Project management training

Who is the course aimed at ?

• Junior project managers
• Future project managers
• Project stakeholders
• Anyone working in a project environment

Objectives of the course

• Understand what a project is and its components
• Learn the basics of project management
• Understand how to manage a project
• Identify its role and how it adds value to a project

Training program

1 Project management basics

• Key concepts
• Project players: roles & responsibilities
• Standards and benchmarks

2 What does project management involve ?

• Activities (definition, planning, estimates, follow-up/control/progress, reporting)
• Project closure
• Snags to avoid
• Why things go wrong
• Success factors vs. failure factors
• Project management tools

3 Definition

• Project charter
• WBS (work breakdown structure)
• Specifications

4 Risks

• What is a risk ?
• How can you manage risks ?
  • Identify and assess risks
  • Monitor and control risks

5 Estimates

• Schedule
  • How to put together a project schedule
  • Optimizing a project schedule

• The budget
  • Costs
  • Human and material resources

6 Project management

• Performance, monitoring, key indicators
• Change management
• Progress
• Reporting