The Complete Course on Project Management
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The Complete Course on Project Management Course
Introduction:
Within the project lifecycle, project management entails a combination of hard skills and soft skills that are essential for successful project delivery. The hard skills encompass areas such as scope management, schedule management, resource management, and cost management. On the other hand, the soft skills are equally important and include team leadership, stakeholder management, project communications, and conflict management.
The hard skills of project management refer to the technical and analytical competencies required to effectively plan, execute, and control project activities. Scope management involves defining and controlling the project scope to ensure that deliverables meet the intended objectives. Schedule management focuses on creating and managing project timelines, ensuring tasks are completed within designated timeframes. Resource management entails effectively allocating and utilizing project resources, whether it be personnel, equipment, or materials. Cost management involves estimating, budgeting, and monitoring project costs to ensure financial objectives are met.
In addition to these hard skills, project managers must possess a range of soft skills to navigate the human aspects of project management. Team leadership involves inspiring and guiding project teams, fostering collaboration, and ensuring everyone works towards a common goal. Stakeholder management requires understanding and effectively addressing the needs and expectations of key stakeholders throughout the project. Project communications involve clear and timely information exchange among team members, stakeholders, and relevant parties. Conflict management skills are crucial for resolving disagreements and maintaining a positive and productive project environment.
By combining these hard and soft skills, project managers can effectively manage projects from initiation to closure. The integration of technical expertise and interpersonal abilities enables them to overcome challenges, ensure project success, and deliver value to stakeholders.ِ
Course Objectives:
A the end of this Complete course of project management, Delegates will learn how to:
- Understanding the basic information on project management- how to plan, prepare and schedule a project
- Differentiate between a project and business as usual (BAU)
- Understand stakeholder roles and view points
- Develop quality-focused project plans to communicate to key decision makers
- Lead and develop effective project teams
- Monitor and control the delivery of project plans
- Maintain effective communication with project stakeholders
- Understanding the delivery of projects in stipulated time
- Identifying the key performance indicators in a project
- Analyzing the risks associated with a project and it’s solutions
- Understanding the different sets of contracts associated with a project
- Understanding the need to efficiently manage projects for customer satisfaction
Who Should Attend?
This Complete course of project management is designed for professionals either directly or indirectly involved in the delivery of projects. It is suitable for a wide range of project management professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Existing Project Managers
- New Project Managers
- Project Team Members
- Project Sponsors
- PMO staff
Course Outlines:
Foundation of Project Management, History, Basics and its Components
- Methodology of project management and “Why is project management required?”
- Understanding a project and the life cycle included in a project
- Training on preparing an efficient Project Management system
- Defining a project and how to plan a project
- Understanding the process of project selection
- Understanding the “SMART” criteria process for a project
Planning a Project and the Break-Down Structure of the Work
- Understanding the importance of project documentation
- Understanding the concept of Executive Sign-Off
- Analyze a project management and collecting the required information
- “How to prepare and define a project plan?”
- Analyze a project with break-down of the works planned
Project Schedule and Budget Management
- Understanding the importance of project scheduling
- Prepare a Budget report – project costs and defining the duration of a project
- Steps for optimization of a project
- Training on preparing a project schedule and defining the constraints associated with the project
- Optimizing the profit for a project – by defining “How to control the costs, duration and managing the resources efficiently”
Planning for Risk, Procurement, HR and Quality Management
- Identifying the KPI (key performance indicators) for the project
- Analyzing the risks associated with a project and understanding of the risk management
- Preparing a communication plan for HR management
- Understanding the concept of “Virtual Team” –group of individuals who work together from different geographic locations
- Understanding the procurement management thus how to have an efficient quality management
Project Management Software Training
- Defining the work schedule of a project in a software
- Training on software
- Case studies on efficient project management
- Case studies on leadership, communication system in a project
- How to conduct meetings and prepare project work schedule reports
- Steps for closing of a project- like document updating and hand-offs
- Review of the course and “Question and Answer session”
Project Integration Management
- Writing the project charter—Purpose, contents
- Developing the Project Management Plan
- The process of execution
- The process of monitoring and controlling
- Using Integrated change control
- Change requests
- Corrective & preventive actions
The Project Manager’s Roles and Responsibilities
- Selection of the Project Manager
- Project Team-building and empowerment
- Delegating with confidence
- Communication within the project team
- Project team leadership
- Conflict handling
Developing Project Budget & Schedule Control
- Project management inputs to cost budgeting
- Resource Requirements
- Direct & Indirect Project Costs
- Planning and Scheduling Limited Resources
- Options for Accelerating the Schedule
- Crashing the Schedule - How?