Description
This two day course covers all the main elements of project management and will enable delegates to approach their projects more confidently and successfully.
The topics covered ensure a fantastic grounding in the principles that underlie successful project management and are covered in an engaging, enjoyable way.
Your team will learn about:
The six key principles of Project Management
- Vision, benefits and objectives
- Time, cost and quality
- How the principles are applied
- The project sponsor vs. the project manager
- Three kinds of service – pulling your levers
Creating a high-level schedule
- Identifying the tasks
- Assigning the tasks
- Ordering the tasks
- Dependencies and the Critical Path
- Optimising your plan
Money management – building & tracking your budget
- The anatomy of a cost plan
- Building the budget
- Risk and contingency allowances
- Tracking & forecasting
Hell is other people – managing the team
- Who’s on the team (and what do they do)?
- Team vs. stakeholders
- Missing roles
- The RACI matrix
- Dealing with difficult people
Your Hidden Weaponry – Project Governance and Controls
- Setting baselines
- Managing change
- The Project Organisation
- Checkpoints and gateways
Risk management – an introduction
- What is a risk? (and what isn’t)
- The PIG – assessing and prioritising risks
- Mitigating risk
