Practical Project Management – Online Course

Description

The course consists of one two and a half hour session followed by one two-hour session delivered over two to four weeks (depending on the schedule we agree).  In the first session, we’ll work through the six key principles that form the basis of all project management. And in the last session we’ll look at two modules, each exploring a different element of project management:

The six key principles of project management (150 mins)
This session forms the basis for all project management.  The principles are simple to understand, yet incredibly powerful when it comes to successful project delivery.  We’ll look at:

• Defining a project: Vision, Benefits and Objectives
• The PM and the Sponsor
• Three Kinds of Service: Time, Cost and Quality
• Setting baselines & pulling levers

Who’s on the team? (And who isn’t.) (60mins)
Getting the right people on your team is yet another factor in getting projects right.  But how do you know who should be on your project team?  How do you get the correct balance of expertise?  And how do you manage a group of disparate people with authority?  We’ll look at:

• Who’s on the team? Roles encountered on (almost) every project team
• Who’s not on the team? Stakeholder management
• You are not the expert
• Authenticity and authority

Building your project schedule (60mins)
Getting a project plan that is at the right level of detail whilst also being robust enough to withstand challenge and changes is a dark art.  We’ll open the door and let the light in though, helping you to quickly put together a project plan that gets the job flipping well done.  We’ll look at:

• Identifying tasks and the right level of detail
• Assigning and scheduling tasks (visual representations)
• Dependent tasks and the critical path
• Building the plan

And you don’t even need to leave your desk?!  Crazy right?

The course
We usually suggest booking your two sessions 1-2 weeks apart to allow participants to fit the course in with their usual workload, start putting the techniques into practice and gather any questions ready for the next session, but they can be run on consecutive days if you prefer. Modules can be swapped out to create the bespoke course of your dreams, and you can add a 5th module to the course for a small additional cost.

Dates and times
The next cohort for this course will run on the following dates :

• Session 1: Thursday 4 December 2025, 10.00 – 12.30 GMT
• Session 2: Thursday 11 December 2025, 10.00 – 12.00 GMT

• Session 1: Wednesday 21 January 2026, 10.00 – 12.30 GMT
• Session 2: Thursday 22 January 2026, 10.00 – 12.00 GMT

• Session 1: Thursday 5 March 2026, 10.00 – 12.30 GMT
• Session 2: Thursday 12 March 2026, 10.00 – 12.00 GMT

• Session 1: Monday 20 April 2026, 14.00 – 16.30 BST
• Session 2: Monday 27 April 2026, 14.00 – 16.00 BST

• Session 1: Friday 15 May 2026, 10.00 – 12.30 GMT
• Session 2: Friday 22 May 2026, 10.00 – 12.00 GMT

• Session 1: Friday 12 June 2026, 10.00 – 12.30 GMT
• Session 2: Friday 19 June 2026, 10.00 – 12.00 GMT

Cost
The course costs £1,580 for groups of 8 – 12 people, or £200 per person for individuals (in other words, £100/session).  Prices exclude VAT.

Build it and they will come
We plan to run the course on the dates shown, but we do need to sell a minimum number of places for the exercises to work and for participants to get the full value from the course.  Therefore, please note that we reserve the right to cancel or postpone the course if we do not meet the minimum number of spaces to proceed.  If this should happen you will be offered to keep your place, but on a subsequent date or you can opt for a full, no-quibble refund.

This is great, but I’d like even more amazing training
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