Project Management

Reference:

People training

Managing business

Webinar

Incompany

1 day

2 days

Professional project management is a management technique that must be studied and applied, if a high probability of success is to be achieved in the complex business world. Professional projects normally involve numerous people at different levels and across many disciplines - senior management, sponsors, contractors, functional groups, IT - most often in a virtual environment, in which the project manager does not have hierarchical control of the team members. Whatever the nature of the project, a successful project manager needs to understand the structure and stages of a project and have excellent people management skills.

The objective of this course is to enable participants to understand the nature of projects and the factors that are critical to their success. It will also provide the structure, tools and skills needed to understand and implement the best practice for project management.

Course Content

Understand the responsibilities and functions of project managers
Apply and manage the project life cycle
Evaluate a project in terms of objectives, scope, resources, time and quality
Identify project risks and the tactics for dealing with them
Manage change in projects
Deal with communication issues in projects
Judge the importance of documentation in a project
Plan work effectively and efficiently
Develop a systematic approach to problem solving within projects
Draw up an action plan for on-going project management development

Target Audience

Current and future project managers.