Project Management Fundamentals

Everyone manages projects from time to time. A homeowner completes a Home Improvement project, a HR professional produces a Graduate Recruitment Brochure, an IT professional implements an E-Commerce site or a Finance professional develops a GST Tracking System. All these people can capitalise on the project benefits that Construction Engineers and Superintendents receive. The principles are the same.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:

• An understanding of the fundamentals and benefits of using the techniques of Project Management.

• The responsibilities and the key skills required to be a Project Manager.

• To develop your ability to determine and document the Client's project goals; the Stakeholders; and the Risks for a project.

• The tools required to develop the Project Task Outline, the Project Schedule and the Project Budget.

• To increase your ability to implement the leadership actions and techniques required by the Project Manager to build Client Relationships and effective Project Teams.

• To develop your effectiveness in monitoring the Status of the project and in implementing timely and appropriate Control Actions.

• To increase your performance in completing a Project on schedule, on budget and to a scope and quality that fully meets your Client's goals.

WHO WILL BENEFIT?

Project Managers & Team Members in any industry or function.

No prior project management experience is necessary

THE CORE MODULES:

1. Introduction
- Managing; Principles; Benefits
- Role & Responsibilities; Key Traits

2. Project Goals
- The Client and the Stakeholders
- Project Results
- Identifying Project Risks

3. Project Task Outline
- Task Breakdown Structure
- Task Description
- Task Evaluation

4. Project Schedule & Budget
- Scheduling Methods
- Budgeting Methods
- Common Schedule & Budgeting Problems

5. Managing the Client and the Team
- Leadership
- Client Relationship
- Team Effectiveness

6. Project Status & Control
- Status Reporting
- Control Actions
- Project Completion

7. Case Studies:
THE FRONT FENCE PROJECT
Five Case Studies are used to demonstrate how to apply the fundamentals of Project Management to a real situation. For some Clients this project has been replaced by a typical work project to fully convey the process.

FORMAT:

This workshop can be customised to your needs and is usually delivered in a 1-day format.