About This Training Course

This practical 2-day program introduces delegates to cutting-edge ideas and hard-won wisdom of leading experts in project management. Within this Principles of Project Management Training Course are all the tools you need to manage even the most complex project.

Subjects Covered

This Principles of Project Management Training Course covers the following subjects:

• Information needed to navigate complex project management issues;
• Brief descriptions of key concepts
• Tips on real-world applications
• Compact case studies
• The most sought-after skills in project management
• Tip on how to avoid pitfalls.


Project Management
• Cost-Schedule-Quality Equilibrium
• Project Management Functions
• Project Life Cycles
• Organising a Project

Project Stakeholders

Stakeholder Roles
• Project Manager
• Project Team
• Management/Sponsor
• The Customer

Setting Project Rules

Project Rules
- Statement of Work
- Responsibility Matrix
- Creating a Communication Plan

Planning the Process

Identifying Risks
Developing Response Strategies
Control

Work Breakdown Structure

- Building a work breakdown structure
- Criteria for successful work breakdown structure
- Planning for Quality
- Contractors or Vendors and work breakdown structure


Realistic Scheduling

- Identifying Task Relationships
- Estimate Work Packages
- Calculate initial schedule
- Assign and level resources

Accurate Estimating

• Estimating Fundamentals and techniques
• Building detailed budget estimates
• Generating a cash flow schedule

Balancing the Project


• Estimating Fundamentals and techniques
• Building detailed budget estimates
• Generating a cashflow schedule

Controlling the Project

Project Communication
Control Documents
Change Management Process
Close-out Reporting

Measuring the Project

• Schedule performance
• Cost performance
• Earned Value reporting
• Cost and Schedule Baselines
• Corrective Action

Training Course Outcomes

You’ll discover how to coordinate a team by getting everyone to agree on the objectives and schedules, set a realistic schedule and budget projections, outline and build a specific project plan, step-by-step, make accurate estimates and better manage the expectations of customers as well as management.

Prerequisites

Prerequisites: Principles of Project Management Training Course
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