Project Management: Advancing your Skills (2 day)

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Course Overview

Managers are increasingly expecting their project staff to manage more complex projects. However, not many organisations have a formalised project and programme methodology to help manage these projects effectively. This course aims to develop the methodical skills necessary to manage more complex projects.

Audience

The course addresses the needs of experienced project staff who want to develop their skills to manage more complex projects. It also gives them the opportunity to assess two existing 'standard' methodologies - PRINCE2 TM and the PMI Body of Knowledge.

Skills Gained

What makes a successful project

• Defining roles and responsibilities of all people involved in the project
• Obtaining commitment through Service Level Agreements
• Focusing on the customer needs
• Identifying and assessing project risks
• Handling project issues
• More effective estimating
• Earned Value Analysis
• Clean closure

Course Outline

• The Key to a Successful Project
• Planning, communication and commitment
• Using a 'standard' methodology - An overview of the PRINCE2 and PMI BoK project methodologies
• Managing the Risk
• A risk management culture
• Proactive risk management
• Effective use of Risk Logs
• Objective evaluation of project risks
• Impact of risk to the project and to the business
• Planning effective responses
• The Project Environment
• The project team and the wider project environment
• Organisational structure
• Defining project team roles in matrix organisations
• Commitment Register
• Financial Control
• 3 point estimating
• Earned value Analysis
• Focusing on customer needs
• Defining, understanding and agreeing 'deliverables'
• Getting 'customer' commitment
• Stage Management of the project
• Managing the project Stage by Stage with customer approval
• Accurate record keeping
• Eliminating the gap between desired outcome and actual outcomes
• Looking forward
• Managing change
• Handling project issues
• Closing the Project
• Clean end to a project
• Follow-on activities
• Post-project audit and Post-project appraisal
• Lessons Learned Log
• Survival tips for project managers

Project Management: Advancing your Skills (2 day) / PMAS-2