Course Overview

This two day project management course covers the theory of managing a project. Anyone who needs to plan projects as a core or significant part of their job will benefit from attending.

An essential ingredient of a successful project is the effective utilisation of the project resources over time. This two day course provides a structured approach to project planning, highlighting the concepts and techniques in a progressive series of steps to enable the delegates to produce realistic and achievable plans.

Prerequisites

• • No prior formal training in project management is required, making this ideal for beginners or those transitioning into a project-focused role.

Course Content

• Defining the Project and Developing a Plan

  What is project management?
  The project manager's role
  Common mistakes

• What is a project?

  The phases of a project: conceive, define, start, perform, close
  Detecting potential pitfalls

• What is the objective & why are you trying to achieve it?

  Defining and developing a statement of work
  Looking at the bigger picture
  Defining boundaries
  Dealing with unknowns

• Breaking it down into activities

  Creating and displaying a work breakdown structure
  Identifying risks when detailing activities
  Defining individual activities
  Taking different paths to the same end

• Timings

  Analysing schedule possibilities and drawing network diagrams
  Developing the project schedule
  Estimating activity durations
  Displaying the project schedule

• Resource requirements

  Describing people skills and knowledge
  Estimating needed commitment
  Juggling multiple commitments
  Estimating costs: different types of costs, developing a budget

Included with this course

• • Lunch and refreshments when training is delivered at our training venues
  • Comprehensive course materials and exercises