Business Pulse International

Overview

Project Management is the process by which a manager executes and delivers positive change in an organisation. It is the skillful use of techniques and methods to organise, plan, direct and control a project, to achieve an agreed outcome within time and on budget. It involves "hard" skills, such as the ability to create gantt charts and undertake Earned Value Analysis and also "soft" skills, such as the ability to manage inter-group politics and conflict.

Topics and disciplines

The course will cover project management theory using an interactive approach including your own work situations, class discussion and worked examples. The material covered in the seminar will be based on the Project Management Institutes Body of Knowledge.

Specific areas to be covered are:

Project Lifecycle analysis what you need to do and most importantly when.
Attributes of a Project Manager what type of person do you need to be in order to be successful
Cost Management is the function of maintaining effective financial control of the project
Human Resource Management is the function of directing and coordinating human resources throughout the life of the project. It involves the application of the principles of behavioural science and administrative knowledge to achieve the predetermined project objectives of the triple constraint
Risk Management includes the processes concerned with identifying, analysing and responding to project risk. It includes maximising the results of positive events and minimising the consequences of adverse events.
Integration Management includes the processes required to ensure that the various elements of the project are properly co-ordinated.
Scope Management is the function of controlling a project in terms of its aims, goals and objectives through the process of conceptual development, full scope definition or statement, scope reporting and control, and project close out.
Time Management is the function of maintaining appropriate allocation of time to every element in the overall conduct of the project through the successive stages of its natural life-cycle.
Procurement Management is the function of acquiring resources for the project in order to produce the end product
Quality Management is the composite of material attributes (including performance features and characteristics) of the product or service which are required to satisfy the needs for which the project is being undertaken.
Communications Management includes the processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation, collection, dissemination, storage and ultimate disposition of project information

Who should attend

People from all disciplines and backgrounds who have responsibility for managing businesses or managing projects of any kind to achieve successful results. Successful results in, for example:

New product and service development and delivery
Office relocation
Construction
Public functions
Implementing business management systems

Outcomes

At the end of this two-day course, participants will appreciate the range of practical P.M. techniques available; be able to apply P.M. principles and techniques within their organisations; and be able to confidently undertake the management of a project and see it to a satisfactory conclusion on time and within budget