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In today’s world,
managing and working on projects is a core responsibility for
most managers and professionals. Whatever the scale or nature
of the project – from building a new installation to
organising the office move or managing an exhibition - success depends upon understanding and applying in
practical and relevant ways the fundamental concepts,
disciplines and
skills of project management.
‘Successful Project Management’ provides an
opportunity to review and develop understanding of these
processes, skills and techniques and an opportunity to explore
the factors which determine project success or failure. It
covers not only the ‘hard’ skills of project planning,
budgeting and appraisal but also the ‘softer’ skills of
building the project team and developing effective and
co-operative working relations with clients, sub-contractors
and other stakeholders.
Course Membership
Managers
and professionals whose responsibilities involve managing
and/or taking part in projects and who wish to develop their
practical grasp of both the ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ skills
involved.
Course
Objectives
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To help participants contribute
to the successful planning and execution of their projects
– on time, on specification and in budget
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To help participants build
effective working relationships with project sponsors,
clients, sub-contractors and others.
Course Outline
Topics covered include:
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Defining projects - what makes it a project?
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Skills and approaches required by different types of projects
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Project appraisal and getting support
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Taking and refining the brief - working
to understand and meet client specifications
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What goes wrong with projects - time creep, spec creep, feature
creep and cost creep
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Costings and budget preparation
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Project planning concepts and processes
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Work
Breakdown Structure
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Activity charts
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PERT
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Critical Path Analysis
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Gantt charts
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Project planning software
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Contingency analysis and risk
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Building a project team and developing cooperative relations
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Getting the best from project meetings
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Personal time-management and managing multiple projects
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Monitoring expenditure and budgets
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Implementing and tracking
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Project closure, review and learning
Course Methods
Successful
Project Management employs a mixture of informal lecture,
group discussion, case studies and exercises.
Qualification
Participants can opt to follow Successful
Project Management with further study and an assignment
leading to the
CMI Level 5 Award 'Project Development & Control'.
See Management
Qualifications for further information.
Maximum number of
participants
12
In-Company
Our Successful
Project Management courses are currently only available on an in-company basis - date and location to
meet your convenience. Go to
In-Company
Programmes: Successful Project Management courses
for more information.
Further
information
Accreditation
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