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Effective Project Management

Becoming a successful Project Manager

Project Managers are key to the success of all projects. They have the responsibility of managing them on behalf of the business organization which commissioned them. It is, therefore, imperative that all Project Managers acquire and can apply certain core competencies necessary to deliver successful projects in today's dynamic business environment.

This course aims to take managers with some experience of running small projects and equip them with the key competencies to be successful Project Managers.

Course Aims:

  • This course aims to take managers with some experience of running small projects and equip them with the key competencies to be successful Project Managers.

Typical Course Agenda:

Project 'Start Up'

  • scope
  • justification
  • organization
  • structure
  • contraints

Project Initiation Document

  • The components in detail
  • The project baseline
  • Size of the PID
  • A dynamic document
  • Using the PID at the Project Review

The Project Sponsor

  • Participation
  • Sponsor responsibilities
  • Qualifying the sponsor

Justifying the project

  • Do systems deliver the benefits?
  • Business benefits
  • Payback
  • Discounted cash flow and Net present value

Stage Gates

  • Moving through the gates
  • Exit and entrance criteria

Quality Planning

  • the quality approach
  • quality vs costs - the trade-off
  • quality planning
  • quality assurance
  • quality control
  • quality reviews and walkthroughs

Managing a Team

  • teams vs workgroups
  • team performance
  • motivation and demotivation
  • high performance teams

Communications

  • communications strategy
  • who, what, when and how
  • communications management plan
  • balancing the plan with the project

Risk Assessment and Management

  • The risk management process
  • identification - various techniques
  • risk quantification
  • response to risk - various approaches
  • response development
  • risk control - the risk register

Please note that this is a typical course outline. Workshops can be tailored to our clients' specific requirements.

Training methods:

We use a number of training methods on our courses including workshops and group exercises.

This course features our Key Point Cards which provide delegates with a quick reference back at the workplace.

Who will benefit from this course:

  • Those people in your organization who have some experience managing small projects but want to increase and improve their skills in preparation for more challenging assignments.
  • Line managers
  • Team leaders
  • Project managers

Delegates will receive:

  • a course workbook which can be used as a reference book back at the workplace
  • a set of Key Point Cards for Effective Project Management

Recommended Duration of Course: 2 days

Recommended Number of Delegates: 6 - 12
Larger groups can be accommodated on request.

Follow-up Support:

Telephone support is available for all course delegates who have any questions after an event.

Related Courses:

Introduction to Project Management
Advanced Project and Program Management
Planning and Control
Starting a Project
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