Comprehensive Guide to Project Management
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Comprehensive Guide to Project Management Course
Introduction:
In today's professional landscape, project management skills are indispensable for individuals across various roles and industries. Regardless of whether your official title is "project manager" or not, the ability to effectively manage projects is crucial for achieving business objectives.
The successful delivery of any project, regardless of its size, relies on the efficient management of various variables. While there are numerous project management methodologies commonly employed, simply adhering to a particular methodology does not guarantee project success. It is essential that all individuals involved in a project have a comprehensive understanding of the most effective methods, principles, techniques, and tools available to drive a project to a successful conclusion.
This course recognizes the universal need for project management skills and aims to equip professionals from diverse backgrounds with the knowledge and expertise required to excel in project management. Whether you're a marketer, a creative director, an IT professional, or any other role, this course will provide you with the essential project management skills necessary to achieve business objectives effectively.
Throughout the course, you will learn about proven project management methodologies, best practices, and practical techniques that can be applied to a wide range of projects. By mastering these skills, you will be able to navigate the complexities of project management, ensure efficient project delivery, and contribute to the overall success of your organization.
Join us in this course to enhance your project management capabilities and elevate your professional performance. By gaining a solid foundation in project management principles and acquiring practical tools and techniques, you will be better equipped to drive projects to successful outcomes, regardless of your official title or industry.
Course Objectives:
After attending this Comprehensive Guide to Project Management training course delegates will be able to:
- Determine whether their projects are missing some critical success factors and prevent them from heading for failure
- Understand and utilize the six key tasks of project management
- Judge if their organization is “project ready”
- Evaluate whether the scope of each of their projects is bounded
- Assess the various approaches used on their projects and compare them with industry best practice
- Evaluate the extent to which a project addresses and utilizes motivating, reporting and conferring
Who Should Attend?
Comprehensive Guide to Project Management training course, is ideal for:
- This course is aimed at organizations and individuals who are embarking on the delivery of a project or a number of projects. It is ideal for anyone involved in projects who wants to improve their performance, without going through the process of gaining a formal qualification.
- Attendance will enable the delegates, whether novice or established project managers, to boost their contribution and successfully deliver their projects.
Course Outlines:
Project management context
- Defining a project and project management
- Understanding project and product life cycles
- Understanding the key tasks of project management to drive success
- How to structure projects to succeed and the use of critical success factors
Scoping and Work definition
- Capturing and managing customer and user needs, wants and aspirations to determine the scope of project requirements
- How to plan to control project requirements
- Agreeing the architecture of a solution
- Managing scope change
- Planning the route to project closure
- Formulating a work breakdown structure
- The importance of work breakdown structures in change management
Scheduling and Principles of project review and control
- Activity definition and sequencing
- Deliverables and milestones
- Overview of scheduling methods
- Evaluating how to, or how not to, shorten your project schedule
- Review process and judging whether a review has been successful
- Understanding the types and objectives of schedule reviews
- The construction of a typical schedule review agenda
Leadership and risk management
- Handling project risk
- Risk concepts and the risk management process
- Leadership and motivation
- Understanding why motivation matters and its impact on team roles and performance
- Typical project manager leadership characteristics
Reporting and conferring
- The need for reporting and communication
- Communications planning
- Summary reporting for stakeholders
- Why confer as well as report?