Project Management Skills & Knowledge

A project structure enables organisations to introduce change. While business as usual operations can and should seek to improve performance (through continual process improvement), it is not geared up to design, develop and deliver something new and unique: that's where projects come into play.

The best project managers –and teams - deliver their projects consistently on time and within budget, meeting or exceeding the stakeholders' expectations. Effective project teams can perform consistently, blending a shared understanding of agreed methodologies and techniques with strong leadership and people skills.

Our two day, interactive workshop equips participants with a set of tools immediately applicable in the workplace, taking you through each stage of the life cycle of a project. It is equally pertinent for seasoned project team members, those new to the discipline and others who are involved intermittently as required.

The modules are grouped under the following headings:

• Introduction
• Roles and responsibilities
• Project initiation
• Project planning
• Project execution
• Project closeout
   

By the end of the workshop, participants will understand key project success factors and typical pitfalls, techniques for managing critical stakeholder relationships; and have tools and tips for managing key project life cycle stages.

Topics Covered:

In this workshop, you will learn:

• How to develop a project charter
• Hold a project kick-off meeting to bring the team together
• Develop a scope description, scope boundaries and identify deliverables
• Break down the project into subprojects and define the subproject deliverables
• Assess the risk of the deliverables and develop countermeasures to address