Introduction:

Projects are delivered by people and their attitudes and skills can make a massive difference to the success of project. The major difference between a project manager and a master project manager lies in the ability to understand that successful Project Management is about the effective utilization of both Hard Skills and Soft Skills. It goes without saying that what you do as a project manager is important, but ‘how’ you do it is absolutely critical.

This course demonstrates the practice of project management hard and soft skills. It provides a range of tools and techniques that project managers can use to reduce risks and overcome interpersonal hurdles. The course presents a number of critical habits related to how you manage projects through, and with, people. Issues such as time management, personality types, how to understand and develop your team members, developing your leadership skills, conflict management, negotiation skills, building and motivating your team are comprehensively covered. This course will feature:

• Preparing and executing a project plan
• Identifying and analyzing project risk
• Selecting and leading project teams
• Determining project health
• Measuring and presenting results against initial goals

Course Objectives:

By the end of this course, delegates will be able to know about:

• Increase project managers’ personal effectiveness
• Better production of project outcomes
• Mastering project management soft skills
• Alignment of project and corporate goals
• Understanding conflicts and resolving them
• What makes a person a master of project management
• The importance of knowing your outcome before you start a project
• The importance of planning and how to manage the planning Process
• The importance of people management skills in delivering of projects
• How to keep the team focused on the delivery goal
• How to set up and operate disciplines required to monitor and control projects
• Development of robust project teams
• Mastering skills in managing project activities
• Learning skills necessary for mastering the art of project management
• Developing a more effective approach to interacting with project stakeholders
• Further developing people management skills
• Ways for building effective plans
• Better overall management and control of projects

Who Should Attend?

Project Managers, Team Leaders, Managers, Line Managers, Superintendents, Senior Personnel, Civil Engineers, Construction Managers, Construction Engineers, Portfolio Managers, Project Coordinators, IT Personnel, Assistant Superintendents, Assistant Project Managers, M&E Coordinators, LEED & BIM Coordinators, Architects and Designers, Estimators, Process Engineers & Managers, Field Engineers, Consultants and Contractors, Sub-Contractors, Project Planners. Schedulers, Project Administrators, IT & Oil & gas Key Personnel, Finance Managers, Senior Engineers, Engineering Managers, Project Management Office (PMO) Staff, Procurement Managers, Risk Managers, Project Controls Managers, QA & QC Managers, Project Management Professionals, Senior managers and functional managers at large owner and contractor organizations whose primary responsibilities are in planning and executing major projects will gain insights into the nature and challenges of managing oil and gas projects

Course Outline:

Introduction to Projects

• What is a project?
• Benefits of project management
• Why some projects fail?
• The principles of project management
• Using a project management approach
• The business case, it’s importance and relevance
• Roles in project management
• Building the project management team

Scoping and Laying the Foundations

• Developing a clear project scope and objectives
• Leadership in projects, what does it mean to you?
• Project paperwork, is it really necessary?
• Stakeholder management, the first stage of risk assessment
• Risk management, ensuring you practice prevention
• Developing your project plan using a robust planning process

Organizing for Success and Gaining & Maintaining Commitment

• Developing your project plan using a robust planning process
• Personal attitudes and human behaviors
• Effective influence and persuasion
• Empowerment through effective delegation
• Understanding interpersonal relationships and the impact on performance

Monitoring and Controlling Projects

• Tracking you are still delivering the project, data information
• Managing the tensions
• Further developing your people (soft) skills
• Lessons learned and creating learning culture
• Knowledge transfer
• The Project Support Office

Staying Focused, Delivering and Closing Your Project

• Decision making for success
• An introduction to creative thinking
• Personal time management, the impact on projects
• Meeting skills
• Formally closing the project
• Celebrating success

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