Suitable for participants who have some or no project management knowledge.
Course Overview
This course is intended for executives in technical and non-technical work areas, who need to acquire working knowledge and skill in planning, monitoring or tracking, measuring the implementation of client’s projects (for both generic, engineering, and IT specific projects). Their participation through an action-learning methodology will facilitate an immediate transfer of such competency to workplace.
This course is carefully designed to provide the best mix of experience, theory and practice in an adult learning environment. Formal presentations are used mainly to introduce key concepts and significant elements of project management. Emphasis is on practical applications through “hands on” action learning.
A high level of participation and team involvement is required. Maximum opportunities will be given to participants to inject their own examples and issues into the course and continually relate the material to their own contexts. Scenarios of project stakeholder conflicts, and ways to resolve them are taught; including project problem-solving and decision-making techniques.
Participants are encouraged to bring their projects to the session. The appreciation of project management software and techniques will be used to help participants better understand project management concepts; reflecting on their current project practices, and knowing how to improve them. Ample case studies, examples and interactive individual/group exercises are provided.
Objectives
To provide project management fundamentals (i.e., the project management framework) for participants to understand the project management methodology.
To understand the use of project management tools for initiating, planning, executing, controlling and closing projects.
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Have comprehensive understanding of the various processes of project management.
Evaluate risk management planning of projects.
Determine task/project durations, and costs.
Determine which task(s) has overwhelming influence in project duration.
Track project progress and making project reports.
Have a working set of project management tools and techniques for monitoring project progress - appreciate use of MS Project 2003 for planning, scheduling and tracking project progress.
