Establishing a Project Management System

Designed for organisations that have the need to manage multiple projects across the business. The course sets out to develop the core requirements for a Project Management System and the do's and don'ts of setting up and managing a Programme Management Environment and/or a "Project Office".

Course Content

Overview of Programme Management
- Definitions, business & organisational context, programme configurations, cultural issues

The Eight Principles of Programme Management
1. Programme management organisation
2. Programme planning
3. Benefits management
4. Stakeholder management
5. Issue and Risk management
6. Quality management
7. Configuration management
8. Audit

Programme Management Lifecycle
- Identifying a programme
- Defining a programme
- Establishing a programme
- Managing the programme
- Monitoring and controlling
- Delivering benefits
- Closing a programme

Portfolio Management
- Multi-project resource planning
- The effect of multi-tasking
- Identifying the critical constraint
- Enterprise resource planning

Project Support
- The role of project support
- Advice and guidance to team leaders and project managers
- Independent project "Health Check"
- How to ensure projects comply with project management rules
- Contents of effective Project Management rules and guidelines