Successful Project Management Training
Training Benefits & Deliverables:
- Plan, manage and control projects more successfully with project management training
- Increase project cooperation and communication between departments and functions
- Coordinate the tasks more effectively between departments with project management training
- Enhance the spirit of teamwork among project team members with a motivating team building training
- Reduce new product development cycle with product development training
- Deliver more projects consistently on time and within budget
- Reduce the time required to plan and stay on top of successful projects
- Provide management, clients or customers with the project information they require
- Apply the Project Management Life Cycle and the Project Planning Process
- Define up-front project scope and deliverables even when your client/customer isn’t sure what they really want
- Use the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to more clearly identify work requirements
- Develop more accurate and realistic time and performance estimates
- Schedule projects more accurately using CPM and PERT networking techniques
- Spot problems and correct behind schedule conditions more quickly
- Control schedule timeliness and work flow by using proven management techniques
- Manage multiple projects without losing effectiveness with PTS project management training
- Enhance the people skills to effectively motivate and communicate with the project team
- Implement proven conflict management techniques to help team members work together with team building training
- Anticipate problems and develop contingency plans through Critical Risk Analysis
- Close out projects completely using a close-out checklist that ensures details are taken care of
- Perform project post-mortem reviews to identify project management strengths and weaknesses
Course Outline:
I. Project Management Methodology Overview
- Project Management Training Process
- Matrix/Project Management Fundamentals
- Project Manager’s Roles & Functions
II. Project Plan Development & Management Review
- Project Definition Guidelines
- Project Scoping Document & Checklist
- Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Models
- WBS Identification Criteria
lll. Project Plan Implementation & Management Review
- Precedence Diagram Network Development
- Effort & Duration Estimating
- Critical Path Definition and Development
- Gantt Chart Development
- Conflict Management
- Interpersonal Communication and Problem-Solving
IV. Project Control and Re-planning
- Proactive Risk Assessment
- Contingency Plan Development
- Management Control Point Establishment
- Change Request Process Development
V. Project Closeout and Review
- Project Meeting Controls
- Assumptions Management
- Project Closeout
- Project Post-mortem review & Lessons Learned
