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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