Project Management
Training Description
The aim of this course is to provide managers with an awareness and basic understanding of the way a project is planned and managed.
The Course Suits
Managers who need to know more about how to go about managing a project; specifically the planning, resourcing and delivering on time and on budget
Training Benefits
- An understanding of basic project management techniques
- An ability to identify the key characteristics of successful projects
- An understanding of good practice techniques
Course Timetable
09:30 - 10:00 Coffee & Course Objectives
10:00 - 10:30 Definition of a Project
(identifying projects; pre-project research; basic terminology; people involved; liaising)
10:30 – 11:00 Identification of Project Management Techniques
(key elements of successful projects; what tools and techniques are used; importance of good communications; the challenges)
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee
11:15 - 12:30 Planning and Preparation of Projects
(identifying customer/client needs; aim and objectives and outcomes of the project; boundaries and limitations; resources and timescales; organisation, resources and management; basic risk analysis; key skills and personnel; the budget; developing the team)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 - 15:00 Scheduling and Delivering the Project
(detailed work plan; key milestones; time/resource estimating; task sequencing; start and stop time; contingency and reporting time; Gantt Chart, Critical Path Analysis; case study)
15:00 – 15:15 Tea
15:15 - 16:00 Reporting and Control
(programme evaluation; review techniques; breakdown and errors; change management; action planning for revision; use of contingencies; winding down; handing over)
16:00 - 16:30 Summary & Action Plans Agreed
© PTP/332
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Description:
How to build and develop a successful team by motivating, empowering and leading people. Based on in-depth experience of developing people and initiating change within many organisations, Mark Thomas provides a shrewd, practical guide to mastering the essential techniques of people management.
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