Managing Successful Projects

Course overview Who is it for?

This course is essential for those who manage projects, or those who are about to become involved in the management, planning or implementation of a project.

What is it about?

Effective project techniques help you reduce spend, beat deadlines and plan for problems before they occur.

All projects need a beginning, middle and end, and this course will show you the essential components required in planning the project and give you the confidence and immediately useful tools to put them into practice back at work.

What will I get out of it?

• Efficient implementation of your project through organisation and preparation

• Skills to cost, estimate and budget with precision to guarantee the efficient use of resources

• Better management of change and conflict prevent disruption to the project schedule

• Practical techniques for measurement and control

What will I learn? Understand the requirements of a project

• Create change

• Key dimensions

• Project phrases

Organise projects

• The project manager

• Assess risks

• Set objectives

• Prepare

Manage the baseline

• Plan in detail

• Break down the work structure

• Create project activity tables

• Critical activities

• Schedule tasks

• People and non-people resources

Cost, estimate and budget

• Money as a resource

• Time as a resource

• Budget effectively

• Control budgets

Manage change

• Deal with contradicting needs between the customer, project manager and project team

Measure and control

• Keep accurate records

• Forecast effectively

Close the project

• How to terminate a project and hand over power

This course can be taken as part of our Chartered Management Institute Level 5 Certificate in Management and Leadership. The qualification is aimed at practising middle or senior managers and provides the opportunity to develop and accredit management and leadership skills.

You can achieve a Level 5 Award in Management and Leadership by completing a written assessment after this course.

Anyone attending this course will be able to accredit their learning towards these qualifications. Talk to one of our learning advisers on 0800 170 7777 to find out how you can get qualified.

I really enjoyed this course probably the best one I’ve ever done. Allan was fantastic trainer and delivered the content very well in a great way. Allan was very relaxed and made it enjoyable and fun as well. “

- Julie Wager

Universal Pictures

Project Management