Overview
Course duration: 2 days.
This two-day course has been designed to enable the more experienced project manager to align the key tools with their current project management skills and practically apply the principles to their projects.
As organisations continue to embrace project management methodologies, there is an increased need for formal project management tools and techniques to be employed.
Is it right for me?
Suitable for project managers, project planners and any staff whose core responsibilities are planning and executing the day-to-day management of activities within a project and whose organisation already has clear project management processes and procedures in place. An understanding of basic project management theory is beneficial, along with prior knowledge of using Gantt charts and critical path analysis.
What will I learn?
By the end of this course you will be able to:
- Appreciate the range of techniques and tools used in planning, organising and controlling projects and have an opportunity to practise them on a micro project i.e. in a 'risk free' environment.
- Produce accurate, workable plans giving a detailed breakdown of costs, timescales, tasks and resources.
- Understand how to implement earned value metrics to measure efficiency and effectiveness.
- Quantify the impact of problems and changes in real terms of resources, time and costs.
What will it cover?
Reviewing the Fundamentals
- Review of the project life cycle
- Project scope, definition and specification
- The different project roles, responsibilities and boundaries
- Stakeholder management and engagement
Planning Projects for Results
- Milestone Planning
- Requirements Management
- Work breakdown structures
- Estimating and scheduling work
- Network diagrams and Gantt charts
- Resource scheduling and levelling
- The value of qualitative risk analysis
- Contingency planning
- Understanding and delivering against agreed quality expectations
Organising the Project
- Managing the established milestones
- Getting to grips with information management
- Managing project costs - what you need to know
Controlling the Project
- Earned Value Management
- Handling the changes and challenges that affect projects
- Running effective change control processes
- Managing configuration control - changes, review and status accounting
- Risk monitoring and issues logs
Further courses to consider
PRINCE2 Combined Foundation and Practitioner
Project Management for the APMP Examination
An Introduction to Managing People and Stakeholders in Projects
Finance for Project Managers
Trainer Profile
Moyra Wright
This course is really beneficial to those with some project management experience, but who need to enhance their planning and hands-on project management tools and techniques. It's really interactive with regular feedback sessions from participants, we use real project scenarios to practise in this 'risk free' environment.
I've got many years of experience of both managing projects day-to-day and teaching delegates how to excel in controlling their projects. So, whether your projects are large or small, I will help ensure you have the right skills and techniques to ensure they are a success.
The Faculty
Along with Paul Richardson, George Baxter, Bill Bailey, Ernie Clements and Graham Kerr, Moyra Wright is part of the dedicated faculty team who will deliver this course.
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Recent delegates have said:
“Excellent course! Moyra was very engaging, the use of practical examples and interaction are very helpful.”
Testimonial
Lewis Green, Projects Contract Manager
Morris Material Handling
"This course benefited me in the workplace by giving me a better understanding of what methods I can apply to my projects in the planning stages to highlight problem areas and plan for the impact they may have."