Course description
Project Management Fundamentals
Objectives
- Learn the principles of good project management
- Plan and manage a project
- Complete necessary project management documentation
- Work as a team to plan, manage and deliver a1 project
Participants will:
- Be interactive within this course
- Be given a choice of projects to work on
- Be placed into groups with one person in the group acting as Project Manager
- Work through a 4-stage approach to Project Management
- Complete the necessary documentation for each stage in the project
- Work as a team to reach a successful outcome of their project
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Suitability - Who should attend?
This course is suitable for people who require a basic understanding of how to plan and manage a project. Designed for staff who do not need the intricacies of a PRINCE2 course or for staff who are aiming to attend a PRINCE2 course and wish to learn some prior basic project management skills.
Training Course Content
Project Management and the Project Life Cycle
- What do we expect from this Course?
- 7 Principals of Project Management
- What is a Project?
- Projects within a Programme
- What is Project Management?
- Who is the Project Manager?
- Project Organisation Structure
- The Project Life Cycle – 4 Stage Approach
Stage 1 – Initiation
- Identify the need for the project
- Analyse Business options
- Lessons from previous projects investigated and acknowledged
- complete a Business Case
- Give justification to the project
- Measures benefits against dis-benefits
- Document major risks
- Define and document Roles and Responsibilities
- Appoint a Project Manager
- Business Case Sign Off
Stage 2 – Planning
- Projects agreed and appropriately prioritised
- A PID (Project Initiation document) created
- Project Plan created using a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Project planned detailing Phases, Tasks, Duration, Start and Finish Date, Constraints, Resources, Costs and Risk.
- Resources added to the project
- Create a Gantt Chart displaying the project’s tasks, milestones and critical path
- Risk Register created
- Quality Register created
- Communications process created
- Set a Baseline (Point of Approval)
- PID Sign Off
Stage 3 – Execution/Control
- Risks assessed and analysed
- If required Change controlled and documented
- Issues escalated and documented
- Actuals against Planned documented
- Stage Plans completed
- Determine If Business Case is still valid or project will deliver the business benefits
Stage 4 – Closing a Project
- Define the end of a Project
- Determine if successful outcome
- Lessons Learned Report completed
- End Project Report completed
Why choose SquareOne Training
25 years' experience of delivering quality IT Training Services
All trainers Certified Microsoft Office Trainer (MOS) or higher
Public and in-house training throughout the UK
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Creating personal stencils to speed up duplication process was great. The trainer was very strong trainer they regularly checked and challenged the groups understanding
Expenses
For information on pricing for this course, please give us a call on 0151 650 6907.
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