Project Management

Course Description

Professional projects normally involve numerous people at different levels and across many disciplines - senior management, sponsors, contractors, functional groups, IT - most often in a virtual environment. The project manager often does not have hierarchical control of the team members. This course addresses those concerns and views the pressures and pitfalls that must be managed and balanced to achieve a successful project.

The objective of this course is to enable participants to understand the nature of projects and the factors that are critical to their success. It will also provide the structure, tools and skills needed to understand and implement the best practice for project management. It would form a good foundation course for beginners at its most simple, and the more complex versions of the course are ideal for those who want to refresh their knowledge or who are currently involved in projects.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, delegates will be able to

• define the responsibilities and functions of project manager
  understand the project life cycle

• evaluate a project in terms of objectives, scope, resources,
  time and quality

• identify project risks and the tactics for dealing with them

• manage change in projects

• deal with communication issues in projects

• judge the importance of documentation in a project

• plan work effectively and efficiently

• develop a systematic approach to problem solving within projects

• draw up an action plan for on-going project management
  development

Target Audience

The course is available at a range of complexities, from a beginner’s introduction to a more detailed advanced course. It is therefore of broadly universal relevance and is particularly suited to current and future project managers, as well as for junior managers who may be moving into more project-based work in the future.

Duration

2 days for up to 12 participants