Advanced Project Management

This Advanced Project Management course will cover:

Overview of Project Management

• Definition of a project
• Defining the five key stages of any project
• The key characteristics of all projects
• Understanding the key terms and stages
• Defining key project stakeholders

Management of the Project

• How the project manager is selected
• The key attributes of a project manager
• The responsibilities of the project manager
• The dedicated project team
• Identification and analysis of key stakeholders

The Project Lifecycle, Planning and Control

• The importance of project planning and communication
• Understand the elements of a project scope
• Developing a Work Breakdown Structure
• Establishing the project schedule and baseline
• The typical constraint that affects projects

Project Execution and Managing the Schedule

• Introduction to GANTT charts and building a viable schedule
• Effective techniques of estimating work
• Understand the Critical Path Methods and applying PERT
• Methods and techniques to avoid project scope creep
• Tracking progress and dealing with schedule variances

Dealing with Changes, Risk and Project Handover

• Understand the importance of change management in projects
• Developing a project risk matrix
• The importance of effective project reporting
• How a project ends
• Project handover and close down of the project

Staying focused and leading the project team with conviction

• Adapting your personal style of leadership
• Developing a vision and motivating your team
• Implementing a robust and viable communications plan
• Setting direction and agreeing Critical Performance Indicators
• Deal with contradicting needs between the customer, project manager and project team

Measuring Schedule, Costs and Earned Value Management

• Scheduling tools and techniques
• Validating the schedule
• Managing change within the project
• The importance of a good cost/schedule baseline to measure performance against
• The tools and techniques for using Earned Value Management

The importance of Stakeholder Management

• Stakeholder definition and analysis
• Determination of relevance of stakeholders
• Stakeholder mapping
• Stakeholder influence
• The keys to effective influence and persuasion

Managing Risks and Quality

• Risk management planning
• Identifying project risks
• Performing risk analysis
• Risk response monitor and control
• Controlling project quality