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Monitoring and Evaluation of Humanitarian Projects - Seasoned Development Solutions , Cape Town, Abuja, Nairobi

Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:03:04 +04

Introduction
Monitoring and evaluation is a concept and practice through which organizations evaluate where they are, where they are going, how they will get there and basically what needs to be done to achieve preset objectives. The practice enables organizations to understand what they need to do, ultimately understand if they achieved the same and if they didn't, evaluate what could have been done to improve results of rolled out projects.

This five day's training serves as a guide and introduction to development practitioners primarily those involved continuously in project implementation on how to monitor and evaluate projects and programmes in an effort to achieve objectives and also help beneficiary communities in improving their livelihoods.

Duration:
5 days

Cost
The individual cost for the training workshop is USD 999 for individual participants and USD 800 for groups above 10 participants exclusive of 16% VAT. This covers the training fee, resource materials, and conference package. Participants will be responsible for their own travel expenses and arrangements, such as airport transfers (and visa application, where necessary), food and accommodation, health/accident insurance, and other personal expenses.

Intended Attendees
This course is meant to increase the monitoring end evaluation knowledge of anyone entering the project management, monitoring and evaluation field, field officers, project officers and at the same time increasing the knowledge of project managers, government officials, CBO operatives, NGO employees, UN Staff and anyone involved in project management activities.

Aim
This course aims to broaden and deepen the understanding of monitoring and evaluation of projects focused on poverty alleviation, food security, gender equality, and equity, reducing vulnerability and the design of safe cities and communities all over the globe.

Objectives of the training

Monitor programme inputs, processes, and results required for management development programs performance
Understand concepts, methods, and tools for development programs
Identify ways to overcome barriers to conducting effective development programmes monitoring.
Select appropriate indicators for measuring development program outputs and outcomes.
Conduct development programmes monitoring using appropriate methods and tools.
Get basic knowledge of analyzing qualitative data for development programmes
Communicate findings to stimulate learning and reflection.

Detailed Course Content
Day 1

Introductions and expectations
Presentation of organizational background with a focus on types of projects implemented
Introductions to Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning - principles and concepts:
- What is M&E?
- Why project M&E
- Comparison of Monitoring & Evaluation
- M&E Frameworks, plans, Systems
- Participatory Planning Monitoring & Evaluation (PPM&E)
- Project cycle management
- RBM
Project design steps
- Problems, objectives & strategy
- Hierarchy of objectives
- Problem analysis
- Intervention Strategy
- Hypotheses
- Goals

Day 2:

Recap of day 1 activities/matters arising
- Indicators:
  - Characteristics, expressing indicators, types of indicators, indicator selection, indicator reference sheets & matrices
  - Humanitarian assistance Indicators
- Benchmarks/ Targets
- Outputs- Activities- Inputs
M&E plans
Functions of an M&E plan
Elements/components of an M&E plan
Steps in developing an M&E Plan
Performance management Plan (PMP)
M&E Frameworks
Types of M&E frameworks
Why are frameworks useful?
Developing M&E frameworks with focus to LFA
Logical Framework Analysis (LFA)
Practical

Day 3:

Recap of day 2 activities/matters arising
Data collection, management, and quality
Data collection tools and Methods (Qualitative versus quantitative)
Practical - Reviewing/Developing humanitarian assistance data collection tools
Obtaining data from Social media
ICT tool for Data processing
Using Mobile phones for data collection
Data Quality Assessment (DQA)
Introduction to data analysis and interpretation for humanitarian assistance programmes
Introduction
Data analysis key concepts
Types of variables
Basic analysis
Qualitative versus Quantitative data analysis

Day 4:

Recap of day 3 activities/matters arising
Data use
Introduction
Data use frameworks and key concepts
Data demand
Information availability
Information use
Evaluations
Types of evaluations
The basis for the selection of an evaluation design
Evaluation designs
Knowledge Management & Learning

Day 5

Recap of day 4 activities/matters arising
Reporting & Use of M&E findings
Considerations for reporting evaluation findings
Purpose of evaluation reports
Basic evaluation findings reporting steps
Contents of a dissemination plan
Types of evaluation reporting products
Elements of a narrative evaluation report
Using evaluation results

Entry requirements
This course has beginners and advanced modules and SDSL will advise individuals appropriately after reviewing their applications.

Cost: 999 USD

Duration: Upto 5 Days

Monitoring and Evaluation for Development Results - Seasoned Development Solutions , Cape Town, Abuja, Nairobi

Thu, 12 Mar 2020 11:54:59 +04

Introduction
Why do governments, NGOs, Foundations, CBOs, and other organizations roll out projects and programmes in different sectors? It is because they want to make an impact in the lives of the target audiences/ beneficiaries through thoroughly thought out series of actions whose end result is improved livelihoods and quality of life.

How do they ensure they meet this objective? This is done through effective monitoring of these programmes so as to ensure that they are still on course and if they aren't, take actions that take the projects back on track. This training aims to enlighten the participant on the entire process of monitoring of projects and evaluating them to ensure that the intended development related results are continuously achieved.

Duration:
5 days

Cost
The individual cost for the training workshop is USD 999 for individual participants and USD 800 for groups above 10 participants exclusive of 16% VAT. This covers the training fee, resource materials, and conference package. Participants will be responsible for their own travel expenses and arrangements, such as airport transfers (and visa application, where necessary), food and accommodation, health/accident insurance, and other personal expenses.

Intended Attendees
This course is for project managers (working for NGOs, financial institutions, government financial analysts, etc.) who struggle to make the best possible monitoring and evaluation plans and strategic decisions. It is also ideal for professionals who want a better understanding, analysis and response capacity to monitoring and evaluation of development results.

Objectives
This training will help participants understand;

The importance of good programme and project design for effective implementation, monitoring and evaluation
The critical role of monitoring in demonstrating the performance of programmes and projects, and in steering the implementation process towards the intended results
How monitoring lays the groundwork for evaluation
Different types of evaluations in development organizations and their contributions to learning and accountability
The role of monitoring and evaluation in strengthening UNDP development effectiveness and managing for development results
Principles, norms, standards, policy, processes and responsibilities governing planning, monitoring and evaluation in development organizations

Duration
5 Days

Detailed Content

Planning, monitoring, and evaluation of humanitarian programs for development results
Planning for results: Practical applications
Planning for monitoring and evaluation
Monitoring for results
Evaluating humanitarian programmes for results
Initiating and managing an evaluation
Assuring the quality of evaluation design and methodology
Enhancing the use of knowledge from monitoring and evaluation

Entry requirements
This course has beginners and advanced modules and SDSL will advise individuals appropriately after reviewing their applications.

Registration
For detailed course description and content write us an email.

Post-training mentorship
All graduates of SDS are provided with dedicated coaches to accompany them after completion of the training including receiving recent and relevant journals, research and benchmarking practices on topical issues in respective disciplines.

Entry requirements
This course has beginners and advanced modules and SDS will advise individuals appropriately after reviewing their applications.

Cost: 999 USD

Duration: 5 Days

Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Preparation - Convertas , Dubai,Kuala Lumpur, Istanbul, London,United Kingdom,Malaysia,Turkey,United Arab Emirates

Mon, 14 May 2018 17:07:48 +04

Day One
PMP credential overview
· The Project Management Institute (PMI)
· Credential overview
· Exam overview
· Application process
· Question format
PMP introduction
· The PMBOK guide
· Key definitions
· Portfolios, programs and projects
· PMBOK guide components

Day Two
Projects environment
· Project influences
· Organizational systems
· Organizational types
· The role of the project manager
Integration management
· Developing the project charter
· Developing the project management plan
· Directing and managing project work
· Managing project knowledge
· Monitoring and controlling project work
· Performing integrated change control
· Closing the project or phase

Day Three
Scope management
· Planning scope management
· Collecting requirements
· Defining the scope
· Creating the WBS
· Validating the scope
· Controlling the scope
Schedule management
· Planning schedule management
· Defining activities
· Sequencing activities
· Estimating activity duration
· Developing the schedule
· Controlling the schedule
Cost management
· Planning cost management
· Estimating costs
· Determining the budget
· Controlling costs

Day Four
Quality management
· Planning quality management
· Managing quality
· Controlling quality
Resource management
· Planning resource management
· Estimating activity resources
· Acquiring resources
· Developing the team
· Managing the team
· Controlling resources
Communications management
· Planning communications management
· Managing communications
· Monitoring communications
Risk management
· Planning risk management
· Identifying risks
· Performing qualitative risk analysis
· Performing quantitative risk analysis
· Planning risk responses
· Implementing risk responses
· Monitoring risks

Day Five
Procurement management
· Planning procurement management
· Conducting procurements
· Controlling procurements
Stakeholder management
· Identifying stakeholders
· Planning stakeholder engagement
· Managing stakeholder engagement
· Monitoring stakeholder engagement
· Measuring and monitoring project performance

Cost: 3995 USD

Duration: 5 Days

Establishing/Managing The Project Management Office (PMO) - Convertas , Dubai,Kuala Lumpur, Istanbul, London,United Kingdom,Malaysia,Turkey,United Arab Emirates

Mon, 14 May 2018 16:59:41 +04

Day One
The strategic PMO
Key roles of the PMO
Benefits of the PMO
The link between strategy and projects
Aligning strategy with projects
The strategy and projects framework
PMO business case, organization, structure & functions
Portfolios, programs and projects
Developing a strong PMO business case
Organizational structure for projects
Types of PMOs Functions of the PMO

Day Two
Maturity and the PMO
Defining maturity and capability
Steps for increasing maturity
Baseline maturity assessment
Project management health check
Maturity gap analysis steps
Organizational project management maturity model
PMO planning, preparation and strategy Creating the
PMO charter Objectives and milestones
Using gap analysis to set milestones
Implementation strategy phases and success metrics

Day Three
Establishing a PM methodology and PMO governance
Defining project methodology
Establishing methodology steps
Elements of methodology
Methodology quality dimensions
Defining governance
Governance framework

Day Four
Human capital and the PMO
Key issues in people management
Staffing the PMO
Competency identification
Performance measurement and rewards
Career paths and leadership development
Best practices for people management in the PMO

Day Five
Project knowledge management and the PMO
Key success factors in knowledge management
The knowledge management process
Project closeout and capturing lessons learned
The knowledge gap in project management
PMO as a community of practice
Measuring and monitoring project performance

Cost: 3995 USD

Duration: 5 Days

Agile Project Management - Convertas , Dubai,Kuala Lumpur, Istanbul, London,United Kingdom,Malaysia,Turkey,United Arab Emirates

Mon, 14 May 2018 16:52:04 +04

Day One
Agile principles and mindset
· Core principles of agile project management
· Agile's mindset
· Traditional versus agile project management
· Agile methodologies:
                - Scrum
                - Extreme programming (XP)
                - Lean product development
· Agile leadership

Day 2
Value-driven delivery
· Assessing value
· Prioritizing schemes:
- MoSCoW
- Monopoly money
- Dot voting
- Kano analysis
· Minimal value product
· Agile contracting
· Verifying and validating value

Day 3
Stakeholders Engagement
· Principles of stakeholders engagement
· Developing an agile charter
· Definition of "Done"
· Agile modeling
· Communicating with stakeholders
· Using critical interpersonal skills
· Team performance
Agile team roles
· Building and maintaining high performance team
· Models of team development
· Training, coaching and mentoring
· Creating collaborative work spaces
· Distributed teams
· Tracking team performance

Day 4
Adaptive planning
· Progressive elaboration
· Decomposition process
· Timeboxing - the control of chaos
· Agile estimation
· User stories
· Sizing Tools for High Level Planning
· Release and iteration planning
· Define Acceptance Criteria and Write the Acceptance Tests
· Daily standups
Problem detection and resolution
· Detecting problems
· Failure modes
· Lead time and cycle time
· Managing threats and issues
· Creating risk-adjusted backlog

Day 5
Continuous improvement
· Process tailoring
· Hybrid methods
· Process analysis
· Value stream mapping
· Retrospectives
· Team self-assessment

Cost: 3995 USD

Duration: 5 Days

Managing Successful Programs - Convertas , Dubai,Kuala Lumpur, Istanbul, London,United Kingdom,Malaysia,Turkey,United Arab Emirates

Mon, 14 May 2018 12:34:11 +04

Day 1
MSP® Introduction And Overview
What is a programme?
What is programme management?
MSP® Structure.
MSP® Framework And Concepts
Principles
Governance themes
Transformational flow
Management strategies and plans

Day 2
Vision
What is a 'vision'?
What makes a good Vision Statement?
Identifying A Programme
Programme Mandate
Linking to Policy and Strategy
Preparing a Programme Brief
Planning to Define the Programme

Day 3
Defining A Programme
Creating a Programme Definition Document
Planning And Control
What is a Programme Plan and how is it developed?
The Project Dossier
Resourcing and scheduling
Organization And The Programme Office
Organization and leadership
Organizational structure
Key roles and their responsibilities
What is a Programme Office and what service does it provide?

Day 4
Leadership And Stakeholder Engagement
Leadership as opposed to management.
How 'leaders' actively engage stakeholders.
Analysing and engaging with stakeholders.
Stakeholder maps and matrices.
Delivering The Capability And Realising The Benefits
Starting and closing projects.
Maintaining alignment with the programme.

Day 5
Quality Management
Critical Success Factors.
The scope of programme quality management.
Quality processes. Configuration Management.
Quality Management Strategy and Plan.
Information Management Strategy and Plan.
Risk Management And Issue Resolution
Principles, approach and strategy for managing risks and resolving issues.
Managing and controlling changes.

Cost: 3995 USD

Duration: 5 Days

Project Management for Infrastructure - Convertas , Dubai,United Arab Emirates,Malaysia,Turkey,United Kingdom

Thu, 10 May 2018 13:49:35 +04

Day 1
Transport and Road Infrastructure Project Management
· Importance of network vision and strategic transport planning
· Understanding transport and road infrastructure project management
· Importance of early communication and stakeholder management
· Infrastructure project life cycle and asset management
· Sustainable transport policy and its role in project and program management
· Infrastructure project financing and delivery options

Day 2
Establishing and Managing an Infrastructure Project - Part A
· Establishing a transport infrastructure project
· Identification and use of best project management practice (Prince2, Agile, PMBOK, OnQ, etc.)
· Establishing and leading the project team
· Project planning (PID/Mandate /Preliminary business case)
· Effective project planning to strengthen project management competencies
· Developing a concept of Operations (CONOPS) / Blue Print
· Project approvals

Day 3
Establishing and Managing an Infrastructure Project - Part B
· Request for information (RFI) or Market Testing and expression of interest
· Project procurement
· Project scheduling and milestone management
· Project risk management
· Probity and ethics
· Project monitoring and control reporting

Day 4
Infrastructure Project and Program Governance
· Understanding the concepts of infrastructure finance and the use of special purpose vehicles
· Alternative financing plans such as commercial and financial structuring of Public Private Partnerships
· Difference between infrastructure financing and funding and the challenges in raising finance
· Project and program governance
· Achieving value for money in a constrained economic environment
· Collaborative professional networking for continuous project management

Day 5
Project Finalization and Benefit Management
· Importance of project finalization
· Constructed designs
· Project close-out
· Project benefit management
· Key learning and concepts
· Way forward

Cost: 3995 USD

Duration: 5 Days

Project Management Skills - Convertas , Dubai,London,United Arab Emirates

Mon, 26 Feb 2018 10:03:55 +04

Day 1: Planning projects
Project management definitions
Projects versus operations
Managing project constraints
Applications of project management
Potential benefits of project management
Definition of project life cycle
Defining project requirements
> Statement of Work (SOW)
> Project specifications
> Milestone schedule
> Work Breakdown Structure
WBS decomposition problems
WBS guidelines and checklists

Day 2: Scheduling projects
Linking activities and WBS sequencing
Forward and backward scheduling
Critical Path Method (CPM)
Slack management
Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)
Schedule compression techniques
Myths and realities of schedule compression
Resource planning and leveling

Day 3: Organizing and controlling projects
Project organization and project control
Mastering earned value management
Schedule and budget variances
Project forecasting
Project management reporting
Auditing a project
The role of software in project management

Day 4: Selecting projects using capital budgeting techniques
Definition of capital budgeting
Cost of capital
Accounting Rate of Return (ARR)
Payback Period (PP)
Net Present Value (NPV)
Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

Day 5: Managing project stakeholders
Identifying stakeholders
Stakeholders types
Stakeholder power and interest grid
Planning stakeholder management
Managing stakeholder engagement
Controlling stakeholder engagement

Cost: 3995 USD

Duration: 5 Days

Managing Project Stakeholders - Convertas , Dubai,United Arab Emirates

Sun, 25 Feb 2018 15:48:13 +04

Day 1
Stakeholder management overview
· Defining project stakeholders
> APM Definition
> PMI Definition
· A practical definition of project stakeholders
· Stakeholders management skills set
> Technical skills
> Business insights
> People skills

Day 2
Categorizing and prioritizing project stakeholders
· Dimensions of stakeholders' categorization
· Power and interest matrix
· Power and influence matrix
· Power and knowledge matrix
· Stakeholders engagement assessment matrix
· Developing stakeholder register
· Stakeholder management plan
· Stakeholder groups classification

Day 3
Managing project stakeholder communications
· Stakeholder communication plan
· Stakeholder communication channels
· Holistic approach to communication
· Managing stakeholders in a virtual world
· Managing difficult stakeholders
· Managing project stakeholders' conflicts
· Conflict management styles
· Factors affecting conflict modes

Day 4
Leading project stakeholders
· Project managers as leaders
· Disciplines of leading project stakeholders
· Leadership time continuum
· Leadership capability continuum
· The leadership matrix
· The leadership matrix actions
· Choosing the right leadership style for stakeholders
· Situational leadership model

Day 5
Negotiating with project stakeholders
· Types of negotiations
· Negotiation mindsets
· Critical concepts of win-win negotiation
· Characteristics of good negotiators
· Negotiations and building coalitions
· Stages of negotiation process
· Negotiation strategies
· Negotiation best practices

Cost: 3995 USD

Duration: 5 Days

Project Management for Contracting Professionals - Convertas , Dubai,United Arab Emirates

Sun, 25 Feb 2018 15:33:32 +04

Day 1: Overview
· Definition of project and project management
· Project and contract relationship
· Project life cycle
· Project stakeholders

Day2: Principles of contracts
· Definition of a contract
· Elements of a contract
· Objectives of contract management
· Knowing your contract
· Scope of work
· Terms and conditions
· Stages of contracting

Day 3: Pre-award phase
· Developing the business case
· Project charter
· Project scope statement
· Contracting plan
· Locating contractors
· Contractors pre-qualification
· Developing the project plan

Day 4: Project planning
· Work breakdown structure
· Duration and resources estimation
· Relationships between activities
· Network diagrams
· Critical path analysis
· Developing a 'Gantt' chart
· Milestone charts
· Resource allocation
· Project budgeting
· Project and contract risk management

Day 5: Award phase
· Evaluation plan
· Terms and conditions
· Fixed price contracts
· Cost reimbursable contracts
· Time and material contracts
Post award phase
· Contract administration
· Project status reporting
· Managing deviations
· Tools used to manage projects and contracts
· Variation orders
· Claims
· Disputes
· Breach of contract

Cost: 3995 USD

Duration: 5 Days

Maintenance Planning, Scheduling & Control - Convertas , Dubai,United Arab Emirates

Sun, 25 Feb 2018 15:22:00 +04

Day 1
Objectives of maintenance
· Definition of maintenance and asset management
· Challenges and objectives of maintenance
· The modern maintenance strategy
· Maintenance windows
· Maintenance methods
· Types of maintenance
· Classification of roles in maintenance
· Customer service in maintenance
The work order system
· Purpose of the Work Order (WO) system
· Information collected on a WO
· Job estimating methods
· Prioritizing maintenance work orders

Day 2
Preventive Maintenance
· What is preventive maintenance
· The importance of implementing a PM program
· Establishing schedules
· Breaking a facility into logical parts
· Developing an equipment list
· Developing equipment manuals
· Setting up inventory
· Understanding risks associated with a PM program

Day 3
Planning and scheduling of major maintenance WOS and shutdowns
· The unique challenge of maintenance shutdowns
· Importance of a clear Work Order (WO) scope definition
· Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
· Methods for building an effective maintenance database
· Critical Path Method (CPM)
· Work order crashing
· Resource scheduling and leveling

Day 4
Planning and controlling maintenance materials
· Identification of inventory costs
· Considerations in inventory decisions
· How much to order: Economic Order Quantity (EOQ)
· When to order (setting min and max levels)
Controlling maintenance work
· Maintenance Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
· Backlog indices
· Schedule compliance indices
· PM and emergency indices
· Generic maintenance indicators

Day 5
The role of planning and scheduling in Performance
Improvement
· Maintenance as a business process
· How scheduled maintenance can lock in waste and cost
· Drawing learning from recurring maintenance tasks
· Reviewing planned maintenance
· Dealing with the productivity challenge
· Refining maintenance policies
· Capturing learning from inspection work

Cost: 3995 USD

Duration: 5 Days

Six Sigma Lean for Excellence - British Academy For Training & Development , United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Dubai, London,Dubai,United Kingdom

Mon, 29 Jan 2018 17:26:53 +04

Course Description:

Lean Six Sigma is a managerial concept combining Lean and Six Sigma that results in the elimination of the eight kinds of wastes / muda (classified as Defects, Overproduction, Waiting, Non-Utilized Talent, Transportation, Inventory, Motion, Extra-Processing) and provision of goods and service at a rate of defects per million opportunities (DPMO). A mnemonic for the wastes is ";

Six Sigma is a proven systematic approach to improve measurable results for any organization. Lean is a process to identify and eliminate sources of waste and activities that do not add value to create maximum productivity.

The Six Sigma Lean Green and Black Belt training takes organizations to the next level by uniting product and process excellence with goals such as improving customer service and/or enhancing shareholder value creation. Leaders in today's organizations are turning to the Six Sigma Lean Green and Black Belt training to ensure their competitive edge, improve service and build the skill base needed to sustain performance improvement.

How attendees will benefit?

After completion of the programme, delegates will know the:

Process improvement programme that combines two ideas: Lean - a collection of techniques for reducing the time needed to provide products or services, and Six Sigma -a collection of techniques for improving the quality of products and services, substantially contributing to increased customer satisfaction.

Course Content:

History of Six Sigma
Where Did the Name "Six Sigma" Come From?
History of the Six Sigma Black Belt Naming Convention
Six Sigma Evolution Clarified
Remembering Bill Smith, Father of Six Sigma
Six Sigma Costs And Savings
In His 100th Year, Juran Still an Advocate for Quality
Application and Cases

Course Style:

Lecture or One-to-One training style.
In house training.
Group Training.
Practical Training.

Remember:

We provide this course in any place and at any time suitable for you.

Cost: 4400 USD

Duration: Upto 6 Days

Portfolio Management - British Academy For Training & Development , United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Dubai, London,Dubai,United Kingdom

Mon, 29 Jan 2018 16:56:30 +04

Course Description:

This program examines the latest research on investment strategies. Although the program primarily focuses on quantitative strategies in equities, the basic principles can be applied to other assets and to the international arena.

The program will expose investment professionals both to fundamental concepts in portfolio management and to cutting-edge research - including new research in behavioral finance. Starting with the building blocks of risk and return, the seminar discusses building quantitative strategies, assessing and controlling investment risk, implementing strategies, and minimizing trading costs.

Participants will also tackle a case study designed around the use of portfolio software for asset management. The case study will illustrate the various methodologies presented during the program, including the use of factor models for asset management. The last day of the program is devoted to the increasingly important hedge fund industry.

How attendees will benefit?

After completion of the programme, delegates will be able to:

Understand investment decisions that affect your company's strategic and financial objectives.
Interpret and use investment decisions more effectively.
Develop an investment strategy building from the fundamentals of risk and return and incorporating more advanced quantitative strategies.
Understand the differences between Capital Asset Pricing Model, Factor models, and the Arbitrage Pricing Theory.
Work with different valuation formulas to determine expected returns.
Incorporate behavioral finance in your analysis of investments and market behavior.
Analyze the impact of technological innovation, network externalities, and globalization.

Course Content:

Risk, Return and their Measurement
Portfolio Theory and Applications
The CAPM, Factor Models, and the Arbitrage Pricing Theory
Empirical Evidence on the CAPM and Factor Models
Factor Models in Portfolio Management
Behavioral Finance
Market Efficiency and Inefficiency
Liquidity
The Money Management Industry
Performance Evaluation
Mutual Funds
Hedge Funds

Course Style:

Lecture or One-to-One training style.
In house training.
Group Training.
Practical Training.

Remember:

We provide this course in any place and at any time suitable for you.

Cost: 4200 USD

Duration: Upto 6 Days

Advanced Project Planning and Control - British Academy For Training & Development , United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Dubai, London,Dubai,United Kingdom

Mon, 29 Jan 2018 14:16:51 +04

Course Description:

This course adds to your fundamental knowledge of project management by teaching you the details of the major contemporary tools and techniques that are used in planning, monitoring, and controlling projects. The appropriate technologies are used to give the participant a "best practices" approach to the effective and efficient management of projects. Your learning is reinforced through a number of practical exercises using case studies and real projects.

How attendees will benefit?

After completion of the programme, delegates will know the:

The skill and confidence to use a practical project planning technique.
The ability to determine if a project can truly be delivered on time and in budget.
An understanding of how to discover the risks necessary to meet a constrained delivery date.
The confidence to communicate project "trade-offs" clearly and set attainable goals with clients, managers, and project team members.
The knowledge of how to record actual project progress and then use the project baseline to spot and manage variance.
The ability to "frame" your questions when analyzing the project plan to spot hidden variances.

Course Content:

Project and Portfolio Management
- Portfolio, program, and project management overview
- Planning and control using appropriate life cycle
- Using gate reviews to manage project risk
- Managing matrix resources
- The role of the project manager and skills required
- A framework for planning and control
- Exercise: Plan PMBOK® deliverables

Project Initiation and Planning
- Planning and control starts with the project charter
- Exercise: Rank project using constraints flexibility assessment
- Roles and responsibility
- Exercise: Develop a RASCI chart
- Risk assessment and mitigation

Organizing and Conducting the Joint Project Planning Session
- Define the project scope
- Design the work breakdown structure
- Identify project activities
- Exercise: Build a WBS for the case study

Estimating Activity Duration, Resource Requirements and Cost
- Estimating techniques
- Reserve management
- Balance effort/duration and allocation
- Exercise: Determine approach for managing cost and schedule reserves

Constructing and Analyzing the Project Network
- Scheduling techniques
- Milestones and Gantt charts
- Network diagrams
- Exercise: Build a network diagram and use Microsoft ® Project to calculate critical path
Constructing and Analyzing the Project Network (cont.)
- Applying accelerating techniques
- Exercise: Compress a project schedule to meet a required completion date
Resource Leveling/Scheduling
- Using Microsoft ® Project for finding your schedule bottlenecks
- Resource scheduling and availability conflict management techniques
- Exercise: Resolve an over allocation problem using the least risk option
Monitor and Control Progress
- Measuring and reporting progress (project governance)
- Establishing a project dashboard
- Exercise: Design a dashboard report
- Earned value for tracking and forecasting time/cost
- Closing Exercise: How techniques learned can be applied upon return to the workplace

Course Style:

Lecture or One-to-One training style.
In house training.
Group Training.
Practical Training.

Remember:

We provide this course in any place and at any time suitable for you.

Cost: 4300 USD

Duration: Upto 6 Days

Advanced Project Management Tools - British Academy For Training & Development , United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Dubai, London,Dubai,United Kingdom

Mon, 29 Jan 2018 14:10:43 +04

Course Description:

This program was designed to provide project managers with the advanced skills they need to execute business strategies effectively, while preparing teams for the next frontier in project management.

Bringing together theoretical concepts and practical knowledge, participants will balance project and program objectives against organizational politics and explore the ins and outs of supporting global projects and programs-from both a pragmatic and interpersonal perspective. Students will develop a blueprint for executing strategy by successfully managing a portfolio of critical programs and projects. Practical instruction is applied to processes, organizational structures and tools to ensure project work yields the desired business results.

How attendees will benefit?

After completion of the programme, delegates will know the:

Remain competitive and manage change in a multi-dimensional environment
Learn to lead cross-functional teams in a global context
Improve productivity and profitability
Apply various introduced methodologies to improve success with complex projects
Distinguish among different software tools that support the front end of the project
Examine the supervisory and productivity issues related to managing multi-site projects
Apply advanced scheduling methods

Course Content:

Project and Portfolio Management
Project Initiation and Planning
Organizing and Conducting the Joint Project Planning Session
Estimating Activity Duration, Resource Requirements and Cost
Constructing and Analyzing the Project Network
Constructing and Analyzing the Project Network (cont.)
Resource Leveling/Scheduling
Monitor and Control Progress

Course Style:

Lecture or One-to-One training style.
In house training.
Group Training.
Practical Training.

Remember:

We provide this course in any place and at any time suitable for you.

Cost: 4500 USD

Duration: Upto 7 Days

Municipal IT Support and Project Management - British Academy For Training & Development , United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Dubai, London,Dubai,United Kingdom

Fri, 26 Jan 2018 14:31:36 +04

Course Description:

Learn basic and advance Municipal IT Support and Project Management techniques. The course will reflect European methods and examples. Case studies will be shown to students.

How attendees will benefit?

After completion of the programme, delegates will be able to:

Manage information technology resources in a municipal finance environment
Apply operations research principles and tools in the management of project activities and resources.
Apply principles of information systems to public finance and administration.
Apply principles of computerised systems to manage data and reports relevant to the public sector administration.

Course Content:

The programme covers the following topics:

Managing information technology resources
Application of operations and principles and research tools to project management
Public sector data and information processing

Course Style:

Lecture or One-to-One training style.
In house training.
Group Training.
Practical Training.

Remember:

We provide this course in any place and at any time suitable for you.

Cost: 4300 USD

Duration: Upto 6 Days

Project Valuation - British Academy For Training & Development , United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Dubai, London,Dubai,United Kingdom

Tue, 16 Jan 2018 16:26:29 +04

Course Description:
All organizations, big or small, battle with one constant constraint - limited resources and unlimited ambitions. The ever increasing demand for higher shareholder's worth keeps increasing the pressure on these resources, be it monetary, physical or intangible assets. This in turn forces the management to make rational decisions when investing the resources, leading to the need of valuation of a project.
This course on Project Valuation introduces the various methods of project valuations and their respective pitfalls. It provides the learner an indepth understanding of various project valuation techniques with practical examples of applying these course also discusses the project interaction situations such as capital rationing, mutually exclusive projects, among others. Finally, it explains how project analysis is conducted using techniques such as sensitivity analysis, scenario and break even analysis, and Monte Carlosimulation.

How attendees will benefit?

After completion of the programme, delegates will be able to:

Describe various project valuation methods and their limitations
Demonstrate the application of different project valuation techniques
Illustrate various project analysis techniques viz., sensitivity analysis, scenario and break even analysis, and Monte Carlo simulation

Course Content:

Project Valuation - Overview
Need for project valuation
Factors that impact project valuation
Rules to ensure suitable cash flow statement
Methods of project valuation
Project Valuation - Methods
Need for project valuation
Discounted Cash Flow Method
Net Present Value Method
IRR
Average Return on Book Value
Payback Period
Various factors that affect the project valuation methods
Advantages and disadvantages
Project Valuation - Special Cases
Concept of project interactions:
Capital rationing and the methods of calculations
Mutually exclusive projects
Side costs and side benefits
Concept of project analysis:
Sensitivity analysis
Scenario and break even analysis
Monte Carlo Simulation

Cost: 4100 USD

Duration: Upto 6 Days

Project Management for Built Environment Practitioners - British Academy For Training & Development , United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Dubai, London,Dubai,United Kingdom

Tue, 16 Jan 2018 13:17:53 +04

The programme is unique in applying each of the 9 PMBOK knowledge areas directly to the Built Environment and augmenting them with extensive coverage of the law of contracts, standard industry contracts for contractors, agreements for consultants, procurement processes and contract administration.

Portfolio and Programme Management, as well as the principles of Property Management, Finance, Accounting and General Management, are included to serve as background to the origin of projects and the management of construction related ; The latest international knowledge is combined with local expertise and applied to the African environment to create a best practice reference base.

Remember:

We provide this course in any place and at any time suitable for you.
This course is provided in VIP or standard forms. For more information contact BATD team.

Cost: 4200 USD

Duration: Upto 7 Days

ILM Practical Project Management - Globe Elite Ltd , Quezon City, Manila, Cebu City, Zamboanga City, Johannesburg, Durban, Halifax, Brisbane, London, Christchurch, Hamilton, Bandar Sungai Long,,United Kingdom,South Africa

Thu, 07 Sep 2017 14:29:08 +04

This innovative programme consists of five modules
Successful participants will receive a parchment ILM Certificate of Completion
MODULE 1: Coaching, Behavioural Management, Motivation and Delegation
MODULE 2: Safety Leadership
MODULE3: Meetings & 1-2-1s, Planning & Organising
MODULE 4: Communication, Presentation Skills
MODULE 5: Managing Performance, Appraisals & Interviewing
We deliver approved management training so that your staff, students, trainees not only know what to do, but how to practice the skills required for excellent performance and transparancy.
Our courses aim to provide your project teams with the knowledge and capability on how to effectively implement their management
skills, needed for delivering operational performance and excellence to ensure your company delivers projects successfully.
Note: This course is run over a duration of 5 days, this can be done consecutively or split up over a period of weeks to accommodate a clients preference.

Cost: 1920 GBP

Duration: 1 To 5 Weeks

Procurement Planning and Bid Management - Convertas , Dubai,Malaysia,Turkey,United Kingdom

Mon, 29 May 2017 23:00:24 +04

Objective

Write strategic procurement objectives and initiatives to support long term directions
Arrange 'spend items' into categories that support planning of go-to-market strategies
Apply demand forecasting techniques to improve planning of procurement activities
Generate vendor integration strategies to ensure supply security
Evaluate vendor bids in a scientific manner to support selection decision making

Outline
Strategic procurement planning

Setting procurement mission and objectives
Selection of improvement initiatives

- Structure
- Systems
- Work streams
- Culture

Performance measures and targets
Communication of procurement plan
Stakeholder engagement

Spend category planning

Spend category profiling
Spend impact analysis

- Financial impact
- Vendor segmentation

Market risk analysis

- Value chain analysis
- SWOT analysis
- Porter's five forces
- Risk heat maps
- Vendor risk scores

Category report consolidation

Forecasting and demand planning

The soft side of forecasting

- Tetlock's foxes and hedgehogs
- Taleb's black swan

Principles of demand planning
Quantitative forecasting techniques
Qualitative forecasting techniques

Vendor integration

Vendor prequalification process
Vendor prequalification criteria

   - Legal criteria
   - Financial criteria
   - Technical criteria
   - Staff criteria
   - HSE criteria

Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
Strategic partnering
Supplier diversity programs

Bid evaluation and selection

Bid management process
Bid evaluation criteria
Scoring systems and protocols
Selection and award
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for complex purchases

Cost: 3995 USD

Duration: 5 Days

Project Risk Management - Convertas , Dubai,Malaysia,Turkey,United Kingdom

Mon, 29 May 2017 22:21:56 +04

Objective

Develop project risk management plans
Identify project scope risks
Predict project schedule risks
Examine project resource risks
Apply quantitative and qualitative risk assessments
Plan strategies for negative and positive risks
Devise metrics to monitor and control project risks

OutlinePlanning risk management

Risk components
Project risk planning processes
Risk management plan elements

Identifying scope risks

Sources of scope risk
Scope change risks
Defining deliverables
Bottom-up approach

Identifying schedule risks

Sources of schedule risk
Activity definition
Estimating activity duration
Applying estimating techniques
Activity sequencing

Identifying resource risks

Sources of resource risk
Resource planning methods
Staff acquisition
Cost estimating and cost budgeting
Managing project risks

Qualifying and quantifying project risks

Quantitative and qualitative risk analysis
Risk assessment matrices
Quantifying risks using PERT analysis
Decision tree analysis

Developing risk response strategies

Categories of risk
Risk management strategies
Risk response planning
Contingency planning
Risk registers

Monitoring and controlling project risks

Implementing response plans
Collecting project status
Metrics and trend analysis
Project reviews and risk reassessment

Cost: 3195 USD

Duration: 3 Days

Managing Multiple Projects - Convertas , Dubai,Malaysia,Turkey,United Kingdom

Mon, 29 May 2017 22:04:32 +04

Objective

Understand the difference of single and multiple project management scope
Key principles of project management?
Monitoring multiple projects
How to make practical and relevant tools for monitoring multiple projects
Managing multiple project budgets and finances
Timeliness and quality standards application for multiple projects
HRM principles for multiple projects

Outline

Introduction to project management
How project management is different between single project and multiple projects
Delegation of responsibility
Planning for multiple projects
Estimating scope and volume of multiple projects
Task analysis and human resource planning
Quality control and performance management
Project Goal and Objectives
Project vs. Programs
Indicators, Source/Means of Verification
Assumptions
Practical Work on Project Scenarios
Monitoring for various types of projects
Importance of Monitoring
Monitoring Plans
Project management levels and delegation of power
Communication skills for managing multiple projects
Financial management and fraud prevention for project managers
Total quality management
Project Management software's for different fields
Utilization of Results in Project Planning
Continuous quality improvement using monitoring

Cost: 3995 USD

Duration: 5 Days

Advanced Project Management and Control - Convertas , Dubai,Malaysia,Turkey,United Kingdom

Mon, 29 May 2017 20:52:51 +04

Objective

Skill and confidence to use a practical project planning technique
Ability to determine if a project can truly be delivered on time and in budget
An understanding of how to discover the risks necessary to meet a constrained delivery date
Confidence to communicate project "trade-offs" clearly and set attainable goals with clients, managers, and team members
Knowledge of how to record actual project progress and then use the project baseline to spot and manage variance
Ability to "frame" your questions when analyzing the project plan to spot hidden variances

Outline

Project and Portfolio Management

Portfolio, program, and project management overview
Planning and control using appropriate life cycle
Managing matrix resources
The role of the project manager and skills required
A framework for planning and control

Project Initiation and Planning

Planning and control starts with the project charter
Exercise: Rank project using constraints flexibility assessment
Roles and responsibility
Exercise: Develop a RASCI chart

Organizing and Conducting

Define the project scope
Design the work breakdown structure
Identify project activities

Estimating Activity Duration

Estimating techniques
Reserve management
Balance effort/duration and allocation

Constructing and Analyzing the Project Network

Scheduling techniques
Milestones and Gantt charts
Network diagrams

Constructing and Analyzing / Resource Leveling

Applying accelerating techniques
Resource scheduling and availability conflict management techniques
Exercise: Resolve an over allocation problem using the least risk option

Monitor and Control Progress

Measuring and reporting progress (project governance)
Establishing a project dashboard
Exercise: Design a dashboard report
Earned value for tracking and forecasting time/cost
Closing Exercise: How techniques learned can be applied upon return to the workplace

Cost: 3195 USD

Duration: 3 Days

PMP Certification Training - Graspskills , Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Cape Town

Mon, 27 Feb 2017 15:20:08 +04

In this course, you'll gain the essential preparation needed to pass the PMP exam. Concentrating on exam content from A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge-Fifth Edition (PMBOK® Guide) and other sources, this course includes a wide variety of learning tools and study aids, all using PMI® terminology.

Prerequisites
To be eligible for the PMP certification, you must first meet specific education and experience requirements. The PMP Prep Boot Camp satisfies the requirements for contact hours of instruction. The final step in gaining certification is passing a multiple-choice, psychometric-based examination designed to objectively assess and measure your project management knowledge. It is recommended that you have achieved the experience requirements prior to taking this course.
Follow-On Courses
There are no follow-ons for this course.
Certification Programs and Certificate Tracks
This course is part of the following programs or tracks:

PMP® - Project Management Professional

About Graspskills
Graspskills is one of the largest providers of professional certification courses in classroom, online and also virtual training. Our main mission is to satisfy the participants through excellent training. We offer more than 100 courses in 130 countries. Graspskills courses are recognized by more than 50 global companies including Infosys, Wipro, Cognizant, TATA Consultancy Services and Accenture.

Cost: 625 BHD

Financial Management for Project Development - London Training For Excellence , Online

Wed, 11 Jan 2017 11:37:09 +04

Introduction:

This course will provide you with a systematic understanding of financial approaches to Project development and the role of finance and financial institutions. Students will be able to evaluate the merits of the various mechanisms of financing development and to understand the bases for financial policy.

During the course you will develop the skills required for the analysis of Project development, and to understand and develop expertise on Planning and Budgeting, Project Management Basics, Annual reports writing and related economic matters. Additionally, students have the opportunity to study a range of options covering project and programme management, Monitoring, Auditing and Internal Control and development policy.

Objective:

Develop forecasts and monitor and control costs on projects
Appreciate cash-flow and profit and how they are managed
Differentiate between types of costs and costing methods
State the principles of Value Management and Through Life Costing
Assess the economic viability and commercial profitability of projects through investment appraisal
Assess financial stability, profitability by preparing and analysing profit and loss accounts and balance sheets

Cost: 4000 USD

Duration: 5 Days