Project Management
This course is part of the Mini MBA and Diploma in Corporate Leadership
Accredited by: LONDON INSTITUTE OF SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
SIGNATURE PROGRAMME
Who should attend?
- Keen learners to Target a Promising Position in a reputable organization
Learning Objectives
By the end of the course delegates will be able to:
- Apply basic project management terminology, methodology and the project lifecycle
- Describe the role of the project manager and the project team
- Apply principles of Scope Management
- Produce a Work Breakdown Structure
- Produce project schedules and cost estimates
- Build Gantt charts and conduct a Critical Path Analysis
- Identify reasons why fail and how failure can be avoided
- Utilize basic tools and techniques of project stakeholder, risk, and change management
Course Content
Overview of Project Management
- Definition of a project
- Defining the five key stages of any project
- The key characteristics of all projects
- Understanding the key terms and stages
- Defining key project stakeholders
Management of the Project
- How the project manager is selected
- The key attributes of a project manager
- The responsibilities of the project manager
- The dedicated project team
- Identification and analysis of key stakeholders
The Project Lifecycle, Planning, Control & Execution
- The importance of project planning and communication
- Understand the elements of a project scope
- Developing a Work Breakdown Structure
- Establishing the project schedule and baseline
- The typical constraint that affects projects
Dealing with Changes, Risk and Project Handover
- Understand the importance of change management in projects
- Developing a project risk matrix
- The importance of effective project reporting
- How a project ends
- Project handover and close down of the project