Overview:
The Challenge
Within virtually every enterprise there is growing understanding of just how crucial successful projects are to the bottom line. After all, our ability to reach Strategic Objectives largely depends on the success of our major initiatives. In parallel with this understanding is the realization that all levels of the organization must become conversant with the primary principles of project management. It is only through a shared understanding of how projects are chosen, funded, planned and executed that we can truly become proficient at achieving regular project success.
The Solution
This project management workshop provides a quick but thorough overview of fundamental project management concepts and techniques. Participants are taught standard vocabulary and then shown how projects are designed, executed and controlled. They are shown scope definition and management, status reporting, risk management, cost control, communication techniques and much more. The format includes a mixture of short exercises, group discussions and lecture. In clear and simple language, this course explains what it takes to bring a project to a successful conclusion.
Audience:
This PM workshop is ideal for functional managers, project team members key project stakeholders and anyone with project responsibility who needs a basic understanding of core project management practices.
Course duration:
Half day
Learning Objectives :
- Project lifecycle and project environment
- Project Charter - Getting a project off to a good start
- Knowing who your stakeholders are
- Providing effective project estimates
- Defining and managing scope, schedule and budget
- The Communication Strategy
- Resource Planning
- Importance of Quality
- Managing Project Risk
- Status Reports
- Change Control
- Controlling cost
- Lessons Learned
Learning Approach:
- A highly experienced instructor will use interactive lecture format, short exercises, group discussions and other techniques to drive home the essential points of this material
- We will build on whatever project experience you have while providing you with a structure and vocabulary to use in future projects.
- If you have modest project management knowledge, you will find that the clarity of the material and direct presentation style of the instructor will make the subject matter easy to understand.
- You will receive a Student Guide which will help you follow the material, take notes and retain what you learned so that you can apply it on your job.
Why should I take this workshop?:
- Managers, project team members and stakeholders will discover a vocabulary and framework that lends structure and perspective to the experience they already have.
- All participants will find that the exercises in this workshop reinforce primary concepts used to manage a project.
- The instructor will present numerous best practices, tools and techniques that can be used immediately in your current work.
- Take this workshop and learn how to avoid many of the problems that project teams most often encounter.
- Participants are shown how to collaborate more effectively with the project manager.
|
