Course Aims

To introduce and explain the main areas of project management.  This course will help you to develop the skills and practices to set up, plan and control projects successfully.

The skills participants will develop will be to

Understand the nature of project management & the role of the project manager

Initiate projects

Organise projects

Control & monitor projects, taking corrective action where necessary

Use automated tools

Drive the organisation forward through successful project management

The course is for

Managers who are responsible for leading teams and developing new ideas, products, markets, services, ways of working, policies etc.  Anyone with involvement in developing an organisation and moving it forward.

Topics covered

The nature of projects, purpose, aims & phases

The project manager's role

Using a system to initiate projects and drive the company

Project constraints, cost, timescales & resources

Organising the project, structure and roles

Using milestones to assess progress

Planning & estimating

Dependency networks & critical path

Gantt Charts & automated project management tools

Successful monitoring - your baselines & procedures

Measuring progress using statistics

Progress reporting              

Controlling projects using impact analysis

Resolving problems & issues & identifying the causes

Qualities needed by a successful project manager

Practical application activities will be implemented during the course and delegates will have the opportunity to implement theory in our unique intensive task series receiving feedback and support.

The benefits

For any organisation which makes investments in projects, a similar investment in the people called upon to mange those projects will make the likelihood of success far greater.  This course will develop the additional skills and characteristics required over and above those required for line management.

Course duration 1 day.