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Project Management Introduction

This two day training course can be booked according to our course schedule, or alternatively you can book a trainer to visit you.  Contact us for more details!

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Objectives 

After completing this course you will:

  • Understand the characteristics of a project

  • Understand Product and Project Management and the Project Life Cycle

  • Recognize Common Pitfalls when managing a project

  • Understand the skills, responsibilities and challenges of the Project Manager

  • Understand the Project Team and the Project Office

  • Know how to initiate a project and create the scope statement

  • Understand a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Work Packages

  • Know how to manage changes to the scope of a project

  • Understand effective time management using tasks, activities and events

  • Know how to develop, control and present Project Schedules

  • Know how to identify resources and approximate costs

  • Understand Budgeting and Cost control

Pre-requisites 

None

Course Contents:

 

What is a Project?
Characteristics of a Project
Understanding Product and Project Management

The Project Management Process (Life Cycle)

Common Pitfalls when managing a Project


Characteristics of a Project
The Project Environment
Internal and External Environments

Project Stakeholders

Socioeconomic and Organizational Issues

Organizational Structure

Project Organizational Structure

Matrix Organizational Structure


The Project Manager
Project Management Skills
Project Manager Responsibilities
Project Manager Challenges


The Project Team
Skills Inventories
Consultants and Vendors
Managing difficulties and logistics

Team Building

The Project Office

Project Initiation and Scope Planning
Project Initiation
Authorising Projects

Project Deliverables

Project Charters

Constraints and Assumptions

Scope Planning

Creating a Scope Statement

 

Scope Definition, Verification and Change Control
Scope Definition
Work Breakdown Structure
Work Packages

Scope Verification
 

Time Management
Activity definition and sequencing
Tasks, Activities and Events

Activity Relationships

Activity Dependencies

Diagramming Techniques

Activity Duration

Activity Duration and Work Effort

Estimation Techniques

Unit Summary

 

Schedule Development and Control
Risk Management and Schedule Development
Network Diagrams and Schedule Development

Schedule Development Techniques

CPM Terms and Calculations

Comparing CPM, PERT and GERT

Duration Compression Methods

Presenting Project Schedules

Schedule Control

Resource Allocation

Schedule Adherence

Schedule Updates

Schedule Variance

 

Resource Identification and Cost Approximating
Resource Identification Tools
Types of Resources

Assigning Resources

WBS and Cost Approximating

Life Cycle Costing

Effects of Risks on Cost Estimates

Cost Budgeting Techniques

Project Estimating Pitfalls

 

Budgeting and Cost Control
Cost Budgeting
Value Engineering and S Curves

Cost Management Plans

Capital Budgeting

Methods of Calculating Depreciation

Cost Control (Earned Value)

Variance Analysis and Calculation

Performance Index Calculation

Completion Calculations

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