Project Management for Managers

Course details

Overview
This course takes the mystery out of how to organise and plan projects meet deadlines and keep the budgetunder control. Delegates will benefit by saving time and money through improved plans schedules andcommunications. This fast-paced hands-on course is specially designed to meet the 'instant' project manager's needs. It provides basic project management (PM) principles and terms reinforced with a selfcheckquiz and an easy-to-use set of tools to help new managers plan and implement their projects. Thiscourse provides the opportunity for delegates to create tangible PM work products which are immediately usable to support their projects.

Project Management skills are important for managers as they recognise the value of a well-developed project. Managers have skills that assist them to make rapid decisions stay on budget and in line with specific performance targets. Managers must be able to take on responsibilities have knowledge and skill to be an effective project manager for a project irrespective of the size or budget. London TFE offer project management courses in London for individuals to acquire skills to identify the key elements of a Project Plan including project definition objectives budgets and time schedules as well as develop the most effective management structures for the maintenance of project control. The courses will also show individuals how to break a project down into manageable parts and processes from initial concept right through to final handover.

Objective
By the end of the training programparticipants will be able to:
Define basic project management terms.
Distinguish projects from ongoing operations and programs.
Explain the benefits of organising project activities into phases.
Describe the Generic Project Life Cycle.
Developplanscheduleand chart project information.
Work with calendars and implement scheduling methods such as the Critical Path Method to keep projects on track.
Create task dependencies and work with flexible and inflexible task constraints.
Work with multipleconsolidated projects and multiple critical paths.
Use Gantt charts to visualize project progress.
Create PEST charts to understand the relationships between tasks.
Compare actual progress against planned baseline projections.
Estimate durations for activities and resources required.
Estimate durations for activities and resources required.
Develop a project schedule.
Estimate costs.
Build a budget and spending plan.
Describe elements of a good project communications plan.
Organise to acquire staff.
Identify risks and plan to respond.

Who Should Attend
Business owners, managers, supervisors, project managers (or leaders) who want to improve their projectmanagement skills.

Course Outlines
Day 1 - Introduction to Project Management
What are "projects"?
Why project management?
The project life cycle
Influences on a project
Key stakeholders
Project management process groups
Project manager responsibilities

Day 2 - Project Initiation
Understanding the role of senior management
Needs Assessment
Project selection - benefit/cost ratio
Present value and net present value
Building SMART objectives

Day 3 - Project Planning
Scope planning
The work breakdown structure
Estimating
Schedule Planning
Network Diagrams - CPM
Speeding up the Schedule
Project Management Planning Software
Cost Planning
Responsibility Matrix
Resource Loading and Levelling
Risk Planning
Procurement Planning
Communication and quality planning

Day 4 - Project Implementation
Baselines
Developing the project team
Organisations and team structures
Managing change
Managing Risk
Performance reporting
Reserves
Assessing and monitoring project performance
Earned value
Sunk costs

Day 5 - Project Closeout
Scope verification and customer acceptance
Administrative and contractual closure
Transferring lessons learned to future project