Management Skills
Principles of Project Management
Overview
This practical 2-day seminar introduces delegates to cutting-edge ideas and hard-won wisdom of leading experts in project management. Learn the tools needed to manage even the most complex project.
Who Should Attend
Project Managers and project team members.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course
Benefits of Completing This Course
• Understand Project Management terminology
• Learn to set project rules
• Develop Project Planning techniques
• Effectively Manage people in projects
• Control project processes and reporting
Inclusions
- Training Manual with step-by-step instructions
- Practice files relevant to the training material
- Training Completed files - you are free to take away any completed files for review
- Unlimited online support, as training doesn't stop when you walk out our door
Learning Outcomes
• Coordinate a team by getting everyone to agree on the objectives and schedules
• Set a realistic schedule and budget projections
• Better manage the expectations
• Navigate complex project anagement issues;
• Brief descriptions of key concepts
• Tips on real-world applications
• Compact case studies
• Gain sought-after project management skills
• Tips on how to avoid pitfalls.
Topics Covered
Project Management
● Cost-Schedule-Quality Equilibrium
● Project Management Functions
● Project Life Cycles
● Organising a Project
● Project Manage Methodologies -PMBOK, PRINCE2, AGILE
Project Stakeholders
● Stakeholder Roles - Project Manager, Project Team - Management/Sponsor and the Customer
Setting Project Rules
● Project Rules
● Statement of Work
● Responsibility Matrix
● Creating a Communication Plan
Planning the Process
● Identifying Risks
● Developing Response Strategies
● Control
Work Breakdown Structure
● Building a work breakdown structure
● Criteria for successful work breakdown structure
● Planning for Quality
● Contractors or Vendors and work breakdown structure
Realistic Scheduling
● Identifying Task Relationships
● Estimate Work Packages
● Calculate initial schedule
● Assign and level resources
Accurate Estimating
● Estimating Fundamentals and techniques
● Building detailed budget estimates
● Generating a cashflow schedule
Balancing the Project
● Estimating Fundamentals and techniques
● Building detailed budget estimates
● Generating a cashflow schedule
Controlling the Project
● Project Communication
● Control Documents
● Change Management Process
● Close-out Reporting
Measuring the Project
● Schedule performance
● Cost performance
● Earned Value reporting
● Cost and Schedule Baselines
● Corrective Action
Live online - learn by doing.
Our Live Online courses are conducted through a dedicated learning platform that enables us to provide instructor-led, hands-on training to develop real skills, in real time. Each participant logs into their own virtual environment set up specifically for the course. This is a fully interactive experience - just like in a classroom. No passive lectures, no videos to follow - real-time, hands-on practice with your instructor guiding you every step.
Instructor
- Provides real-time, live hands-on instruction and demonstration
- Provides step-by-step practical activities for participants
- Can assist participants on their screen, if necessary
- Can share participant screens to enhance discussion
Participants
- Receive hands-on instruction, step-by-step exercises and skill-builder activities
- See the instructor's screen while working in their own environment
- Can interact with the instructor and the group of participants
- Can ask questions at any time
- Join the course from any location with internet, using a course invitation
- No need for any software - just a computer with internet and a browser
- No downloads or installs necessary on the participant's computer
Inclusions
- E-Book Training Manual / activity booklet provided
- Certificate of Completion
- Post-course support to the level of the course
- Access to any training exercises used during the session
Session Times
- Full Day Course: 9:00am - 4:30pm
- Half Day Course: 9:00am - 12:30pm or 1:30pm - 5:00pm
Private sessions are booked exclusively for your team and can be facilitated as Live Online group training, or in a Classroom / Face-to-Face setting at your workplace or another organised location. Content and duration can be tailored to your needs - contact our Course Scheduling team to discuss your requirements.
Classroom / Face-to-Face
Classroom sessions are delivered at a nominated location, available for Private courses only.
Requirements (if training is delivered at your site)
- No individual computers are required for participants - this course is discussion, activity and workbook-based
- The instructor will bring their own laptop - please provide power
- A screen or projector for the trainer to connect their laptop to (please indicate the connection method - HDMI or Wi-Fi)
Inclusions
- Training Manual / activity booklet
- Certificate of Completion
- Post-course support for queries relating to the course content
Get in touch with our Course Scheduling team to arrange a private session or confirm delivery options for a specific date.