Project Management for Non-Project Managers
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Overview
In a rapidly changing world, effective project management skills have become increasingly important. Organizations need good project managers, at all levels, to successfully deliver the change projects that will enable the business to adapt, grow and achieve its strategic objectives. This introductory course provides an essential overview of the core skills required to deliver small to medium size projects.
Prerequisites
No formal prerequisites exist for this workshop and no prior exposure to project management is required.
Pre-course Learning: You will be provided with links to some online articles and videos that will help you understand the purpose of project management and its key delivery approaches. These activities will take around 60 minutes in total.
Target audience
This course is suitable for managers, potential project managers, work-stream leaders or team members who wish to gain an initial insight into the world of project management.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- List the common reasons why projects are perceived to be unsuccessful.
- Describe the key differences between linear and agile project delivery.
- Build an effective team.
- Create a high-level project charter (documenting the why, what, who, how, how much, and when the project is needed).
- Build a project schedule using a basic Gantt chart.
- Identify project risks and assign mitigating actions.
- Clearly communicate project progress to the relevant stakeholders and handle requests for scope change.
- Understand the steps required to hand over the project deliverables and capture key learnings.
Course Outline
You will be introduced to the key tools techniques that help ensure that your project has a controlled start, middle, and end. Course content includes:
- Introduction to projects – what makes a project successful (or otherwise) and how best can we deliver the project outputs
- Project initiation – what is the purpose and content of the project charter and how can it be used to align stakeholder expectations
- People in projects – who might be impacted by the project (or have an impact on it) and how do we define who does what on the project
- Defining the project scope – how do we obtain alignment on the business/customer requirements and then develop these into the defined project scope
- Planning the project – what are the techniques that will help us define the necessary resources and timescales required to create the project outputs
- Managing risk – what techniques can be used to identify, analyse, and respond to project risks
- Project execution – how do we keep the project on track and within scope, and effectively communicate progress to the relevant stakeholders
- Closing down the project – what are the key steps involved in handing over the project deliverables and capturing any key lessons from its execution
Exams and Assessments
There is no formal exam or assessment linked to this course.
Hands-On Learning
We help you to not only understand the key project management tools and techniques - but also apply and tailor them for your projects. Our experts help you understand the world of project management through a range of:
- Individual and group exercises and questions
- Case-study application
- Learning games
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- Nearly 300,000 learners in 2020
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