The course is designed to provide delegates with an overview of project management principles, either to achieve a general understanding or as a preliminary to further training.
The course covers the full scope of managing projects and is interactive, with ample opportunity for discussion.
The course is highly suitable for staff requiring a general understanding of how to approach project management.
It has also proved extremely valuable as a first introduction and preliminary training course for staff going on to further project management training courses but who lack relevant experience of project work.
- Describe the characteristics of a project and appreciate why projects need to be managed
- Describe the benefits of using a project management methodology
- Demonstrate their understanding of the key elements of project management
- Assess their own projects in respect to what they have learnt
- Recognise the importance of having project documentation
- Determine those people or organisations that will be important to the project and consider how best to communicate with them
- Define the basic steps involved in planning a project
- Identify risks, issues and changes within a project and how best to manage them
- Determine the applicability of project management to their own work
- What is a Project?
- Project Characteristics
- Project Lifecycle
- Common problems
- Strategies for success
- Controlled Project Start
- Identifying and managing stakeholders
- Project roles and responsibilities
- Selecting and developing a project team
- Business Case: Costs vs Benefits
- Relevant documentation
- Project Planning
- Planning steps
- Estimating, scheduling and resourcing
- Management of Risk
- Controlled Project Progress
- Controlled delegation
- Management by exception
- Reporting and communication
- Relevant documentation
- Controlled Project Close
- Gaining acceptance
- Follow-on Actions
- Learning Lessons
- Post-Project Review