Project Management for Practitioners

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This combined material, delivered in a group setting where practice is encouraged means that upon completion of the course, participants are able to transfer their newly acquired skills to the workplace.

Key Topics

• Overview of Project Management
• Impact on people and People Management
• Planning the Project
• Estimating and Scheduling
• Risk Management
• Project Control
• Project Completion
• Building Commitment and Accountability
• Influence Through Selling Ideas
• Group Facilitation
• Process Start-Up Matrix
• Scope Facilitation Technique
• Stakeholder Mapping and Analysis
• Managing Resistance

Project Management Knowledge Areas:

• Integration Management
• Scope Management
• Schedule Management
• Cost Management
• Quality Management
• Resource Management
• Communications Management
• Risk Management
• Procurement Management
• Stakeholder Management

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Build a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Use a Project Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) chart
• Use the Critical Path Method (CPM) in the network diagram to ensure the correct project duration
• Estimate and schedule project tasks
• Apply resources to a project plan
• Explore different personality types and learn how they affect project management
• Apply time-tested tools and techniques to actual projects
• Effectively communicate between the project team and stakeholders
• Identify key stakeholders and engage them effectively.
• Involve and engage key customers
• Negotiation skills
• Group facilitation skills

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