Introduction:

This course is designed to present the basics of project management with a focus on understanding project management terms, project selection, planning, estimating, scheduling, and earned value management. If you are new to projects or been assigned to projects and need to understand how to manage the project, this is the course for you. This course will also cover the highlights of quality, risk and procurement. You will leave this course with a full understanding of what project management is and how to manage a successful project. This course will feature:

• Review & understanding of common project management practices
• Hands on experience with the project charter, scope statement, & earned value management
• Appraisal of projects using project selection techniques, project chartering & gathering requirements
• Understand project management tools & procedures that can be implemented to improve or establish formal project management methodologies

Course Objectives:

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

• Understand the fundamentals of project management - the ability to initiate, plan & execute basic controls for a project
• Understand the techniques of project planning and how to deliver one
• Understand how to define project success using key performance indicators & quality metrics
• Identifying risks and understanding the advantages of various types of contracts
• Understand how to control, manage and close a project to your customers satisfaction

Who Should Attend?

Construction Engineers, Senior Construction Engineers, Construction Supervisors, Construction General Supervisors, Construction Project Managers, Engineering Technologists, Supervision Engineer, Inspection Engineers, Civil Inspectors, Foremen, Design Structural Engineers, Planners, Structural Engineers, Material Specialists, Quality Control and Quality Assurance Experts, Architects, Supervision Engineers, Team Leaders, Site Officers and Managers, Mechanical Engineers, Technical Professionals, Field Production Supervisor, Operation Engineers, Clients Representatives, Team Leaders, Supervisors, Section Heads and Managers, Professionals who have an interest in a management position, anyone who wants to become a leader in their work role, Project, Purchasing, Finance & Production Officers and personnel, technical professionals including those in Maintenance, Engineering & Production, Secretaries, clerks, administrative and support staff

Course Outline:

Project Management Basics, History, Benefits and Components

• Understanding what project management is
• Defining project and product life cycles
• Understanding Best Practice Project Management
• How to Initiate a Project
• Managing the project selection process
• Writing SMART objectives and business cases

Project Planning, Charters, Work Breakdown Structures and Scope Statements

• Developing the project documentation for senior management sign-offs
• Defining the project management
• Understand how to collect requirements
• Defining the full project scope
• Creating and analyzing the project with Work Breakdown Structures

Creating and Managing the Project Schedule and Budget

• Understanding what a realistic schedule is
• Defining and managing dependencies
• How to estimate project durations and costs
• Creating and optimizing the project schedule
• Presenting your schedule and resource constraints
• How to control the cost, schedule and resources

Planning for Quality, HR, Communications, Risk and Procurement

• Defining and controlling project KPI’s / Metrics
• Presenting and defining the project resource plan
• Developing a communication plan
• Managing Virtual Teams
• Understanding and reviewing project risk
• Managing the project contract against project constraints

Working, Controlling and Closing the Project

• Using project software to track projects
• Dealing with project management problems
• Project case reviews and discussion
• Project Management leadership, communications and meetings best practices
• Closing the project including project administration, hand-offs, document updates

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