Project Management: Skills for Success

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Through a media-enhanced, simulated case study, you learn how to successfully plan, manage and deliver projects using best practices in a 5-step process. You also learn how to implement project management processes, develop leadership skills and respond to real-world scenarios. At the end of the course, you have access to templates and checklists for use back at the workplace. This course teaches best-practice techniques for running projects in a businesslike and professional way. Anyone who is responsible for planning and executing a job plan will benefit from this course. The material is applicable to a wide range of project types. Participants are usually: Project team members who want more knowledge of projects and project management processesThose who have been technical staff and who now have the responsibility for managing projectsThose who represent the business or user in a multidiscipline environment and want to find out more about project management processesThose who have been managing projects and are convinced there must be a better way to get projects delivered on time and within budget Learning Objectives You Will Learn How To:Manage and deliver successful projects for stakeholder satisfactionApply best practices to plan a project using a proven five-step processEstimate and schedule task work, duration and costs with confidenceImplement risk management techniques and mitigation strategiesLead a project team and monitor project progress through successful executionHands-On Experience:Agreeing on clear project goals and measurable deliverablesScoping a project and estimating task duration and workDetermining task dependencies and calculating the scheduleDeveloping risk management strategies and contingency plansProducing the baseline implementation planManaging changes and reporting progress

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Subjects

  • Team Training
  • IT risk
  • Project Management
  • Stakeholder
  • Planning
  • Project
  • IT Project Management
  • Risk Management
  • Risk

Course programme

Introduction

  • Building a project navigation system
  • Defining the project management process
  • Identifying key documents, deliverables, and approvals
  • Negotiating realistic constraints for project success
  • Applying project management standards
Launching Your ProjectBuilding an appropriate governance structure
  • Ensuring project sponsorship and business ownership
  • Gaining the support of subject matter experts
  • Clarifying the role of other managers and third parties
Defining the project
  • Validating business drivers and goals
  • Determining project objectives and deliverables
  • Tracking and managing project issues
Authorising the project
  • Writing the project business case
  • Developing the project charter
  • Securing project approval
The Five-Step Planning ProcessIdentifying and estimating the work
  • Working with project stakeholders
  • Defining scope with Work Breakdown Structures (WBS)
  • Driving the plan down to manageable tasks
  • Building high-confidence estimates
  • Leveraging three-point estimating to refine accuracy
Scheduling and budgeting the work
  • Converting the WBS to precedence networks
  • Determining the critical path tasks
  • Calculating project duration
  • Building and analysing Gantt charts
  • Using float effectively in the schedule
Building and leading the project team
  • Identifying and securing project resources
  • Optimising the use of project resources
  • Preparing and agreeing on task contracts
  • Developing and motivating the project team
  • Managing virtual and matrix teams
Managing project risks
  • Identifying project risks and assumptions
  • Creating a Risk Breakdown Structure (RBS)
  • Assessing risk probabilities and impacts
  • Planning appropriate responses and actions
  • Using a Risk Register and Risk Distribution Graph
Baselining the project plan
  • Developing the project change control plan
  • Validating essential supporting processes
  • Conducting the project health check
  • Creating the project baseline
  • Securing authorisation to run the project
Running the ProjectEmploying the four-step project control cycle
  • Avoiding the common causes of project failure
  • Building a real-time feedback loop
  • Managing stakeholder expectations
Tracking and monitoring task performance
  • Clarifying key metrics and data collection methods
  • Utilising the two kinds of monitoring
  • Avoiding the 90%-complete trap
Analysing progress against the baseline
  • Tracking planned vs. actual task performance
  • Projecting the impact of variation to the baseline
  • Performing root cause analysis
Correcting the project plan
  • Implementing, correcting and optimising strategies
  • Fast-tracking the project schedule
  • Crashing the critical path tasks
Reporting project status
  • Communicating status to stakeholders
  • Creating milestone reports
  • Using project scorecards and dashboards
Successful Project Closure
  • Conducting a post-project review
  • Brainstorming lessons learned
  • Closing out the project
  • Celebrating your project success

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