional Development
  4. Managing Risk, Uncertainty and Complexity in Projects
  5. Operations and Global Supply Chain Management
  6. Operations and Information Management for Project Managers

and 6 more in the full unit list below.

These are the real units of this credential, in its own order. Nothing here is marked done, because this plan has not been started by anyone yet. Yours would fill in as you go.

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No two people run this the same way

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  1. Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
  2. What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
  3. The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
  4. How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
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Most courses stop at remembering

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  2. 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
  3. 4AnalyseThe Analyst
  4. 3ApplyThe Coach
  5. 2UnderstandThe Connector
  6. 1RememberThe Builder

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The value

Why the companion is worth £70 a month

You’re not paying for the units. They’re regulated, and the same wherever you earn them. You’re paying for the one thing that decides whether you actually get there: a companion that makes them stick, on your real work.

That is one-to-one on this qualification, every day, on the work you already do, for £70 a month. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it. Billed monthly, cancel any time and billing stops.

Earned on your own work, taught to the top.

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