Training Programmes - Management Suite

Project Management

Overview

Delivering any size of project on time, within budget and to the required quality standard requires a range of skills through Decision-taking, Planning, Conflict Management, and Teambuilding


This programme is designed to provide participants, regardless of their level of experience, with the tools and techniques of Initiating, Planning, Implementing, Controlling, and Closing any project whilst maintaining Team harmony and reducing pressure and stress.

Key Learning Points

By the end of this programme, participants will:
Learn how to recognise their own and other’s strengths when creating a project team
Identify and overcome the classic barriers to project success
Understand how all projects have a unique life cycle and how to manage each one
Create a workable plan by using professional scheduling and monitoring tools
Gain the total commitment and ownership of other stakeholders to the project objectives
Conduct effective Risk Assessment and develop contingencies to handle crisis in projects

Content

The Barriers to effective achievement of project objectives - and how to overcome them

The relationship between Strategic and Operational Project Management

Leading and building the diverse the project team

How to identify the five processes of a project and the skills needed to manage each

Developing the project Scope and getting buy in

Negotiating with project Sponsors, Stakeholders and Clients

Construct a plan which will be flexible enough to deliver the scope of the project

Using Work Breakdown Structures and scheduling tools to deliver time estimates

Budgeting and Cost Control methods explained

Developing Risk Assessment and Issue log templates 

Conducting a project kick off meeting to gain involvement and commitment of key players

Developing strategies to predict and then reduce Risks to successful project completion 

Maintaining motivation and handling conflict during a projects life cycle

Communicating progress and handling bottlenecks with the correct scheduling tools

Managing and controlling the critical path in a project

Developing strategies to predict and then reduce Risks to successful project completion

Getting a stalling project back on track

Applying the skills in a real life case study

Effecting a smooth transfer and handover after project completion

Applying a Learning process to the close out phase

Giving effective feedback to the project team

Assessing customer satisfaction and building relationships for future projects