Practical Project Management

This course is a more detailed and in-depth of the 1-day version.

Project management was once the province of Construction and Engineering. Now everyone is a project manager. Nurses, teachers, librarians, accountants, lawyers, administrators are among the many that have recognised the value that a project management approach brings to any type of work.

During the course you will learn concrete and practical skills and have a significant opportunity to apply them directly and immediately to your own projects. This ensures that you will learn in a relevant and meaningful context.

The longer duration and the relatively small class size (Maximum of 10) of this course means that you will be able to spend more time on your project and obtain individual attention for the facilitator.

The course covers five of the competency units as prescribed the National Competency Standards for Project Management.

Learning Outcomes

• Explain project structure & life-cycle
• Define project objectives, deliverables & scope
• Develop a WorkBreakdown Structure
• Schedule tasks & produce a Gantt chart
• Utilise scheduling concepts - float & critical path
• Detect & resolve resource overloads
• Produce a detailed project budget with breakdowns
• Utilise an analytical approach toward task estimation
• Assess risk factors using a formal methodology
• Employ communications strategies to track progress
• Execute corrective action, understanding relative impact
• Conduct team briefing & other project meetings
• Understand the need for post-project reviews

Course Outline

• Introduction
• An Overview of Project Management
• A Methodology for Managing Projects
• Initiating & Defining Individual Projects
• Developing Project Planning Procedures
• Producing a Broad WorkBreakdown Structure
• Producing a Broad Project Schedule
• Developing a Detailed WBS
• Critical Path Scheduling
• Estimating Techniques
• Producing a Task Schedule
• Producing a Resource Schedule
• Resolving & Managing Resource Overloads
• Team Briefing
• Costing the Project
• Project Monitoring, Tracking & Control
• Methodology for the Workplace
• Project Review

Target Audience

• Project Managers
• Project Coordinators
• Project Officers
• Team Leaders
• Anyone working on projects