Seminars & Workshops
Practical Project Management Principles for Managing Projects
5 Days course
Course Overview
This intensive 5-day course focuses on training project staff and stakeholders in the practical techniques and methods that are available for planning and controlling projects. The course relates these techniques back to day-to-day usage. The course is aligned with the local and internationally recognised standards, best practices, trends and methodologies.
Who Should Attend?
v Managers and project leaders who wish to formalise or improve their project management methods and techniques.
v Staff who are about to be given project management or planning responsibilities
v Project and team leaders who are participating in planning and controlling systems development and implementation
v Team members, associated staff and users who need a detailed understanding of the characteristics and problems of software and IT projects and the relevant management methods
Course Objectives
Participants will learn:
v What techniques and processes successful projects use
v How to successfully start up a project
v How to plan and budget a project
v How to evaluate and steer your project
v How to overcome any lack of commitment
v To manage moving goal posts
v To overcome fire-fighting and crisis management
v To manage yourself, your interactions and dependencies with team members, suppliers, clients and management
Course Description
A five day course that translates theory into practice
An Introduction To Global Thinking
· Definitions of Project & Programme
· International standards: Recognised knowledge areas and processes
· Overview of best practice and principles of project management
What Makes A Successful Project
· Factors that contribute to success and failure of projects
· Characteristics and realities of IT projects
Structuring A Project - Using A Life Cycle
· What is a project life cycle
· Alternative models
· Developing and using a project strategy and life cycle
The First Steps To Success
· How to start up a project
· Setting and agreeing objectives & scope
· Identifying & managing stake holders
Organisation - Roles & Responsibilities
· Working in a matrix structure
· Roles & responsibilities
· Delegating to team members
· Obtaining commitment
Converting Concept To Working Plans
· Defining deliverables and tasks
· Structuring your project - WBS
· Identifying critical path
· Developing a schedule and cost/resource budget – baselines
Developing Budgets And Managing Costs And Income
· Developing a business case
· Defining a cost benefits analysis
· Estimating costs and resources
· Creating a cash flow & budget
· Controlling costs
Applying Techniques To Steer The Project
· Evaluating and reacting to progress
· Steering, controlling and closing your project
· Managing your critical path
· Reporting
· What is different in Africa?
Basics Of Team Management
· Building and delegating to teams
· Sustaining motivation
Identifying Risks
· What is Risk Management?
· Identifying & assessing risks
· Prioritising - what to worry about
· Managing your risks
· Contingency planning
Exercises - team work to apply the techniques
