This project management programme equips new project managers, business analysts, and team members with essential skills to plan, execute, and close projects effectively. Learn how to manage requirements, constraints, KPIs, and project support for successful project delivery.
This comprehensive project management programme is designed for team members, business analysts, and new project managers seeking to master essential project management skills. Participants will gain a solid understanding of key processes such as refining project requirements, managing constraints, and developing effective project work plans. The course also covers critical areas including key performance indicators (KPIs), project support functions, and project closure—both administrative and financial. By completing this programme, participants will be fully equipped to successfully manage projects and drive results.
• Exploring how project management contributes to an organisation's resource utilisation, competitiveness, and overall strategy.
• Activity: Group discussion on the impact of project management.
• Managing performance, costs, time, and risks in project management.
• Understanding the relationships between these parameters and the role of the project manager and team members.
• Conducting risk assessments and developing risk response plans.
• Activity: Group exercises in risk management.
• Understanding group dynamics and human interactions in the project environment.
• Establishing the right project work culture and leadership/management styles.
• Avoiding common pitfalls in teamwork.
• Activity: Group exercises on teamwork and leadership.
• Developing a basic model of project planning, management, and control.
• Creating Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) for project outlines.
• Techniques for planning, presenting, and justifying project proposals and plans.
• Coordinating and controlling multiple tasks and stakeholders using graphs, tables, and charts.
• Techniques for reporting and keeping projects on track.
• Activity: Exercises and group discussions on planning and control.
• Introduction to the Critical Path Method (CPM) and its principles.
• Applying CPM in project planning and control, including contingency planning.
• Activity: Exercises and group discussion on applying CPM.
Nearly 30 years of training experience in project management, TQM, and productivity improvement. Background in quality and R&D management in biomedical and automotive industries. Managed research and development projects and held key roles in quality and design management. Provided consulting and training in HSE, TQM, and supplier development for major corporations. Focuses on delivering practical, applicable knowledge to participants.