Advanced Project Management
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Description
- Project managers and Project Directors
- Project team members wishing to move into project management roles
- Other operational staff with a basic understanding of project management tools and techniques
- Project planners
- Senior line managers of project staff
- Technical and engineering staff wishing to develop skills in managing projects
Course objectives
- To set up and manage projects effectively
- To scope out the objectives and deliverables for a project
- To create a Project Plan
- To calculate the resources required for a project
- To manage project teams effectively
- To establish systems for monitoring and evaluating projects
- To assess risk factors and develop contingency plans
- To …
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- Project managers and Project Directors
- Project team members wishing to move into project management roles
- Other operational staff with a basic understanding of project management tools and techniques
- Project planners
- Senior line managers of project staff
- Technical and engineering staff wishing to develop skills in managing projects
Course objectives
- To set up and manage projects effectively
- To scope out the objectives and deliverables for a project
- To create a Project Plan
- To calculate the resources required for a project
- To manage project teams effectively
- To establish systems for monitoring and evaluating projects
- To assess risk factors and develop contingency plans
- To create a motivated project team
Course content
Role and Function of Project Management
- Introduction to project management
- Summary of the role and function
- What is a ‘project’?
- Aligning projects with the business strategy
- The project roadmap, step by step
- Key challenges for project managers
Planning and Scoping the Project
- Scoping the work from the project brief
- What are the deliverables?
- Defining quality measures
- What’s the schedule?
- Identifying the resources needed – budget, people, equipment
- Dependencies and assumptions
- Planning the work
Project Initiation
- Making the business case for the project
- Addressing the right problem
- Documenting the requirements
- Project Governance
- Establishing the project framework
- Securing the resources
- Critical success factors
- Measuring success criteria
Building, Managing and Motivating the Project Team
- Recruiting and developing the project manager
- Other project team roles
- Team creation process
- Importance of role clarity
- Resolving team conflict
- Motivating team members
Project Implementation
- ‘Working the Plan’
- Working with Project Stakeholders and sponsors
- Communications Planning and implementation
- Project Monitoring and review methodology
- Project Reporting
Managing Risk in Projects
- Risk identification
- Risk Prioritisation
- Risk recording methods
- Treatment of risk: mitigation, avoidance, transfer and acceptance
- Risk tracking and reporting
Project Management Tools and Techniques
- Project Software tools
- Gantt charts
- PERT charts
- Critical Path Analysis
- Managing slack
- Time compression techniques
How and why do Projects Fail?
- Examples of failed projects
- What does ‘failure’ mean - Criteria for ‘success’
- Common causes of project failure
- Strategic reasons for failure
- Skills deficiencies
- Governance challenges
- Planning and monitoring weaknesses
Project Closure and Review
- Processes at project closure
- Post Project Review
- Measuring results and impact
- Gathering data to assess the achievement
- Learning and sharing lessons from project experiences
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