Course Overview
This two day course is designed
for those with some project management experience but who have had no
formal project management training.
The course material is based on
Prince 2 and other proven standard techniques and will provide Project
Managers with the skills needed to successfully deliver project products
throughout the life-cycle of any given project.
A case study and
practical exercises will be used during the course. The case study can be
made specific to your company or organisation's requirements if you wish -
please call for details.
Course content
Successful
project management
· What are the fundamental problems to be addressed?
·
Why projects fail
Project aims and objectives
· Defining aims
and objectives: the business case
· Preparing a Project Initiation
Document
· Assessing the relative importance of time, cost and quality
·
Project Risk Analysis
Estimating the workload
· Realistic
forecasting
· Use of work standards, historical data and standard
deviation techniques
Getting started
· Deriving a preliminary
product list
· Assumptions and their problems
· Using a Work
Breakdown Structure
· Producing a project plan using Critical Path
Analysis (PERT) techniques
· Viable dependency relationships
·
Allowing for contingencies
Analysis of a project plan
· Calculating
the Critical Path
· Understanding the importance of the Critical Path
·
Understanding float (slack) and contingency
· Calculating project costs
and obtaining a budget
· Dealing with resource conflicts
Control
of the project's progress
· Setting a baseline
· Understanding
the importance of a control cycle' for project monitoring
· Responding
to problems and changes
· The management of change
· Producing
management reports
· Post implementation reviews
Questions
and answers
