Introduction to the course
Many people take on a project management role alongside their other organisational responsibilities, whilst others have dedicated project management roles. This KC Academy "Essential Project Management Skills" training course offers complete guidance in the essential knowledge, skills and competencies of managing projects holistically and in how to adopt a project management 'mindset'.
This will include how to make use of best practice project management processes (based on the Project Management Institute's Body of Knowledge), tools and techniques, and how to lead the people involved in and impacted by projects. This ensures that projects are conducted as efficiently as possible and meet the requirements and expectations of relevant stakeholders.
This KC Academy training course explores how to ensure projects deliver client-focused and organisationally relevant outcomes. It covers critical aspects of project initiation, planning, monitoring and control to ensure the delivery of proper scope and quality within time, budget and resource constraints. It also considers how to manage uncertainty through risk management techniques.
This KC Academy training course will highlight:
- An introduction to the world of Project Management
- Project Initiation and Risk Management
- Project Planning, Estimating and Scheduling
- Project Resourcing, Monitoring and Control
- Managing Performance, Project Reporting and Closure
Daily Agenda
DAY 1:
The World of Project Management
- What is a project?
- The problems and difficulties of projects
- The project life cycle
- Project roles: responsibilities, authority and accountability
- The critical dimensions of project management
- Project Management processes
DAY 2:
Project Initiation and Risk Management
- Identifying project stakeholders
- Collecting project requirements
- Determining project objectives
- Project scope and constraints
- Managing risk on projects
- Documenting and communicating the project
DAY 3:
Project Planning, Estimating and Scheduling
- The contents of a Project Management Plan
- Using a Work Breakdown Structure
- Creating the Project Network
- Project estimating
- Time schedule: Critical path and float
DAY 4:
Project Resourcing, Monitoring and Control
- Resource scheduling and budgeting
- Preparing for project execution and communicating the plan
- Project monitoring
- Analysing project performance
- Project control
- Change control
DAY 5:
Managing Performance, Project Reporting and Closure
- Managing the performance of the team and its members
- Managing stakeholder relationships
- Project communication and reporting
- Successful project hand-over
- Project closure
- Learning lessons from the project
Professional certificate & Accreditation
This KC Academy "Essential Project Management Skills" training course offers complete guidance in the essential knowledge, skills and competencies of managing projects holistically and in how to adopt a project management ‘mindset’.