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NONSUCH - PM101 (Project Management 101) 2-DAY FUNDAMENTAL COURSE

Training that delivers results.
This two-day instructor led course has been designed to introduce the concepts of Project Management to help ensure a common understanding – regardless of whether you are a project manager, sponsor, team member or coordinator. The course covers the unique language, principles and tools of project management and builds a case for their application back at the workplace. This course will ensure you are equipped to manage your projects efficiently and successfully.

Target Audience: Ideal for individuals who have no previous experience with project management, or those looking for a refresher. Also ideal for those wishing to develop an understanding of project management as part of their role in working in a project team. Learning Approach: This session is a mixture of theory and discussion and practical group-based learning involving post-it notes, markers, flip chart paper. An easy to understand and practical case study is used throughout the course. No laptops are required, all learning resources are supplied.
Prerequisites: No prerequisite is required for attendance on this session, but any prior experience or knowledge of project management will be a definite advantage.
Duration: 2 days (14 hours) – Typically 8:45 am for a 9 am start and a 4:30 pm finish with 1 hour for lunch and short morning and afternoon tea breaks.

Our Pricing: $1,590.00 + gst per person. Our prices cover everything, including all study materials. For groups of 6 or more, we offer in-house delivery anywhere in NZ. Larger groups see a cost saving on public training and we can tailor training to meet your specific needs. Need something different? We’re experts in building bespoke training solutions. Simply contact us to chat about what you need, and we’ll create the right fit together

Learning Outcomes: At the completion of the 2-day course, you will:
• Have a common understanding of what a project is and how it is different from day-to-day, business as usual work
• Understand key terminology, principles and tools related to project management including how adaptive (Agile) and predictive (Waterfall) methodologies are different and how they work together
• Understand the difference between project objectives, outputs, and outcomes
• Learn and practice how to plan a project, based an output planning approach utilising Output Breakdown Structures, Output Flow Diagrams
• Learn how to produce a project schedule including various estimation techniques
• Gain practical techniques related to time, scope, cost, and quality
• Learn practical techniques related to resourcing and costing on projects
• Understand the importance of project quality and how to plan for it
• Understand your role in a project and learn tips and techniques to help you manage your time and priorities
• Understand a typical project organisation and the roles and responsibilities for each member of the Project Team and Project Steering Committee
• Learn about the importance of stakeholders and how to use a stakeholder analysis to produce a robust Communications & Engagement Plan
• Gain awareness of Risk Management including the difference between risks and issues
• Have a general understanding of benefits, their importance to projects, and how to identify and quantify them
• Talk through lots of real-life project examples to cement the learnings and identify traps to avoid
• Have a general understanding of the differences between project, programme, and portfolio management

Find out more HERE
Get in touch -  training@nonsuch.co
 OR email to register: 
gemma@nonsuch.co

Event Details

Date: November 4, 2026

Time: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm

Venue:
Tauranga Business Chamber

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Tracy Hayson

As Managing Director and owner of Hayson Knell, Tracy brings over 20 years’ experience building a successful Tauranga-based planning consultancy into a nationally respected firm.

Alongside her business leadership, Tracy is an accredited RMA Commissioner and brings broad governance experience, including the NZ Planning Institute’s BOP branch and the Otūmoetai Intermediate Board of Trustees.
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Rochelle Lockley

Rochelle is the General Manager Communications for Port of Tauranga Limited, New Zealand’s largest port, joining the executive team in September 2020. Before that she spent 15 years operating her own strategic communications consultancy.

A former journalist, she has worked in communications in London, New York, Sydney, Auckland and Tauranga over the past 30 years.
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Rachel Withington

Rachel is an Associate in the Property and Commercial team at Holland Beckett. With more than a decade of legal experience in Tauranga, she has advised clients locally and nationally on a wide range of matters.

Rachel is passionate about supporting the growth of the Tauranga region and the success of its business community.
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Morgan Wynniatt

Morgan brings experience from both advisory and industry roles, including senior positions at BDO and financial accounting work with Seeka.

Her focus is on tax planning, financial reporting, and advisory support, with a particular interest in international tax and more complex structures. She works with clients across agribusiness, property, manufacturing, and Māori corporations.
Chad Wallace

Chad Wallace

Chad specialises in all things property: subdivisions, developments, horticulture and farm sales, retirement villages, and local authority work. He also acts for one of New Zealand’s largest group home builders, so he’s deeply familiar with the real-world pressures of getting deals over the line.

He helps clients untangle complexity, weigh up risks, and make sure what’s been agreed is actually reflected on paper.
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Brook Carrington

Brook is a Pre-Construction Manager at Livingstone Building. With over 20 years’ experience in the commercial construction sector, Brook brings proven leadership, strategic thinking, and practical problem-solving skills.

His career has been built around managing complex projects, working alongside diverse stakeholder groups, and delivering outcomes that balance vision with practicality.
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Stevan Chand

Treasurer

Stevan is a Chartered Accountant and strategic business advisor with extensive experience in external audit, business advisory, and commercial leadership across Fiji and New Zealand.

As a Partner at PKF Tauranga, he provides business coaching and strategic support, virtual CFO services, budgeting, forecasting and cashflow management, and tax compliance and planning.
Linda Finlay – Treasurer

Jamie Lunam

Vice Chair

Jamie has been a local SME business leader across several organisations and industries in the Bay of Plenty and Waikato for 15 years, with expertise predominantly in the primary and manufacturing sectors.

Being an active part of Chamber activities over the years, including head judge for the Tauranga Business Awards, has given Jamie great insight into the wider business ecosystem in Tauranga.
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Debbie Ireland

Chair

For the past 16 years, Debbie has grown her Tauranga-based business Digital Workplace Results (formerly ShareThePoint Ltd), a premier Microsoft 365 Training Provider.

She enables businesses to understand that real change is achieved by empowering people and using technology as an enabling tool. Debbie is well known for “making things happen”, and her experience as a small business owner brings valued perspective.