Project Management Essentials

Course

In Bath

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    Bath

  • Duration

    5 Days

On completion of the course delegates will be able to: ·Understand the concept of programme and project management. ·Know how the basic concepts of project management can be applied to manage and control programmes. Suitable for: This course is for business professionals engaged in the management of IS or IT development projects. Experienced IT professionals taking on project management or leadership responsibilities. Established project managers who have not had the benefit of formal training and who now wish to build on their experience with specialised skill development.

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Location

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Bath (Somerset)
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11 Kingsmead Square, BA1 2AB

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Course programme

AUDIENCE: This course is for business professionals engaged in the management of IS or IT development projects. Experienced IT professionals taking on project management or leadership responsibilities. Established project managers who have not had the benefit of formal training and who now wish to build on their experience with specialised skill development.
DURATION: 5 days.
OBJECTIVES: On completion of the course delegates will be able to:
·Understand the concept of programme and project management.
·Know how the basic concepts of project management can be applied to manage and control programmes
COURSE CONTENT:
Background
The nature of programmes and projects
Business strategies
Project justification
The project environment
Risk and uncertainty
Making decisions

Projects and People
Management of change
Role of project manager
Leadership
Team building
Managing stakeholders - Theory - Management
Management of human resources
Dealing with people
Motivation

Organising the Project
Project organisation
Benefits of a systematic approach - A project management method
Setting up a project
Project organisation
Client/contractor relationship
Project lifecycle approach
· Code and Fix
· Waterfall
· Spiral
Communicating and reporting
Project Initiation
Project Estimation
Project planning
Identifying activities and dependencies
Project deliverables
Cost breakdown structure
Product breakdown structure
Management of risk
Product and activity based planning
Using automated tools

Project Management and Control
Scheduling
· Gantt charts
· Network analysis
Controlling a project
Managing with stages
Time boxes
Managing product delivery - work packages
Progress measurement
Earned value analysis
Taking corrective action
Maintaining the schedule
Controlling progress and cost
Project recovery

Managing Quality and Change
Change control
Configuration management
Quality management
Software quality
Test strategies
Productivity tools
Introduction to best practices

The Business of Projects
Financial project appraisal
Tendering and contracts
Contract contents
Outsourcing
Managing the business case

Project Completion
Decommissioning a project
Identifying follow-on actions
Project evaluation review
Post-implementation review

Exercises, Case Studies and Solutions
Case study scenario: Project organisation
Project brief
Project business case: Project justification
Evaluating proposals
Risk management
Product breakdown structure
Product flow diagram
Network analysis
Earned value analysis
Team building
Management of change

Project Management Essentials

Price on request