Prerequisites

 

This course has been created for delegates new to project management or having had little formal training.

Target audience

 

Business Managers who are involved in projects or are in charge of staff involved in a project implementation 
Individuals who are looking to undertake a structured project would benefit from this course
Staff involved in planning, controlling and estimating systems development projects or setting up new procedures for project management

 

Trainer Profile

 

All of the project management traineres are experienced project managers in their own right. This is of key benefit to delegates, as the trainer fully appreciates the reality of using a structured project management methodology.

 

Duration

 

This is a three-day event, timetabled between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Topics

 

Delegates will work through an extended case study to gain practical understanding of applying the following concepts:

 

Project Organisation

 

The differing roles and responsibilities in a project; how senior managers can be engaged in a project; exercise to design a project management team 

Controlled Start

 

 Planning quality into your project - a practical exercise in writing quality plans and product descriptions

 

Risk Management

 

Identifying risks using checklist and brainstorming; which risks to tackle; practical exercise on how to assess and reduce risk

 

Project Planning

 

Assembling the document you will use to control the project; producing plans at the right level of detail; Practice: identifying dependencies; estimating activity networks; critical path analysis; scheduling; Gantt charts; product flow diagrams; product breakdown structures

 

Measuring Quality

 

Assessing the fitness for purpose of products produced on the course

 

Issues and Change Control

 

A series of role play exercise to allow delegates to:

 

Project Closure - Hand over; learning lessons for the future.