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ADVANCE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Course outline

3 days
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Duration

3 days

OVERVIEW

The aim of this course is to help participants take their project experience and knowledge to a higher level. If you have already completed a basic project management course or have 2 or more years’ experience of working on projects, this course is for you. You will be enabled to place your experience within a framework of tools and best practices that are aligned to the knowledge areas of PMBOK. The course will challenge you to become aware of the strengths of your current practices and examine how you can deepen your knowledge of and skills in using project management methodology and tools.

The course also equips you to deal with medium to large projects across different sectors (private, government or NGO). The facilitator will get you to focus on an actual project that you are currently working on or will be working on in the near future and apply the tools and methodology to that project. Each person will be expected to produce and present a scope statement, Gantt chart, stakeholder management plan, and budget and risk plan to the rest of the group. The facilitator will provide an introduction to the use of MS Projects and you will be shown how to apply this software in designing project management tools as a presentation for the group.BENEFITS

  • Be familiar with project management terminology, concepts, and definitions
  • Have an understanding of key project success and failure factors within their workplace
  • Know the key skills and processes to manage project teams
  • Be able to refine the project scope statement
  • Determine the approach for decomposing the work of the project to the required level of detail
  • Be able to apply key project management tools and formulate a Gantt chart, work- breakdown structure and budget
  • Identify and solve problems in considering project alternatives and selecting the preferred option
  • Work effectively with others when managing the implementation of a project plan
  • Collect, evaluate, organize and critically evaluate information to develop a clear and workable project plan
  • Collect, evaluate, organize and critically evaluate information when reviewing the preliminary scope statement and other relevant inputs
  • Communicate effectively when including components and completion criteria into the Work Breakdown Structure dictionary
  • Use science and technology when documenting the decomposed work in the Work Breakdown Structure format

Module 1 - Advanced project management context, concepts and tools

  • The issues and opportunities that trigger the demand for projects
  • The strategic context within which projects are developed
  • The project management challenge of staying within scope, time, quality and resource constraints
  • The difference between projects and programs
  • The Project Management Knowledge areas
  • Twelve steps to project Management success

Module 2 - Project Team Management

  • Why have teams?
  • Why some teams don’t work
  • Why certain teams really work
  • Team development stages
  • Assembling a project team
  • Team structures

Module 3 - The Project Management Cycle

  • The main phases of a project
  • The main processes within and between project phases
  • The project management cycle from a project planning viewpoint

Module 4 - Project Initiation Phase

  • Problem analysis tools and techniques
  • Project identification, project strategies and project feasibility
  • Preparing the business case
  • The Project Charter – conclusion of the Initiation Phase

Module 5 - Project Definition Phase

  • Stakeholder identification and definition of roles
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Prioritizing your stakeholders
  • Understanding your stakeholders
  • Project Scope definition
  • Risk Management process and planning
  • Organizational risks and business risks

Module 6 - Project Planning Phase

  • Setting project objectives
  • Defining project activities/ the work breakdown structure
  • Preparing a project schedule / the Gantt chart
  • Resources and Cost Estimation
  • Budgeting and Cost Control

Module 7 - The Project Implementation Phase

  • Project Monitoring
  • Steps for successful project control
  • Supervision of human resources
  • Conflict Management
  • Time Management

Module 8 – Project Quality & Control

  • Monitoring Project Quality
  • Quality materials, quality events, quality plan, quality control and quality assurance
  • Procurement
  • Using external vendors and suppliers
  • Types of contracts
  • The tender process
  • Project Reporting and project evaluation

Module 9 - Project Closure

  • Rationale for closure
  • Steps for effective closure
  • Closure Checklist
  • Documentation of results
  • Lessons learned and project evaluation

NoteActivities on high team interaction and role-plays will be incorporated during training session with all participants to further facilitate and strengthen candidates understanding on Advance Project Management concepts and methodology in an overall manner.

Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.