Overview

This highly practical introductory course provides you with essential skills, tools and techniques that you can practically apply back at the workplace, so that you become more competent and confident at managing projects.

Who should attend?

• Individuals wanting to adopt a project approach to managing their work

• Those involved in setting up a project support office

• New to the role of project manager and/or lack any formal training in the discipline of project management

At the course you will learn

• When it is appropriate to use a “project” approach to your workload

• How to clearly define the purpose of a project to avoid unrealistic project expectations being set

• How to break a project down, into easy to manage stages

• How to structure a plan that will stand up under pressure

• How to get your team to accept your plans and support them

• How to set measurable project objectives

• How to motivate your project team members

• How to utilise your available resources optimally, to eliminate waste of time and money

• How to identify and manage risks proactively

• How to minimise deviations from the original plan, by effectively monitoring and controlling a project

• How to measure project performance (progress)

What will the course cover?

What is a project?

• Project participants and roles – understanding the role of the project manager and other key stakeholders

• The project life cycle – a structured approach to managing projects

• Why do projects fail? – learn what to look out for

• Project management philosophies, concepts, and building blocks

Defining a project

• Setting and agreeing on the objectives, scope and constraints of the project

• Project constraints and decision-making trade-offs Planning a project

• Project management tools, techniques, and processes

• Charts and critical path analysis – including Gantt

• Making cost and time estimates more realistic

• Avoiding surprises – using risk management tools and techniques

Implementing a project

• How to monitor, track and control activities

• Changes on a project – what will the impact be?

• Corrective actions – keeping the project on track

• Communicating within the project environment

• Computer based simulation

Completing and reviewing a project

• Measuring what actually happened

• The Way Forward – implementing what you have learned

What is included?

• A brilliant trainer

• Comprehensive course pack

• Certificate of attendance

• 5 star training venue

• Lunch, teas and refreshments

• Secure Parking and Disabled facilities