Introduction To Project Management

DURATION: One Day

AIM

To increase confidence and competence in Project Management.

PROGRAMME OVERVIEW

This course is designed to be a one-day course that provides a sound framework for Project Management. If more in depth skills on people management are required the course can be extended for another day. A practical one-day course designed to introduce the concepts of and best practice in Project Management. The focus is on the methodology as well as effective people management. This course can be tailored to meet the needs of beginners, or to provide a useful refresher for experienced Project Managers. Relevant case studies can be designed to make the practical aspects of the course meaningful.

CONTENT

• Aims and objectives
• The Benefits
• What is project management?
• What is a project/project management?
• Project definition
• What can be learnt from past projects?
• What do project managers do?
• Project management framework and strategy
• Setting project objectives
• Project strategy and options
• Dealing with project uncertainty
• Detailed project planning and work breakdown structures
• Project prioritisation
• Activity breakdown
• Gantt chart analysis
• Critical path analysis and interdependencies
• Project evaluation
• Planning a schedule
• Making an effective business case
• Evaluating implementation difficulty
• Project progress, monitoring and control
• Managing the dynamics of projects and key stakeholders
• Reporting progress
• Stakeholder management
• Managing difficulty and energy over time
• Risk and uncertainty management
• Identifying risk and uncertainty
• Risk reduction
• Contingency planning
• Project review
• Learning and critical success factors
• Action planning

BENEFITS

By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
• Define the key objectives and scope of your project, and diagnose project specific issues
• Develop an effective strategy, plan and breakdown of activities for your own projects
• Define the project critical path and use this information to assist in making planning decisions
• Learn to identify resource and implementation constraints of a project and to set and monitor milestones for progress towards goals
• Identify key risks and uncertainties for projects and propose strategies to deal with these risks
• Identify and anticipate the positions of key stakeholders in the project and become more able to influence them
• Understand the key roles and responsibilities involved in project management, especially for the project manager him/herself

TARGET AUDIENCE

Anyone involved in project management activities.

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