How to set up and manage a project for success

Why you should attend this session

Place projects are complex and challenging.

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.

This session and the online course provide principles, ideas and approaches for place-based projects, plus practical, street-level secrets from practitioners with decades of experience.

What will it help you with

• Some of the key skills needed
• The conventional masterplanning 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

When

Choose your preferred session -

Monday 7 April 2025 or
Wednesday 9 April 2025

1pm AEST / 12.30pm SA/NT / 11am WA / 3pm NZ for 1.5 hours

Meet your trainer 

Dean Cracknell is a Co-Founder of Town Team Movement and Creator of Placemaking.Education. 

He holds a Diploma of Project Management. 

He worked in two local governments for 12 years in Western Australia, has worked with dozens of local governments around Australia and in many community settings. He authored the How To Lead Place-based Projects online course. 

Price

FREE for Western Australian local governments 

Thanks to the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries, which has engaged Town Team Movement to deliver free training for all WA local government staff and Elected Members.

or

$110 (including GST) for everyone else

This includes 5 months access to the How To Lead Place-based Projects online course (worth $95,) plus this online training session. 

If you would prefer to purchase access for multiple students in one transaction and/or pay via tax invoice, please email your request to hello@placemaking.education and we can arrange it for you. 

Questions

Please email hello@placemaking.education if you have any questions.