Project Management

• New Project managers
• Project team members wishing to move into project management roles
• Other operational staff wishing to learn project management tools and techniques
• Project planners
• Technical and engineering staff wishing to develop skills in managing projects

Course objectives

• To create a Project Plan
• To set up and manage projects effectively
• To scope out the objectives and deliverables for a project
• To calculate the resources required for a project
• To manage and motivate a project team
• To establish systems for monitoring and evaluating projects
• 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