Projects: Process & People

How to deliver results on time and within budget2 Days - On Request

This course is one of our standard in-company programmes and can be delivered to your people at a venue and date of your choice. If it is not exactly what you want then we can either create a tailored course based on our extensive library of standard course materials or produce a fully bespoke training course for you.

Course Overview:
This project management course is for everyone who has been asked to run, or is involved in running, a project. Whether large or small, crisp project management is the key to delivering a project on time and within budget. This practical and pragmatic course covers both the process and the people side of project management.

You will leave the course understanding, and having practiced, the techniques and procedures needed to control the process and with the skills to confidently "manage" the people involved in delivering the project results.

Programme Contents

Successful Projects
- The Project Life Cycle
- What Causes Projects to Fail
Project Planning
- The project Management Plan
- Clear Objectives
- Understanding the Jargon
- Better Estimation of Resource Requirements
- Network Analysis
- Critical Path Analysis
- Gantt Charts
Working with the Project Team
- An analysis of Team Roles
- How the Various Roles Build Strength into the Team
- The Conflicts that can Arise
- Managing the Mavericks
- Tackling Cross-Functional Politics
Risk Management - Tools and Techniques
- Identification and Assessment
- Appropriate Response
- The Risk Log
- Risk Log
Controlling the Project
- Understanding the Priorities
- Achieving Project Objectives
- Project Communication Needs
Change Control
- Why Changes Happen
- Assessing the Impact and Priority
- Responding & Recording
Quality Review Techniques
Personal Action Plans