Project Management Good Practice Training Workshop

Course Description

This workshop introduces the participants to the concepts of Project Management and stresses differences between good and bad practices. Participants will learn the difference between project management and other modes of organising work and will understand the terminology used in project management. The total lifecycle of a project is reviewed, from initial business case review through project definition and project planning, to delivery of the final product and project closure. The 1 day course includes the following:

  • Instructor Led Tuition
  • Individual exercises Group exercises
  • Study Pack

Course Objectives

On completion of the course the delegate will be able to:

  • Define when Project Management is appropriate
  • Demonstrate proficiency in the use of Project Management terminology
  • Identify the basic principles of planning, reporting and controls
  • Define the basic principles of working on a project team

Intended Audience

This course is intended for people working in a project environment who need to understand their role in projects and the techniques and the terminology of Project Management.

Course Outline

Projects and the Business

  • Projects
  • Programmes and Management
  • Differentiating Success from Glorious Failure
  • Stakeholders and Business Influences
  • The Business Case
  • Project Definition

Project Methodologies and Processes

What is a methodology and how does it help?

  • PRINCE2™
  • PMI® - the Project Management Book of Knowledge

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Developing and Refining the Plan

  • Project Scope
  • Work Breakdown Structure
  • Identifying the Task Dependencies
  • Effort Estimating
  • PERT and Critical Path Analysis
  • Network Analysis
  • Resource Scheduling
  • What-if Analysis
  • Contingency - Your Life-saver

Project Resources

  • Project Managers (what do they do and what skills are required?)
  • The Team vs the Individual
  • Delegation
  • Managing the Team

Controlling the Project

  • Basic Administration (minimum requirements for control)
  • Managing the Baseline
  • Milestones and Deadlines
  • Status Updating
  • Costs and Effort
  • Managing Risk
  • Managing Change (the Achilles Heel)
  • Closing the Project

Project Reporting

  • The Communications Plan
  • Summary or Detailed Reports?
  • Earned Value Analysis

What's Included

Delegate handout pack and workbook.

Your Instructor

All WPM's instructors are practising Project Managers, with many years of experience managing projects of all sizes.

Benefits

Delegates adopt a structured approach to planning a project, emphasising the importance of project control as a means to contain cost and to remain within timescale.

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