Overview
This intensive two-day course is designed to give the delegate hands-on, practical experience of the skills, processes and techniques required to manage, plan and control projects.
This is accomplished using a mix of interactive lectures and case studies as well as individual and syndicate exercises.
Delegate take away a comprehensive manual of overhead slides, handouts, and course notes.
Who Will Benefit From This Course?
- Anyone currently in or about to enter a Project Management role
- Project Managers who would benefit from an insight into current thinking
Learning Outcomes:
- Identify the key elements of a Project
- Estimate and plan more effectively
- Define and manage risk with greater control
- Develop skills and techniques to Project Manage teams more effectively and professionally
- Understand the benefits of Project Management Tools
Content
The Role & Responsibilities of the Project Manager
- The role, skills and responsibilities of the Project Manager
- Why Projects Fail
- Key criteria for ensuring Project Success
- Nailing down the Project Objectives
- Defining the Project Strategy and Critical Success Factors (CSF’s)
- The Four Phases of Project Management
The Project Management Environment
- Setting Up the Project Environment
- The Team and Management Structure
- Setting Up the Control System
- The Project Administrator
- Communicating and Reporting
The Project Methodology
- Advantages to a Phased Approach
- Product, Solution and Organisational Change Methodologies
- Phase Structures and Key Deliverables
Estimating Techniques
- Tasks, Resources, Costs and Time
- Techniques for Improving Team Estimates
- The Mythical Person-Month
- The Standard Task Method
- Bottom-Up, Effort-Based Estimating
- The Delphi Technique
Planning the Project
- Creating Work Breakdown Structures (WBS)
- Defining the PERT Chart
- Calculating and interpreting the Critical Path and Slack
- Strategies for using the Critical Path
- Resource and Task Allocation
- Resource Loading and Levelling
- Team Planning Techniques
- The Project Plan structure and contents
Risk & Contingency Management
- Defining and analysing Risks
- Risk types and categories
- Sizing the risk
- Contingency Strategies
- Building risks into the Plan
- Risk Management
Using PC Tools
- Advantages and limitations
- Creating and Managing the Plan
- Reporting and Communicating the Plan
Managing Change
- The dynamics of change
- Setting Up the Change Control File
- The Change Methodology and Life Cycle
- Determining options and implementing changes
Project Tracking & Control
- Setting the right level for Control and Tracking
- Determining the information required
- Interpreting Progress and Project Status
- Code BC-501
- Duration 2 days
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