Project Management: Advancing your Skills (3 day)

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Course Overview

As the role of the project manager becomes more diversified so too does the range of skills and techniques needed to manage projects successfully. This three day interactive course has been designed to supplement the core project management skills by covering an expanded set of topics, some of which are more complex in nature. If you decide to sit the APMP qualification you will be pleased to know that this programme and ''''Introduction to Effective Project Management'''' cover the current APMP syllabus.

Audience

People working within projects having either the knowledge or practical experience of the fundamental project management processes and who are now seeking a grounding in the use of the more complex concepts of project management. This course is not designed for those completely new to project management who may wish to consider ''''An Introduction to Effective Project Management''''.

Skills Gained

By the end of this course you will be able to:

• Understand the normal commercial and financial aspects of project management.
• Appreciate the differences between programme and portfolio management.
• Understand the accepted practices of people management in projects.
• Use a comprehensive set of tools to control each project.
• Identify, assess, monitor and handle common project risk situations.
• Appreciate the importance of quality and configuration management within a project.
• Understand the implications of current health & safety legislation as it affects projects.

Course Outline

Project and Programme Management

• The differences between programme management and portfolio management
• The process and benefits of both programme and portfolio management

Financial Management

• Understanding the purpose and content of a business case
• How to complete an investment appraisal - tools and techniques
• Budgeting and cost management

Project Organisation Structure

• Recognising the different types of project structure
• The project Organisation Breakdown Structure (OBS)
• Different organisations for different project phases

People Management within a Project

• How to lead and motivate a project team
• Setting goals and objectives
• Using influencing and negotiation skills to achieve ''''buy-in'''' and ongoing commitment
• Stakeholder analysis and its value in managing projects
• Teamworking - understanding the needs of a team, the social relationships and project team development
• Conflict management - how to identify and resolve conflict within a team

Health and Safety

• Overview of legislation and statutory requirements relevant to project management
• The responsibilities of project personnel
• Health and safety reporting requirements

Commercial Management

• What is procurement?
• Understanding different types of contracts and procurement policies
• Suppliers and contractors - how to identify and select them

Project Control

• The use of different types of breakdown structures and their relationship to one another
• The use of milestones in monitoring the progress and performance of a project
• Resource management strategies using histograms and ''''S'''' curves
• The merits of earned value analysis and how it is used to determine progress in relation to cost, time and work completed

Risk Management

• Risk management processes
• Tools and techniques for risk identification and risk assessment
• Contingency planning for identified risks
• Risk ownership, monitoring and reporting

Quality, Change and Configuration Management

• The need for a quality management process
• The differences between Quality Planning, Quality Assurance and Quality Control
• The benefits of formal quality management systems
• Responding to problems and changes affecting your project
• Understanding the need for a Configuration Management process
• Managing configuration control - changes, reviews and status accounting

Personal Development

• Review of problems and concerns
• Action Planning - the essential next steps
• Continuous Professional Development - what next?

Project Management: Advancing your Skills (3 day) / PMAS-3