Project Management for Team Members
Course Duration: One Day
Target Audience:
All Project Team Members who will benefit from having a clear understanding of how projects are planned, executed, monitored and controlled.
Course Objectives:
As well as providing attendees with a thorough understanding of project characteristics, principles and key processes (by phase), this course also examines the barriers to great
project planning and execution, and equips the participants with a simple methodology - To set clear objectives, to identify tasks, to allocate responsibility and resources and to set
up appropriate project performance measurements and communications plans.
Course Outline:
Project Management Execution
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What Does Good Project Execution Look Like?
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What are the Barriers?
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How can Project Management Approaches Help?
Project Management Introduction
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Project Management Principles
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Project Life Cycle & Project Phases
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Project Management Process Groups
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PMBOK Methodology Overview
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Project Processes and Key Project Documents
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Triple Constraints & Critical Success Factors
Project Management Planning (PMP)
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What Should a PMP contain?
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Work Breakdown Structures
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Time Management and Schedule Development
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Gantt Chart
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Mind-Mapping Exercise
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Brown Paper Gantt Exercise
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Activity Dependencies (Including Activity on Node Diagram Exercise)
Monitoring and Controlling Projects
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How to Manage Changes to Scope
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RACI (Including exercise)
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The Critical Path Method
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Constructing a Network Diagram Exercise
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How to Control a Schedule
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Performance Criteria
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Project Measurement Techniques
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Baselines
Project Reporting and Control
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Effective Progress Meetings
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Setting Up Effective Team Structures & Assigning Responsibilities
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Communication Planning
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Report Definition
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Risk Management Process
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Issue Management Process
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Project Status Reports
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What is Earned Value?
Project Close-Out
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Completion Verification
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Organisational Learning
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Records