The Fundamentals of Project Management

When it comes to useful skills, project management is up there with the best of them. In both your personal and professional life, project management training can help you with your planning, time management, organization, and leadership. That’s why project management courses are so popular.

This course is designed to enable participants to understand the fundamentals of Project Management through the application of a controlled and disciplined approach. 

Participants will benefit from gaining a fascinating insight of ‘current best practice’ in project management and how to apply various project management tools and techniques in the real world.

The ability to plan, organize, and efficiently accomplish goals means project managers are always in demand, which means that a course attended or project management qualification can make your CV stand out from the crowd.

In your personal life, these skills can also help you manage budgets, delegate responsibilities, and manage your time. It’s a truly unique skill set that can be used across almost any industry or situation.

Who Should Attend?

Professionals interested in furthering their Contract and Project Management skills will benefit from attending this highly interactive program. Any individual involved in the planning, evaluation, preparation and management of contracts or projects will be a well-suited participant.  This includes but is not limited to the following:

• Technical professionals and engineers
• Members of Process Improvement Teams
• Administrators responsible for managing projects
• Business Planners
• Contract Managers and procurement staff
• Operations and finance personnel.

Objectives:

By the end of this program, you will be able to:

• Identify the basic concepts and terminology applied in professional project management
• Estimate project work and create a project schedule.
• Plan project costs.
• Plan for project quality and compliance. –
• Monitor and optimize project schedule and cost. –
• Monitor quality of project work and the risks involved. –
• Plan communication strategies and manage stakeholder relationships. –
• Launch a project.
• Perform project closure.

Program Content

Day-1 Module one - Project Management Principles

• What Is Project Management?
• Role Of the Project Manager
• Organizational structures with respect to project management
• Project Cycle & Project Management Cycle
• PMBOK knowledge areas and processes for project management
• Project initiation
• Statement of Work (SOW)
• Project Specifications
• Milestone Schedule
• Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Day-1 Module two - Project planning

• Project integration planning
• Scope planning
• Time planning
• Cost planning
• Quality planning
• HR planning
• Communications planning
• Risk planning
• Procurement planning
• Setting up Task Constraints

Day-2 Module one - Project Scheduling and Network Modeling

• Adding and Entering Resource Capacity
• Linking Activities and WBS Sequencing
• Forward and Backward Scheduling
• Critical Path Method (CPM)
• Slack/Float Management
• Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)
• Schedule Compression Techniques
• Myths and Realities of Schedule Compression
• Resource Planning and Leveling

Day-2 Module two – Project monitoring & Control          

• Earned Value Management
• Schedule and Budget Variances
• Project Management Reporting
• Auditing a Project
• Report Performance
• Implement Change Control
• Corrective Action
• Project integration
• Stakeholders
• Close a Project
• Create a Final Report

Review and Summary.