Project Management Training

Course Aim

To teach delegates how to effectively and confidently plan, deliver and manage projects.

Target Student:

Delegates who require a basic understanding of how to plan and manage a project.  Designed for staff who do not need the intricacies of a PRINCE2 course or for staff who are aiming to attend a PRINCE2 course and wish to learn some prior basic project management skills.

Prerequisites: None

Course Objectives

• Learn the principles of good project management
• Plan and manage a project
• Complete necessary project management documentation
• Work as a team to plan, manage and deliver a project

Description:

This interactive course will take delegates through the process of planning and managing a project within a team environment.  Delegates will work within groups with a Project Manager appointed to lead the group through the project management process.

Participants will:

• Be interactive within this course
• Be given a choice of projects to work on
• Be placed into groups with one person in the group acting as Project Manager
• Work through a 4 stage approach to Project Management
• Complete the necessary documentation for each stage in the project
• Work as a team to reach a successful outcome of their project

Course Content:

Project Management and the Project Life Cycle

• What do we expect from this Course?
• 7 Principals of Project Management
• What is a Project?
• Projects within a Programme
• What is Project Management?
• Who is the Project Manager?
• Project Organisation Structure
• The Project Life Cycle – 4 Stage Approach

Stage 1 – Initiation

• Identify the need for the project
• Analyse Business options
• Lessons from previous projects investigated and acknowledged
• Complete a Business Case
• Give justification to the project
• Measures benefits against dis-benefits
• Document major risks
• Define and document Roles and Responsibilities
• Appoint a Project Manager
• Business Case Sign Off

Stage 2 – Planning

• Projects agreed and appropriately prioritised
• A PID (Project Initiation document) created
• Project Plan created using a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Project planned detailing Phases, Tasks, Duration, Start and Finish Date, Constraints, Resources, Costs and Risk.
• Resources added to the project
• Create a Gantt Chart displaying the project’s tasks, milestones and critical path
• Risk Register created
• Quality Register created
• Communications process created
• Set a Baseline (Point of Approval)
• PID Sign Off

Stage 3 – Execution/Control

• Risks assessed and analysed
• If required Change controlled and documented
• Issues escalated and documented
• Actuals against Planned documented
• Stage Plans completed
• Determine If Business Case is still valid or project will deliver the business benefits

Stage 4 – Closing a Project

• Define the end of a Project
• Determine if successful outcome
• Lessons Learned Report completed
• End Project Report completed

Duration: 2 Days

Cost: £395 + VAT

Project Management Training Scotland, Inverness, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Edinburgh and other sites  throughout the UK including onsite closed company courses are available.