Understanding Project Management
Courseware Includes:
 Student Workbook |
| Instructor Guide |
| Activities |
| Pre-Assignment |
| Course Outline |
| Power Point Slides |
| Suggested Reading |
| Advertorial |
Intellectual Property:
| Unlimited Printing |
| One time Fee |
| Customizable Content |
Project management is not just for construction engineers and military logistics experts anymore. Today, in addition to the regular duties of your job, you are often expected to take on extra assignments - and to get that additional job done well, done under budget, and done on time. This workshop is not intended to take you from a supervisory or administrative position to that of a project manager. However, this course will familiarize you with the most common terms and the most current thinking about projects.
How You Will Benefit:
- Understand what is meant by a project
- Recognize what steps must be taken to complete projects on time and on budget
- Have a better ability to sell ideas and make presentations
- Know simple techniques and tools for planning and tracking your project
- Have methods for keeping the team focused and motivated
What You Will Cover:
- What is a project?
- Project management basics
- How can projects help me?
- A project’s life cycle
- Selling a project
- Preparing your project
- The role of a project manager
- Project goals
- Laying out the project (SOW)
- Project risks and contingency planning
- The work breakdown structure
- Planning tools (including Gantt charts and PERT)
- Budgets
- Developing teams
- Communication tools
- Closing out a project
- Team meetings
- Project presentations
Project Management Fundamentals
Courseware Includes:
| Student Workbook |
| Instructor Guide |
| Activities |
| Pre-Assignment |
| Course Outline |
| Power Point Slides |
| Suggested Reading |
| Advertorial |
Intellectual Property:
| Unlimited Printing |
| One time Fee |
| Customizable Content |
Project management is not just for construction engineers and military logistics experts anymore. Today, in addition to the regular duties of your job, you are often expected to take on extra assignments - and to get that additional job done well, done under budget, and done on time. This workshop is not intended to take you from a supervisory or administrative position to that of a project manager. However, this course will familiarize you with the most common terms and the most current thinking about projects.
How You Will Benefit:
- Understand what is meant by a project and project management
- Identify benefits of projects
- Identify the phases of a project’s life cycle
- Enhance your ability to sell ideas and make presentations
- Prioritize projects
- Begin conceptualizing your project, including goals and vision statements
- Use a target chart and other planning tools
- Complete a Statement of Work
What You Will Cover:
- Defining a project and project management
- How projects can benefit you and your organization
- Project life cycles
- Selling your own project ideas
- Role & skills of the project manager
- Creating a vision
- Setting project goals
- Project planning worksheets
- The statement of work
Intermediate Project Management
Courseware Includes:
| Student Workbook |
| Instructor Guide |
| Activities |
| Pre-Assignment |
| Course Outline |
| Power Point Slides |
| Suggested Reading |
| Advertorial |
Intellectual Property:
| Unlimited Printing |
| One time Fee |
| Customizable Content |
Project management is not just for construction engineers and military logistics experts anymore. Today, in addition to the regular duties of your job, you are often expected to take on extra assignments - and to get that additional job done well, done under budget, and done on time.
This workshop is intended for those who understand the conceptual phase of a project’s life cycle, including setting goals, creating a vision statement, and creating the Statement of Work. This workshop will take you through the remaining three stages: planning, execution and termination.
How You Will Benefit:
- Identify your project’s tasks and resources
- Order tasks using the Work Breakdown Structure
- Schedule tasks effectively
- Use basic planning tools such as a Gantt chart, PERT diagram, and network diagram
- Prepare a project budget
- Modify the project budget and schedule to meet targets
- Identify and manage risks
- Develop a change control process
- Execute and terminate a project
What You Will Cover:
- What really needs to be done?
- Scheduling your project
- The Work Breakdown Structure and other planning tools
- Budgeting
- Project risks
- Schedule and budget compression
- Change control process
- Closing out a project
Courseware Includes:
| Student Workbook |
| Instructor Guide |
| Activities |
| Pre-Assignment |
| Course Outline |
| Power Point Slides |
| Suggested Reading |
| Advertorial |
Intellectual Property:
| Unlimited Printing |
| One time Fee |
| Customizable Content |
Advanced Project Management
It’s easy to forget the “manager” part of your “project manager” title amongst all the activity during a project. However, it is crucial that you hone your management skills as they are an important part of your success as a project manager. There are also some advanced project management techniques that you can master to help bring your projects to the next level. These are the two areas that we will focus on in this one-day workshop.
This workshop presumes that you have a thorough understanding of project management, including topics such as preparing a statement of work, setting project goals, scheduling, budgeting, managing project risks, and executing a project.
How You Will Benefit:
- Think critically when choosing a project team
- Make the best of an assigned project team
- Help teams move through various stages to become a high-functioning machine
- Maximize productivity at team meetings
- Reward and motivate your team
- Develop and execute a communication plan
- Communicate with sponsors and executives more effectively
- Identify problem team members and strategies for working with them
What You Will Cover:
- Choosing the Project Team
- Scheduling Your Project
- Building a Winning Team
- Team meetings
- Nine Easy Ways to Reward Your Team
- Developing a Communication Plan
- Communicating with Sponsors and Executives
- Dealing with Problem Team Members