Managing Projects and People

Vague briefs and overly high expectations are two of the challenges project managers often face, resulting in disappointing outcomes with runaway budgets and timings. This course provides the people skills and project tools that take away these stresses and ensure that everyone involved in the project is motivated and informed as to their responsibility in ensuring a successful project outcome.

You will return to your organisation fully equipped with a tried and tested process for successfully managing any marketing project from inception to completion. You will understand the range of skills required to be a successful project manager and how marketing within a project team can be very rewarding.

Your company will benefit from individuals who feel confident in managing challenging projects with a solid process in place to support them. Vitally, the course also focuses on project leadership and how to motivate teams and communicate in a way that ensures everyone gives of their best.

This course focuses on, not only, the project management process but the team skills needed to support that. It is therefore designed for new or experienced project managers without formal project management training, seeking the tools and skills needed to excel.

• What are the main subjects they will cover on the course?
• Understanding what constitutes a project.
• Developing personal skills needed to be a project manager - managing vs. leading.
• Developing a proactive attitude and focus.
• Managing stakeholders and influencers.
• Managing the project management team.
• Understanding the project management cycle:
• • Briefing and scoping.
  • Planning.
  • Implementation.
  • Evaluation.
• Team Dynamics and leading the team through the project life cycle.
• Dealing with the 3 ‘Cs’ - crises, change and catastrophes.

The workshop is very interactive and focuses on real skills and behaviour that are genuinely relevant and career enhancing when delegates are back in their own work environment. The workshop utilises a mixture of discussion, group exercises and reflection on live projects which delegates are asked to bring along to reinforce learning points.