The use of project planning and project management skills is increasingly being required of most managers. This two-day course introduces delegates to the higher level of project management skills, using the de facto standards of ‘Projects in Controlled Environments’. This will enable participants to specify, resource, plan and efficiently manage a whole range of projects.
 

You will learn a wide range of techniques and skills, which are practised during the course using the relevant exercises or case studies. This gives delegates the confidence to transfer these new skills back to the work place.

Designed for:

Managers and staff who are involved in resourcing, implementing and monitoring projects.

The benefits of good project management are:

• A controlled and organised start, middle and end
   
• Regular reviews of progress against plan and against the Business Case flexible decision points
   
• Automatic management control of any deviations from the plan
   
• The involvement of management and stakeholders at the right time and place during the project
   
• Good communication channels between the project, project management, and the rest of the organisation

By the end of the course participants will be able to:

• Understand and have a broad appreciation of the phases and aspects of a project.
   
• Write the terms of reference and prepare a project plan for approval submission.
   
• Produce an implementation plan covering, time, resource and personnel needs.
   
• Communicate and negotiate with all who are involved in the project.
   
• Manage all the ‘stakeholders’.
   
• Set up project monitoring systems.
   
• Understand the principals of PRINCE and PRINCE2 project management processes.

Teaching methods:

There will be a mixture of theoretical input from the tutor along with experiential learning and group discussion.