Course Description
In today’s world where projects are growing in size and complexity at an exponential rate, the importance of mastering project management is now more crucial than ever before. As organisations of all types experience unprecedented change, project management skills become ever more important for success. Staff at all levels are expected to take on project management roles and be able to contribute effectively to delivering project assignments on time and to budget.
This course gives intensive instruction in project management fundamentals across the entire project lifecycle. It provides proven strategies and practical tools for planning, executing, and controlling a variety of projects. It also offers detailed and sophisticated instruction in the critical areas of scheduling key events, controlling costs, and managing risks.
What Do Participants Learn?
By the end of the course, you'll be able to
- Understand various project delivery systems
- Increase understanding of commercial liabilities resulting from schedule changes and variations
- Ability to conduct a cash flow analysis
- Ability to apply Advanced Scheduling techniques
- Methods to develop a Project Control System
- Skills at handling both reactive and proactive project management techniques
- Ability to analyse, negotiate and implement the most appropriate method of resolving disputes preventing escalation by early identification
- Describe project risk identification, risk assessment, and risk mitigation strategies
- Control the project by managing against the baseline
- Close out a project effectively
Who Should Attend?
- Executive
- Project Managers
- Supervisors
- Entrepreneurs
- Managers from all departments who manage and deal with various projects
What Will the Learning Experience Include?
Phase: 1
Introduce
- Comprehensive pre-program activities include:
- Web-based information forms & surveys completed by attendee.
- Direct consultation with the attendee about the expectations.
- During the training, participants engage in data, activities, and conversations that lead to insight and knowledge.
- Participants learn from expert trainers who have both academic and business experiences.
- Highly applicable training content & instructive activities for adding depth to training topics.
- **A half-day site visit for integrating the experience & plan next steps. Opportunities to provide connections, ideas & support.
Phase: 2
Explore & Practice
Phase: 3
Apply
- Apply & sustain the learning experience by using this ongoing support:
- To ensure participant has new skills or behavior progress.
- Optional, fee-based mentoring & coaching with the trainer.
- Training materials & additional documents (e-books, pdf files, presentations and articles)
- Evaluate your training experience by giving us feedbacks and help us to reach our organizational goals.
- Participant's Evaluation
- Trainer's Evaluation
Phase: 4
EVALUATE
Section One: Introduction
- Why do we do projects?
- What is a Project?
- What is Project Management?
- Project Delivery Systems / Life-cycle Models
- Initiating Projects
- Project Selection
- Selecting the Right Project Manager
- Project Objectives
- Identification of Stakeholders
- Stakeholder Analysis
- Management of Stakeholders
Section Two: Project Planning & Cost Control
- Scope Identification
- Estimating Duration Assessment
- Planning and Scheduling Methods
- Critical Path Scheduling
- Resource Allocation Methods
- TimCritical Path
- Determining Float
- Lag and Lead
- Gantt Charts
- Ways to Speed Up Schedules
- Cost Planning
- Baseline Costs Plus Reserve
- Resource Planning and Tools
- Communication Planning and other Essential Planning Processes
- Elements of a Project Management Plane-Cost Trade-off
- Lead / Lag
- Critical Chain Scheduling
Section Three: Proactive Project Risk Management
- Risk Management: Elements and Characteristics
- Risk Management—A Full Project Life-Cycle Responsibility
- ESI’s Risk Management Model
- Risk Management Planning
- Identify Risks
- Analyze Risks
- Prioritize Risks
- Risk Response Planning
- Managing Project Risks: Quantitative Risk Management Methods and Techniques
- The Importance of On-going Planning: Maintaining and Updating Plans and Risk Registers
- Execute Risk Strategy
- Evaluate Results
- Document Risk Management Results
- Risk Documentation
Section Four: Project Execution
- Learn Construction Strategies
- Staff Acquisition
- Team Development and Motivation
- Leadership vs. Management
- Management Styles and Conflict Handling
- Project Implementation & Resource Management
- Developing Project Control Systems
- Keeping Projects On-Track & Controlling Change
- Project Performance Measurement & Key Performance Indicators
- Project Progress Measurement from Initiation to Handover
Section Five: Project Implementation
- Project Control Considerations
- Responsibilities in Project Control
- Tools and Techniques for Project Control
- Project Monitoring Processes
- Managing the Triple Constraint
- Earned Value Management (EVM)
- Schedule and Cost Variance
- Interpreting EVM Calculations
- Percent Complete and Percent Spent
- Change Control and Change Management
- Configuration Management
- Monitoring and Controlling
- Earned Value Management
- Implementing Risk Strategies
- Project Closing