Course Description
In today's uncertain business environment, change is happening very fast. You may be required to do more with less, entrusted with new responsibilities and thrown into unfamiliar situations.
Arm yourself with the interpersonal and organization skills required to absorb more project management responsibilities. Designated Project Knowledge is an instructor-led course designed to provide a solid foundation in Project management competencies and to prepare you to embrace your new role and shepherd jobs to completion.
This course covers two main areas essential to project success: working with people and working with the process.
What Do Participants Learn?
This four-day course will equip you with the skills to manage projects and hit your company goals:
- Initiate, plan, execute and monitor projects from start to finish.
- Earn organization buy-in.
- Define and manage scope, build a schedule and budget, define and allocate resources, minimize and manage risk.
- Explore project management tools such as WBS and RACI
- Set up and manage project teams.
- Effectively work with individuals of varying business styles.
- Confidently communicate project status to your customers and stakeholders.
Who Should Attend?
- Managers & Decision Makers
- Mechanical Engineers
- Engineers
- Project Staff
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:
- What Is Project Management?
- Benefits Of Project Management
- Project Roles And Organization Structures
- Roles And Responsibilities Of The Project Manager
- The Major Components Of The Project Management Process
- Using A Practical Lifecycle To Define And Organise The Project Work
Section Two:
- Initiating Projects And Kick-Off Meeting
- Identifying And Effectively Work With Stakeholders
- Preparing A Project Plan And Baselines
- How To Define A Project's Scope And Create A Work Breakdown Schedule?
- Project Scheduling And Critical Path Method
- How To Create A Project Budget?
- What Are The Resource Needs Of The Project?
Section Three:
- Quality Concept In Projects
- Identifying And Managing Risks
- Purchases And Outside Vendors For A Project
- Developing Productive Teams
- Managing Effectively
- Understanding And Managing Project Communications
- How To Make Project Meetings A Success Every Time
Section Four:
- Monitoring And Controlling Projects
- Status Collection And Reporting
- Manage Change And Adjust Plans
- Earned-Value Analysis
- Successfully Deliver Results And Close Projects