Project Management
Overview
Projects are a valuable way of structuring an organisation's workload, allowing efficient management of time, cost and quality.
This two day programme gives you a broad understanding of the principles of project management, exploring each of the necessary stages and equipping you with a set of practical tools.
Course Content
Understanding the concept of a Project
- The difference between projects and operations
- Management structures for projects and multiple projects
- The life cycle of the project
- Conflicts in the context of Project Management
- Project terms and definitions
- Scope and success criteria
- Expectation management
The Business Case
- Constructing the business case
- Understanding the business context using Stakeholder Analysis, PESTLE and SWOT
- Time, money and risk
- Evaluation techniques
- Investment and cash flow
- Presenting the business case
Project Planning
- Resources, activities and constraints
- Tools for project planning
- Tools and strategies for managing resources and time
- Choosing suppliers
- The Critical Path
- Tools to assess the relative merits of multiple projects when identifying priorities
- Change management and Force Field analysis
Control and Measurement
- Developing and implementing a project management organisation
- Tracking, measuring and evaluating progress
- The concept of earned value
- Managing quality
- Defining success
- Recording lessons learned
- Post-project appraisal