International Project Management
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International Project Management Course
Introduction:
This program is designed for professionals who want to strengthen their knowledge and interpersonal skills to effectively manage projects using international best practices. It focuses on putting the "management" back into project management.
Course Objectives:
- Formalize the process of project delivery within your organization
- Examine the project delivery cycles
- Discover tools and techniques that aid in managing the results of various categories of project structures
- Learn how to develop effective strategies to manage projects
Who Should Attend?
- Organizational Project Managers
- Team Leaders
- Senior Analysts
- Executive Directors
- Operations Directors
- Program Managers
- Research and Development Officers
- Research Scientists
- Management Consultants and other contractors plus anyone who is involved in project management, or anticipates being involved in projects in the future.
- This program is designed specifically to suit a broad range of professionals, as the program deals with technical project methodologies with a large emphasis on people and soft skills
Course Outlines:
What Is Project Management?
• Getting back to basics
- Principles Of Project Management
- Project Stages And Lifecycles
• Where are we now and where are we going - Project Components
• Recognizing projects – what is a project? - Project Management Components
• Internationally recognized project structures and components - Why Projects Go Wrong
• Early warning signals
Project Goals and Kick-Off
Planning and Scheduling
• Types of plans
• Relationships between plans
Breakdown Structures
• Work Breakdown Structure and others
Estimating
• Tools, tips, and techniques
• Dilemmas in estimating
Gantt And Pert
• Multiple uses for these tools
Financial Management
• Cost classification
• Cost analysis
• Cost management
Commitment Based Project Management
• Who are our stakeholders and how do we manage them?
Goals and Personal Commitment
• Driving goals down from corporate to personal levels
Operational Management And Risk Mitigation
• What is a risk and how do we classify it and deal with it?
Quality Management
• The quality process
Scope Management
• Dealing with project-level scope changes
Project Managers Role
Human Resource Strategy
• How to get the best out of our people
Leading Project Teams
• Know your team –members and their personality types
• Different management styles
The Role Of Teamwork
• Functional and dysfunctional teams – what to look out for and control
Communication Styles
• Corporate communications, personal communications, and team communications
• What happens when communication goes wrong
Negotiation
• Dealing with ‘big picture changes’ and conflicts
• Renegotiation previous agreements
• Conflict triggers
• Negotiating styles
Project Management Supplement
• Methodologies
• Running effective meetings
• Tracking project activities
• PM software
• Facilitation
• Reporting
• Closing out your project
Audits and reviews
Post-implementation reviews
Practical Assessment Exercises
The final day encompasses learning from the four previous days into a workshop learning model, along with the introduction of specific tools, simulations and case studies.