Effective Project Management

Introduction:

This key management practice is now universally recognized as a mandatory discipline for line management in any size of business, or market sector. Mastering project management skills is crucial for team members who are accountable for one or more projects or have responsibility for all or part of a project. Even non-Project Leaders will gain a full understanding of the Project Management practice, which will greatly improve communications within Projects, Project Stakeholder Management, and at every level within the organization. Project Management’ will build your competence with the skills, tools and techniques used in Project Management.

Who should attend?

This course is created for people who are leading projects and who are looking for some additional tools and techniques to maximize their effectiveness as a Project Leaders.

This course will also be useful for those embarking on a Project Management career or for those who need to manage projects in addition to their main job role.

Course Objectives:

• Understand how to manage key Project Stakeholders
• Understand PMI/PMP V6 Process Group and Knowledge Areas
• Gain an overview of the key concepts and terminology of the Project Management (PM) life cycle and knowledge areas
• Obtain and practice skills to manage projects from start to finish
• Explore methods for determining project scope and constraints
• Understand the essential steps and tools for successful project planning
•   Understanding of how to Track and Control a Project throughout its lifecycle, and the tools to deliver a project on time to the deliverables, and on or under the budget.
• Develop Risk Management and Change Control skills and techniques

Course Content:

• PMP V6 Process Groups and Knowledge Areas
  • Project Process Group
  • Knowledge Areas
  • Key Processes
• How to prepare a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to develop realistic
  • Project schedules
  • Milestones and deliverables
  • Durations
  • Cost Estimation for each activity and milestone
  • Critical Path
• Tracking & Control
  • Preparing Project Plans & Statement of Works
  • How to manage Stakeholders
  • Milestone reviews (Stakeholder Meetings)
  • Post Implementation reviews
  • Earned Value Management (Periodically manage time and cost through a projects lifecycle)
• Risk Management
  • Risk Assessment
  • Practice Qualitative and Quantitative Risk Analysis
• Project Close-out

This course will include a video of the CEO presenting on flipchart the key learning points of Project Management, and key actions to develop in your role and your career. The aim is to greatly increase the learning outcomes.

Measurement of Progress

Each team member completing this course will complete a post questionnaire or test to measure level of understanding. Once a 75% and above success is achieved a successful completion certificate will be generated. Post training reviews will be provided either by a Video Conference or a report depending on the requirements set by the customer, which will monitor progress, and reflect on the learning, and positive feedback.