Course Objectives:
At the end of this course, delegates will be able to:
- Consider methods for improving management performance.
- Gain insights into the successful implementation of teams.
- Study the techniques for strategic planning.
- Develop negotiation skills.
- Examine the application of management best practices.
- Understand various Project delivery systems.
- Apply Advanced Scheduling techniques.
- Develop a Project Control System.
- Improve Managerial and Leadership Skills.
- Handle proactive and reactive techniques for project management.
TARGETED AUDIENCE:
- Team Leads.
- Program Managers.
- Business Analysts.
- Operations Manager.
- Product Managers.
- Aspiring Project Managers.
- Professionals who want to advance their careers in project management.
COURSE OUTLINE
DAY 1: Project Selection and Portfolio Management
- Project selection.
- Approaches to project screening.
- and selection.
- Financial models.
- Project portfolio management,
DAY 2: Leadership and the Project Manager
- How the project manager leads.
- Traits of effective project leaders.
- Project champions.
- The new project leadership.
- Project management professionalism.
DAY 3: Scope Management
- Conceptual development.
- The scope statement.
- Work authorisation.
- Scope reporting.
- Control systems & Project closeout.
DAY 4: Project Team Building, Conflict, and Negotiation
- Building the project team.
- Stages in group development.
- Achieving cross-functional cooperation.
- Virtual project teams.
- Conflict management & Negotiation.
DAY 5: Risk Management
- Risk management: The four (4) stages process.
- Project risk management: an integrated approach.
DAY 6: Cost Estimation and Budgeting
- Cost management.
- Cost estimation.
- Creating a project budget.
- Developing budget contingencies.
- Groups exercise.
DAY 7: Project Scheduling
- Developing a network.
- Duration estimation.
- Constructing the critical path.
- Gantt charts.
- Crashing projects.
DAY 8: Resource Management
- The basics of resource constraints.
- Resource loading.
- Resource levelling.
- Resource-loading charts.
- Managing resources in multi-project environments.
DAY 9: Project Evaluation and Control
- Control cycles – a general model.
- Monitoring project performance.
- Using earned value to manage a portfolio of projects.
- Issues in the effective use of earned value management.
- Human factors in project evaluation and control.
DAY 10: Project Closeout and Termination
- Types of project termination.
- Natural termination.
- The closeout process.
- Early termination for projects.
- Preparing the final project report.
PLACE: London (UK)
VENUE (TBC): INDUSTRIOUS (245, Hammersmith Rd, W68PW)
LANGUAGE: English.
