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Managing Successful Projects

Course_Reference: 
REEMSP
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Training_Provider: 
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Summary: 

Modern business increasingly relies on the individual's ability to manage different projects, often simultaneously. This form of management is replacing the more traditional structured company style in many different sectors. Using projects and a detailed interactive exercise, this course aims to develop the methodical skills necessary for a successful result.

Audience: 

This course addresses the needs of staff who manage or get involved in the management of projects as part of their work.

Objectives: 

  • How to define a project
  • The roles of all those involved
  • Project planning
  • Understanding customer needs
  • How to obtain commitment
  • Project monitoring and control
  • Managing changing requirements
  • Teamwork
  • An introduction to project control tools

What is a project?

  • Creating change
  • Key dimensions
  • Project phases

Organising projects:

  • The project manager
  • Assessing risk
  • Setting objectives
  • Preparation

Baseline management:

  • Detailed planning
  • Work breakdown structure
  • Project activity tables

Critical activities:

  • Scheduling tasks
  • People and non-people resources

Costing, estimating and budgeting?

  • Money as a resource
  • Time as a resource
  • Effective budgeting

Controlling budgets

Managing change:

  • Planning for inevitable change
  • Making change happen
  • Approving change requests

Managing conflict:

  • Contradicting needs between the customer, the project manager and the project team

Good and bad conflict:

  • Line management versus project needs

Measurement and control:

  • Accurate record keeping
  • Forecasting
  • Eliminating the gap between desired outcome and actual outcomes

Closing the project:

  • Terminating a project
  • Handing over power
  • Post-project audits

Post-project appraisals

Description: 

Modern business increasingly relies on the individual's ability to manage different projects. This form of management is replacing the more traditional structured company style in many different sectors. This course aims to develop the methodical skills necessary for a successful result.

Keywords: 
Managing Successful Projects,develop skills for a successful result,improve project management ability