This course takes participants through all aspects of project management and provides useful tools and techniques in managing projects. The course covers the practical tasks, tools, techniques and skills relevant to ensuring that a project runs as planned, targets are achieved and that the project is completed to specification, on time and on budget.
Course Objectives
- Learning project management fundamentals
- Learning new tools and techniques in managing projects
- Identifying critical changes and determining how to respond to them
- Understanding project manager's role during implementation
- Understanding key skills needed to ensure project success
- Learning how to close projects successfully
Who Should Attend?
- Team Leaders/Managers
- Project Directors
- Entrepreneurs
- Project Supervisors/Consultants/Coordinators
- Executives
- Anyone planning to become more effective in managing and implementing projects
Course Details/Schedule
- Introduction to project management concepts and definitions
- The role of the project manager
- Organizational influences and project life cycle
- Introduction to project management processes
- Project stakeholders and governance
- The project team and project phases
- The project management process groups
- Project initiating, planning, executing, monitoring & controlling, and closing
- Project information and knowledge areas
- Project integration and project charter
- Skills needed for the success of the project
- Developing the project management plan
- Change requests and change management
- Project scoping and work breakdown structure (WBS)
- Project schedule and activities
- Project resource planning
- Project costing and budget planning
- Project and product quality assurance
- Leading and managing project teams
- Project communication and reporting
- Project risks' identification, analysis, and management
- Project proscurements and contracts
- Project lessons learned
- Project closing and project documentation
- Course wrap up and reaping the fruits
