Description

DAY ONE – PROJECT MANAGEMENT FUNDAMENTALS

Course Outline

• Defining projects and project management
• The role of a project manager
• How can projects help you?
• A project life cycle
• Selling a project
• Creating a vision
• Project goals
• Using a target chart
• Preparing your project
• Laying out the project

DAY TWO- INTERMEDIATE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Course Outline

• What really needs to be done?
• The work break down the structure
• Scheduling techniques (including Grant charts, network diagrams, flow charts and PERT diagrams)
• Budgeting tips and tricks
• Assessing project risks
• Preparing the  final plan Making it fit
• The execution phase
• Controlling changes
• Closing out a project

 

DAY THREE – ADVANCED PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Course Outline

• Choosing the project team
• Building a winning team
• managing team meetings
• Easy ways to reward the project team
• Developing a communication plan
• Communicating with sponsors and executive
• Dealing with problematic team members

 

DAY FOUR- EFFECTIVE PLANNING AND SCHEDULING

Course Outline

• Projects and Schedules
• The Work Break down Structure (WBS)
• Estimating activity durations
• Identifying task dependencies
• Aligning resources with activities
• Project planning with network diagrams, the critical Path Method, PERT, and Gantt charts
• Scheduling software
• Uncertainty  and risk management
• Communication strategies
• Creating a viable scheduling
• Updating and monitoring the schedule

Learning Objectives

At the end of  the training program, the participant will be able to:

• Understanding what is meant by a project;
• Recognize what steps must be taken to complete projects on time and on budget;
• Know simple techniques and tools for planning  and tracking projects; and
• Selling ideas and make presentations related to pitching a project.

Who Should Attend?

Managers, Project Team Leads, Supervisors

And Senior Executives