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BSB50820 Diploma of Project Management

Whether you're a professional project manager or an accidental one, this nationally recognised qualification provides the knowledge, skills, and confidence to set you up for success.

Everyone, everywhere, has projects. Whether it's building an asset, solving a problem, implementing a policy, or pursuing a complex social outcome, project management is simply a framework for structuring work, enabling collaboration, and getting it done.

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Advance your career, refresh your skills, and get formal recognition of a critical skillset.

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At Elemental Projects, we specialise in developing project managers across all industries and technical domains. Whatever the project, this intensive, practical, and globally-recognised program will rapidly develop the hard and soft skills needed to manage both the "Science of Project Management" and the "Art of Project Leadership". ​​

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To discuss how this course can help you or your team, reach out for a chat.

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Feedback from past students

“This was the most useful course that I have ever done... degree included. It should be mandatory for all project and program managers across NSW government."

Daniel from a government agency

Michael from a major telco

"This course enabled me to have a great year in project management. I delivered two challenging but rewarding projects, won the CEO award for these projects, and have been helping our PMO to improve our project management systems."

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Kate from a defence prime

“The course was fantastic and the simulated project was such an eye opener. Madeleine was an incredible assessor, Kestrel a fantastic facilitator and Selina's coaching sessions were life changing.”

Expert-led training is just the beginning...

This award-winning course features the latest in adult learning principles and multi-modal learning techniques to support deep transformational change.

Learners Receive

Group training

12x group training sessions facilitated by an experienced project management expert and peppered with practical activities and discussions that make every training session engaging and interactive. 

Personal training

Discuss your work with an experienced project management specialist to explore how project management methods and tools are applied in your specific workplace context, prior to submitting Module Assessments. 

Leadership coaching

Your personal leadership coach will help you identify practical actions that will push you to your 'learning edge' and develop in a self-selected element of project leadership. Later, they'll help you reflect on your progress future leadership goals.

Structured peer-support 

Coach and be coached by your fellow students in line with the  Harvard Peer-Support Framework. Designed to support you as you stretch your leadership skills while deepening relationships with fellow practitioners.

Constant support 

From our Student Support team and qualified assessors - all with many years of experience in project/program/portfolio  management 

Tools & templates

User-friendly tools and templates in Word and Excel, aligned with industry-standard project management practice - useful on any type of project.

Streamlined assessments

Assessments that embed learning and expand your thinking - layered to progress from simple (gamified simulation) to realistic (case study) to real (your actual work-based projects).  

Gamified simulation

Learners work in teams to deliver a project in the glamorised world of Mad Men, appling standard project management practices in a gamified simulation that's as fun as it is educational. 

A nationally recognised qualification with global relevance. 

Students receive the nationally recognised qualification BSB50820 Diploma of Project Management on successful completion of the course.

Endorsed by the International Project Management Association (IPMA) as a Registered Education Program - demonstrating the highest level of quality and alignment with international best practice - the course also provides pathways to
globally recognised professional certification.

Find out why this course is a finalist for Best Blended Learning Program in this year's AITD Excellence Awards (to be announced in May 2026). 

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In-house delivery offers additional benefits, with:
 

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    Customsation to reflect internal methodology and tools 
  2. Shadow-sessions facilitated by your internal SMEs
  3. Capability baselining to demonstrate impact and ROI


...all included as standard.
 

Fees and Options

Three trimesters - intakes in March, July, and October 

$5,200 (GST Free)

per person.

 

Group packages available for 3+ registrations.

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Pay in full upfront, or over multiple payments.

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Credit card and EFT accepted.

Customised for
in-house cohorts 

For groups of 15 to 25

we offer customised, in-house programs exclusively for your people.

 

Complementary customisation means work-based assessments align with internal PM frameworks, tools and templates. ​​

RPL is an assessment-only pathway that enables you to turn your existing knowledge and experience into a nationally recognised qualification.

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No training - just evdience of managing projects using standard tools and methods.

Only Australian citizens or permanent residents and NZ citizens residing in Australia can enrol in this course. 

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You must also have at least one-year of  experience managing any type of project or component of a project.

"Emerging best practices include creating meaningful, portable credentials... and safe spaces for human skills development where people can learn, fail, reflect and grow. "

Working Together

Elevate your team's capability and deliver projects with confidence.

Recognised by the global peak body for project management 

Elemental Projects has received multiple awards for innovation and quality in training. Our Diploma of Project Management has the rare distincition of being an IPMA  Registered Education Program, offering global recognition and pathways to membership and professional certification through IPMA Australia. 

Learning "on-the-job" is the most costly form of training

All professionals, at some point, manage temporary endeavours with all the hallmarks of projects. Whether they call these "projects", or themselves "project managers", its a project managmement toolkit and mindset that will set them up for success. This course will help them deliver results efficiently, sensibly, and in line with professional standards.

AI is changing jobs - but human skills are becoming more valuable

As automation and AI reshape the workforce, demand is increasing for human-centric skills. Reports by the World Economic Forum, Jobs and Skills Australia, and others, shows that while technology is transforming jobs, skills such as communication, collaboration, and critical thinking are among the fastest-growing and most critical for the future of work.

Attract and retain talent and shape a culture of high-performance  

Investing in a long-term professional development program that is relevant, practical and highly regarded is a great way to reduce staff churn and key-person risk. Personal and peer coaching, plus Shadow Sessions for in-house cohorts, are powerful levers for broadening networks, strengthening professional relationships, and shaping culture. 

Get in Touch

Reach out for a chat about our next public intake - or about running a customised, in-house program exclusively for your people. 

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Qualifications are awarded by Elemental Projects (Australia) Pty Ltd - RTO 45615​
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