Project Management

Course Overview

The first two days of the course cover the theory of project management. Anyone who needs to plan projects as a core or significant part of their job will benefit from attending. An essential ingredient of a successful project is the effective utilisation of the project resources over time. These two initial days provide a structured approach to project planning, highlighting the concepts and techniques in a progressive series of steps to enable the delegates to produce realistic and achievable plans.
Training Options

• Private course at your company office throughout the UK, at our training room or at an independent location, convenient to you
• Bespoke course (a course written to your specific needs) at your company office throughout the UK, at our training venue or at an independent location, convenient to you

Whats Included

• Comprehensive colour course manual and exercises
• Lunch (When at our training venue)
• Refreshments (When at our training venue)
• Relaxed refreshment area at our training room

Course Content
Days one and two

• The first two days of the course cover the theory of project management. Anyone who needs to plan projects as a core or significant part of their job will benefit from attending. An essential ingredient of a successful project is the effective utilisation of the project resources over time. These two initial days provide a structured approach to project planning, highlighting the concepts and techniques in a progressive series of steps to enable the delegates to produce realistic and achievable plans.

Day three

• The third day of the course, usually held around one week later, allows the delegates to put the theory into practice. The delegates are arranged in groups of around four or five and are given a project to complete. They are given the project, the history leading up to the project and a description of the resources available (people, finance, etc). They are required to produce: an audience list, a work breakdown, a network diagram to calculate critical path and activity start and end time, a Gantt chart for the project showing milestones, a skills rosta, personal loading charts for two chosen members of the team - one must be full-time, an estimated budget for the project - all staffing costs should be calculated based on a 40 hour week, methods for communication, control systems to ensure the project is on course, and methods of evaluating the success of the project. The tutor and delegates discuss each section upon completion and a final de-brief is carried out. This final day is essential for the delegates to be able to put some very new concepts into practise and be able to put their skills into context.

Defining the Project and Developing a Plan

• What is project management?
• What is a project?
• What is the objective and why are you trying to achieve it?
• Breaking it down into activities
• Timings
• Resource requirements

The People Element

• Who is involved?
• Involving the right people
• Defining roles and responsibilities
• Keeping it On Track
• Getting things started
• Tracking progress and keeping control
• Keeping people informed
• Encouraging peak performance
• Bringing the project to a close
• Making it Excellent
• Dealing with risk
• Learn from experience
• Technology