Course Overview
Good project management is like an insurance policy — it helps prevent project disasters. Project management is about predicting the future in time to take meaningful action.
Achieving best-in-class performance brings its own challenges, including the need to implement advanced practices. Going beyond in project management means recognizing that projects are about people, and getting the best out of them is an art.
Target Audience
Who should attend: Experienced managers and experienced project leaders
Course mode: 35% lectures, 65% group discussion and exercises
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the process of selecting and prioritizing projects
- Align projects with the goals of the organization
- Identify skills and competencies required for effective project managers
- Learn how to develop a comprehensive project plan
- Be proactive and avoid common causes of project failure
- Recognize early warning signs of project issues and make critical decisions
- Monitor and control project progress to ensure successful implementation
- Assess project performance and design contingency plans
Course Outline
- Origin of projects
- Why projects fail
- Critical success factors of projects
- Project framework: fundamentals of a project
- Understanding your stakeholders
- Differences between projects and operations
- Project life cycles
- How to plan a project
- What to expect during project execution
- Monitoring and controlling a project
- Essential soft skills for project management
- Execution process group
- Project leadership and required skills at different stages
- Monitoring and controlling using:
- Key performance indicators
- Regular meetings
- Project report repositories for better communication
- Techniques for better motivation and coaching
- Closing process group
