Project Management Skills

Course Outlines:

Module One: 

The World of Project Management

• What is a project?
• The problems and difficulties of projects
• The project life cycle
• Project roles: responsibilities, authority and accountability
• The key dimensions of project management
• Project Management processes

Module Two: 

Project Initiation and Risk Management

• Identifying project stakeholders
• Collecting project requirements
• Determining project objectives
• Project scope and constraints
• Managing risk on projects
• Documenting and communicating the project

Module Three: 

Project Planning, Estimating and Scheduling

• The contents of a Project Management Plan
• Using a Work Breakdown Structure
• Creating the Project Network
• Project estimating
• Time scheduling: Critical path and float

Module Four: 

Project Resourcing, Monitoring and Control

• Resource scheduling and budgeting
• Preparing for project execution and communicating the plan
• Project monitoring
• Analyzing project performance
• Project control
• Change control

Module Five:

Managing Performance, Project Reporting and Closure

• Managing the performance of the team and its members
• Managing stakeholder relationships
• Project communication and reporting
• Successful project hand-over
• Project closure
• Learning lessons from the project