What makes a project a project? What makes Project Management different from other types of management?
Project Management may have a lot in common with general management, but it is a fundamentally different way of managing activity. We will see in more detail why this is, during this 5 day in-depth course where you take the opportunity to learn about the basic concepts and terminology used in Project Management and how they are applied to a real life projects.
This course will give the participant a grounding in the concepts and terminology of project management. The course will cover project fundamentals in the context in which they are used.
It is expected that attendees need to learn about project management, but no knowledge of project management or prior experience of project management is assumed.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will learn how to:
Describe the project life-cycle and its phases
Interpret the management structure under which projects work
Use planning fundamentals
Outline project scope fundamentals
Explain the basics of scheduling and resource management
Identify basic risk and issue management
Explain the basics of project quality management
Describe project communications and communications planning
Interpret the basics of project leadership and team work
Project Management and its operating environment
Project life-cycle
Management structures for projects
Project management planning
Scope management
Scheduling and resource management
Risk and issue management
Project quality management
Communication
Leadership and teamwork
Day 1
Project Management and its operating environment
Definition of a project, also contrasted with definitions of a programme and a portfolio
Definition of project management, and relation to programme and portfolio management
Purpose and benefits of project management
Difference between a project and business as usual
PESTLE definition
Project life cycle
Definition and phases
Reasons for phase structure
Handover and closeout stages
Day 2
Management structures for projects
Project roles and responsibilities, including: project manager, project sponsor, project team, project steering board, project management office, project end user
Purpose and benefits of a project management plan
Ownership and approval of the project management plan
Introduction to the business case and relationship to project manager and project sponsor
Benefits management – introduction and purpose
Key performance indicators
Stakeholders – introduction to analysis and management
Project success criteria and success factors
Introduction to estimating
Introduction to project reporting
Project management planning
Purpose and benefits of a project management plan
Ownership and approval of the project management plan
Introduction to the business case and relationship to project manager and project sponsor
Benefits management – introduction and purpose
Key performance indicators
Stakeholders – introduction to analysis and management
Project success criteria and success factors
Introduction to estimating
Introduction to project reporting
Day 3
Scope management
Scope management defined
Introduction to product breakdown structure (PBS) and work breakdown structure (WBS)
Introduction to change control
Introduction to configuration management
Project definition configuration and change control
Scheduling and resource management
Introduction to basic terms (float, critical path, Gantt chart, baseline, milestone)
Introduction to resources and resource management, including levelling and smoothing of resources
Introduction to procurement
Day 4
Risk and issues management
Definition of risk management and issue management
Introduction to risk management process, including use of risk register
Introduction to issue log and escalation process
Project quality management
Definitions of quality terms, including quality, quality management, quality planning, quality assurance, quality control, continual improvement
Differences between quality control and quality assurance
Project reviews, including gate, peer and benefit reviews
Day 5
Communication
Definition of communication
Methods of and barriers to
communication
Effective communication and
communication plan
Leadership and
teamwork
Definition of project
leader and project team
Role of a project team and models of teamwork
5 Days
Peter Benton
Upon completion of this course, you will receive a Worley Academy Certificate of Completion.
