Project Management - The Deliverables (2 day course)

This 2 day course gives you all the tools and techniques to effectively project manage in any given situation. As this is a solution-based programme, it concentrates on your exact needs.

Overview:

This course is designed for those who need a practical "hands-on" approach to managing projects and includes a number of useful tools. Whilst the majority of the course deals with project management methodologies, the people side of projects is also included.

Delegates are encouraged to think about their actual projects during the course as the various tools are applied.

Suitable for:

All those managers and staff who are striving to improve project management performance and effectiveness.

The Programme Topic Areas are:

• What is a project and what are its pitfalls?
• Project roles and responsibilities
• Personal attributes of a project manager
• Step-by-step approach to project start-up
• Team exercise
• Project prioritising tool
• Project initiation document
• Case study
• Planning tools (Critical Path Analysis and Gantt charts)
• Estimating time and costs
• Managing project risks
• Team exercise
• Keeping projects on track
• Bringing a project to a close
• Delegates work on their real project issues
• Summary & action plans agreed