Project Management is becoming increasingly recognised as a vital skill-set for many management positions. This course provides in-depth, practical, project management training. Participants will discuss projects from their own organisation, and review tools and templates used every day to manage real projects.
Who should take this course?
This course is for anyone who is interested in becoming a project manager and for existing project managers who are interested in learning more about formal project management techniques.
Course Objectives
- By the end of the course you will:
- Understand the language and structure of the Project Management Institute's Body of Knowledge.
- Better prioritise your projects.
- Understand the value of project charter documents.
- Consider the impact of the environment or context in which your projects occur on your planning processes.
- Develop work breakdown structures to better define your projects.
- Develop network diagrams that model how your project will be executed.
- Schedule your project and identify the critical path for your project.
- Use various tools and reports to improve project communications.
- Build resource information and cost information on top of your project plans.
- Run better project status meetings.
- Better estimate your project costs and durations.
- Identify, prioritise, and manage project risks.
- Track issues and action items in a more systematic manner.
- Update your project plans on a regular basis.
- Measure how your project is progressing.
- Work with schedule delays and modify the project plan appropriately to minimise their impact.
Course Details
- Length: 24 hours.
- Style: Instructor-led, using PowerPoint presentations, facilitated discussions, individual and group exercises.
- Format: Classroom. No computers required.
- Prerequisites: None.
COST:
US$1,350 or CI$1,107 THERE IS A 14 DAY WRITTEN CANCELLATION POLICY IN EFFECT TO RECEIVE A REFUND.