Project Management Techniques — A 3-Day Course

Synopsis

Many business problems involve co-ordinating multiple activities to achieve a specific goal. All such problems can be solved more effectively using project management techniques. This practical course will enable delegates to plan and control projects and will ensure they have confidence to apply the techniques when they return to work.

Course Objectives

After completing this Project Management Techniques course the student will be able to:

• Develop the basic techniques for estimating, planning and control of projects
• Improve the effectiveness of his/her project management
• Prepare and justify estimates of effort and elapsed time for the project
• Develop project plans showing activities, dependencies, resources and timescales
• Set up and use procedures to control progress, change and quality

Intended Audience

This Project Management Techniques course is intended for Managers, supervisors and senior staff who have to manage, co-ordinate or control any form of project in any industry.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course:

• No previous knowledge of project management is assumed.

Publicly scheduled dates, locations, and prices

Outline Course Contents

Projects and project work

• The need for project planning and control

Outline and detailed planning

• Estimating effort and duration
• Adjustments, allowances and contingency
• Developing estimating skills

Activity dependencies

• Activity networks and critical path analysis
• Schedules and Gantt charts

Identifying resource requirements

• Allocating tasks to people
• Resource smoothing

Quality standards

• Quality control techniques
• Change control procedures

Collecting and analysing progress information

• Taking corrective action
• Reporting progress