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Course Objectives
On completion of the course the delegate will be able to:
Define a project
Produce Product Breakdown Structures
Demonstrate an understanding of Critical Path Analysis
Define Project Control
Formulate a personal action plan to be actioned on future projects
Intended Audience
The event is recommended for people new to Project Management or those who have experience of working on projects and would like to move into Project Management.
Benefits
o The two-day course breaks Project Management down into two main areas of Planning and Control
o Delegates will learn a structured approach to planning a project from initial concept through to a risk assessment of the plan
o Delegates will learn the importance of project control as a means to contain cost and to remain within timescale
Course Outline
Module 1 -Course Introduction
Module 2- Introduction to Projects
Concept of projects and some advantages and disadvantages
Differences between projects and other management structures
Concept of a project lifecycle and methodology
Module 3- Starting up the Project
The importance of information gathering and communicating
Tasks required to start up the project
Defining the project goal, customers and deliverables
The concept of cost/benefit analysis
Module 4 -Introduction to Project Initiation exercise
The Project Initiation document
Module 5- Risk Analysis
By the end of this module the participants will have:
The concept of Risk Analysis
Practising applying risk analysis to their project
Module 6 - Detailed Planning
The concept of a Work Package
Generating a Product Breakdown Structure
Types of task dependency and will produce a network diagram
Critical Path Analysis and calculating the critical path
An introduction to PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique)
Module 7- Estimation Techniques
Understanding the different varieties of estimates
Using the different methods
Module 8- Resource Planning and Scheduling
Scheduling resources on tasks
The difference between schedule driven and resource driven tasks
Using resource smoothing and levelling
Module 9- Project Costing
Detailed resource requirements for the duration of the project
Producing a project plan detailing the cost of the project
Module 10- Quality Planning
Understanding the meaning of quality
The primary areas of the project affected by quality issues
Different quality methodologies
Module 11 -The Project Organisation
The role and responsibilities of the Project Manager
understand the issues of delegation of responsibility
have been introduced to issues of team dynamics
know Belbins categorisation of team roles
Module 12- Administration for Project Control
The main components of project control
Understanding the process steps to be followed
Module 13 -Project Reporting and Communication
The use of Tolerance for monitoring projects
Different types of reports
The concept of Earned Value Analysis and how to use it
Module 14 -Closing a Project
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