Introduction

Many people take on a project management role alongside their other organizational responsibilities whilst others have dedicated project management roles. This Essentials on Project Management training course offers complete guidance in the essential knowledge, skills and competencies of managing projects holistically and in how to adopt a project management ‘mindset’. This will include how to make use of best practice project management processes (based on the Project Management Institute’s Body of Knowledge), tools and techniques as well as how to lead the people involved in and impacted by projects. This ensures that projects are conducted as efficiently as possible and meet the requirements and expectations of relevant stakeholders.

This training course explores how to ensure projects deliver outcomes which are both client-focused and organizationally relevant. It covers key aspects of project initiation, planning, monitoring and control to ensure the delivery of relevant scope and quality within time, budget and resource constraints. It also considers how to manage uncertainty through the use of risk management techniques.

 

This training course will highlight:

·         An introduction to the world of Project Management

·         Project Initiation and Risk Management

·         Project Planning, Estimating and Scheduling

·         Project Resourcing, Monitoring and Control

·         Managing Performance, Project Reporting and Closure

 

Objectives

 

At the end of this training course, you will learn to:

·         Apply a project management ‘mindset’ to projects

·         Write clear project initiation statements and manage risks

·         Plan project quality, timescales, resources and costs

·         Monitor and control projects and project teams

·         Deliver successful projects and lessons learned

 Course Outline

Day 1: The World of Project Management

·         What is a project?

·         The problems and difficulties of projects

·         The project life cycle

·         Project roles: responsibilities, authority and accountability

·         The key dimensions of project management

·         Project Management processes

 

Day 2: Project Initiation and Risk Management

·         Identifying project stakeholders

·         Collecting project requirements

·         Determining project objectives

·         Project scope and constraints

·         Managing risk on projects

·         Documenting and communicating the project

 

Day 3: Project Planning, Estimating and Scheduling

·         The contents of a Project Management Plan

·         Using a Work Breakdown Structure

·         Creating the Project Network

·         Project estimating

·         Time scheduling: Critical path and float

 

Day 4: Project Resourcing, Monitoring and Control

·         Resource scheduling and budgeting

·         Preparing for project execution and communicating the plan

·         Project monitoring

·         Analyzing project performance

·         Project control

·         Change control

 

Day 5: Managing Performance, Project Reporting and Closure

·         Managing the performance of the team and its members

·         Managing stakeholder relationships

·         Project communication and reporting

·         Successful project hand-over

·         Project closure

·         Learning lessons from the project