Project Management
This is a 2 day course
1. See bottom of page for scheduled course dates.
2. If you have 4 or more delegates we can schedule a course for you, or run it in-house. Please contact us online or call us on 0115 9849940 for more details.
Who will benefit: Anyone involved in planning or who is responsible for ensuring that deadlines are met and projects completed. This introductory course will provide participants with the basic knowledge, skills and tools for managing projects successfully.
Objectives: By the end of the course participants will be able to:
- Have a clear understanding of the meaning of project management
- Recognise the stages of a project's life cycle
- Understand the use of basic planning techniques such as work breakdown structures, critical path analysis and Gantt charts
- Explain the need for monitoring, control and documentation
- State the benefits of good project management and the need to exercise control over changes
Module One - What is a project?
- Project management versus operational management
- Successful and unsuccessful projects – contributing factors
- Project management roles and responsibilities
- Project management competencies
- The benefits of good project management
Module Two – The project management lifecycle
- The Definition stage
- The Planning stage
- The Doing stage
- The Reviewing stage
Module Three – Tools and techniques
- Common project management terminology
- The project statement
- Work breakdown structure
- Responsibility and resource matrices
- Dependency tables
- The risk register
- Critical path analysis
- Gantt charts
Module Four – Monitoring and control
- Project monitoring
- Dealing with requests for change
Module Five – Managing the team
- Communication issues
- Managing people
- Managing meetings
- Reporting
Scheduled Courses:
This course is not currently scheduled. Please contact us for further details.
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