Project Management

Overview

Project Management is the process by which a manager executes and delivers positive change in an organisation. It is the skilful use of techniques and methods to ORGANISE, PLAN, DIRECT and CONTROL a project, to achieve an agreed outcome within time and on budget. It involves "hard" skills, such as the ability to create gantt charts and undertake Earned Value Analysis and also "soft" skills, such as the ability to manage inter-group politics and conflict.

Topics Covered

The material covered in the seminar will be "state-of-the-art"' project management practice and theory, as used by the Project Management Institute. The seminar will cover project management theory using an interactive approach including case studies, class discussion and worked examples.

The specific areas to be covered are:

1. Integration Management includes the processes required to ensure that the various elements of the project are properly co-ordinated.
2. Scope Management is the function of controlling a project in terms of its aims, goals and objectives through the process of conceptual development, full scope definition or statement, scope reporting and control, and project close out.
3. Time Management is the function of maintaining appropriate allocation of time to every element in the overall conduct of the project through the successive stages of its natural life-cycle.
4. Cost Management is the function of maintaining effective financial control of the project.
5. Quality Management is the composite of material attributes (including performance features and characteristics) of the product or service which are required to satisfy the needs for which the project is being undertaken.
6. Human Resource Management is the function of directing and coordinating human resources throughout the life of the project. It involves the application of the principles of behavioural science and administrative knowledge to achieve the predetermined project objectives of scope, time, cost, quality and participant satisfaction.
7. Communications Management includes the processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation, collection, dissemination, storage and ultimate disposition of project information.
8. Risk Management includes the processes concerned with identifying, analysing and responding to project risk. It includes maximising the results of positive events and minimising the consequences of adverse events.
9. Procurement Management is the function of acquiring resources for the project in order to produce the end product.

Who should attend

People from all disciplines and backgrounds who have responsibility for managing businesses or managing projects of any kind to achieve successful results.

Examples of Project Management-type activities:

• New product launches
• Plant relocation
• Business or process restructuring
• Introducing or upgrading new technology
• Planning a wedding
• Curating an exhibition

Outcomes

At the end of this two-day seminar, participants will appreciate the range of practical P.M. techniques available; be able to apply P.M. principles and techniques within their organisations; and be able to confidently undertake the management of a project and see it to a satisfactory conclusion on time and within budget.

Related Courses

For Managing Multiple Projects "check out" Programme Management, click here to find out more.