Course Details
Course Outline
10 days course
Foundation of Project Management, History, Basics and its Components
- Methodology of project management and “Why is project management required?”
- Understanding a project and the life cycle included in a project
- Training on preparing an efficient Project Management system
- Defining a project and how to plan a project
- Understanding the process of project selection
- Understanding the “SMART” criteria process for a project
Planning a Project and the Break-Down Structure of the Work
- Understanding the importance of project documentation
- Understanding the concept of Executive Sign-Off
- Analyse a project management and collecting the required information
- “How to prepare and define a project plan?”
- Analyse a project with break-down of the works planned
Project Schedule and Budget Management
- Understanding the importance of project scheduling
- Prepare a Budget report – project costs and defining the duration of a project
- Steps for optimization of a project
- Training on preparing a project schedule and defining the constraints associated with the project
- Optimizing the profit for a project – by defining “How to control the costs, duration and managing the resources efficiently”
Planning for Risk, Procurement, HR and Quality Management
- Identifying the KPI (key performance indicators) for the project
- Analysing the risks associated with a project and understanding of the risk management
- Preparing a communication plan for HR management
- Understanding the concept of “Virtual Team” –group of individuals who work together from different geographic locations
- Understanding the procurement management thus how to have an efficient quality management
Project Management Software Training
- Defining the work schedule of a project in a software
- Training on software
- Case studies on efficient project management
- Case studies on leadership, communication system in a project
- How to conduct meetings and prepare project work schedule reports
- Steps for closing of a project- like document updating and hand-offs
- Review of the course and “Question and Answer session”
Project Integration Management
- Writing the project charter—Purpose, contents
- Developing the Project Management Plan
- The process of execution
- The process of monitoring and controlling
- Using Integrated change control
- Change requests
- Corrective & preventive actions
The Project Manager’s Roles and Responsibilities
- Selection of the Project Manager
- Project Team-building and empowerment
- Delegating with confidence
- Communication within the project team
- Project team leadership
- Conflict handling
Developing Project Budget & Schedule Control
- Project management inputs to cost budgeting
- Resource Requirements
- Direct & Indirect Project Costs
- Planning and Scheduling Limited Resources
- Options for Accelerating the Schedule
- Crashing the Schedule - How?
Project Resourcing, Monitoring and Control
- Resource allocation
- Expediting a project
- The Critical Chain approach
- Designing the monitoring cycle
- Performance indicators and control mechanisms
- Designing the change control system
Project Evaluation, Reporting, Closure and Hand-over
- Evaluation criteria and project auditing
- Analysing project performance
- Progress reports and records
- Determinants of project success
- Successful project hand-over
- Lessons learned and creating learning culture
