Project Management Training Course

Course Details

This three-day workshop will help you teach participants:

  • What is meant by a project.
  • What steps must be taken to complete projects on time and on budget.
  • How to sell ideas and make presentations.
  • Simple techniques and tools for planning and tracking your project.
  • Methods for keeping their team focused and motivated.

Delivery Method

Instructor Led classroom based training. Scheduled classes are normally held in Kyalami, Midrand - near to Sandton in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Stationary and textbook included. Refreshments, including 2 tea breaks and a cooked meal for lunch are provided for full time courses. Light finger meals are supplied for part time courses.

Audience

Anybody

Pre-Requisites

Course Duration

3 Days

Cost from 1st of March 2012

R 3,240.00 excl vat
R 3,693.60 incl vat

Note: information may change without notice.

Course Outline

You will spend the first part of the day getting to know participants and discussing what will take place during the workshop. Students will also have an opportunity to identify their personal learning objectives.

  1. What is a Project?
    • To begin, participants will explore what a project is and isn't, and how it is different from regular work.
  2. Project Management Basics
    • Next, participants will explore what project management is. Participants will also look at the five process groups and nine knowledge areas as defined by the Project Management Institute in their PMBOK guide.
  3. How Can Projects Help Me?
    • During this session, participants will work through a case study that will demonstrate how projects can benefit us, even if we already feel overworked.
  4. A Project's Life Cycle
    • This session will introduce participants to the four phases of a project's life cycle: conception, planning, execution, and termination.
  5. Selling a Project
    • Next, participants will learn some ways to prioritize and sell projects.
  6. Preparing Your Project
    • During this session, participants will work in small groups and discuss six things to consider when planning your project.
  7. The Role of a Project Manager
    • This session will look at the key skills required for success as a project manager.
  8. Project Goals
    • Next, participants will learn about SMART goals, and how they can be modified to ensure project success.
  9. Laying Out the Project
    • Day One will conclude with information on the project charter, Statement of Work, and project planning worksheets. Participants will also receive tips on writing project reports.
  10. Project Risks
    • During this session, participants will evaluate their personal risk approach. Then, participants will discuss how to identify and reduce project risks.
  11. Contingency Planning
    • This session will continue the topic of risks by discussing what contingency plans are and what they should include.
  12. What Really Needs To Be Done?
    • In this session, participants will help Pete lay out and schedule tasks for his home construction project. Participants will also lay out and schedule tasks for their own project.
  13. The Work Breakdown Structure
    • Next, participants will learn about the WBS (Work Breakdown Structure), a key element in planning any project.
  14. Planning Tools
    • This session will introduce participants to various project planning tools, including action planning worksheets, milestone charts, PERT, the Critical Path Method, Gantt charts, network diagrams, and flow charts.
  15. Budgets
    • During this session, participants will learn about what a project budget should include and ways that it can be built.
  16. Teamwork
    • In this session, participants will explore ways to motivate their project team.
  17. Developing Teams
    • This session will look at four major issues that are critical to the success of a project team. We will also look at Jensen and Tuckman's four stages of team development.
  18. Earthquake!
    • This hour-long case study will give participants hands-on experience with team building and problem solving.
  19. Communication
    • Next, participants will learn about four keys to successful project communication.
  20. Closing Out a Project
    • During this session, participants will learn about how to plan for successful project termination.
  21. Team Meetings
    • This session will give participants some ways to make the most of team meetings.
  22. Project Presentations
    • During the afternoon of day three, participants will prepare and present a short presentation on their chosen project (selected as their pre-assignment).
  23. Workshop Wrap-Up
    • At the end of the day, students will have an opportunity to ask questions and fill out an action plan.

Scheduled Dates

There are currently no up and coming Project Management courses scheduled. We can schedule a course if we have at least 3 people. If you are interested please fill out the form below.


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