Courses/Project Management for you

Dynamic Project Management training

3-day course

Durban:
Johannesburg:
Johannesburg:
Cape Town: 		14 - 16 May 2008
21 - 23 May 2008
4 - 6 June 2008
18 - 20 June 2008

Whether you are looking for formal project management training, or you are an experienced project manager needing a refresher course, this seminar is for you!


This dynamic course is designed to equip you to apply a structured approach to managing your projects, from inception to completion. It will give you a thorough grounding in the process of initiating, planning, executing, controlling and closing-out your projects.

The course is packed with practical tools and techniques for managing scope, time, costs, quality, communications, human resources, risk and procurement. The carefully selected case studies and exercises provide the opportunity to practise the tools taught on the course, and to apply them to the real project management environment.

On this course you will learn to prepare a solid, robust project plan. You will explore ways of implementing effective project control as the project proceeds. You will learn to use powerful tools that open up what's happening on a project, so that you can understand its true current status. Is the project being threatened with scope creep? Is it in danger of being delayed or running over budget? Are there quality deviations that need to be addressed? Or are there risks that threaten the successful outcome of the project? How can we apply effective corrective action so as to deal with these issues?

The course is presented by an experienced project manager who has developed many of the tools and techniques on-the-job. Come and benefit from his expertise, and equip yourself to run successful projects and to handle the day-to-day problems on your own projects. Enjoy our blend of well-researched theory and practical case studies, and enrich yourself by getting up to date with the latest project management methods and tools.

Project Management for You: Course Content

Day 1

Project management foundations
  • Why project management?
  • What is the role of the project manager?
  • The project environment:
    the organization performing a project
  • Understanding planning and control
  • Introducing the course case study
Project initiation
  • Project preliminaries: 7 steps to initiating a new project
  • Preparing a project charter
Project planning
  • Defining the objectives & scope of a project
  • Developing a project strategy
  • Planning with a work breakdown structure
  • Preparing the project controls: programme, budget, quality plan & resource plan
  • Case study and exercises
Day 2

Project execution and control
  • Managing the project through all execution phases
  • Monitoring the progress, costs & quality
  • Implementing change control to manage scope changes
  • Taking appropriate corrective action to keep the project on track
  • Exercises in tracking progress and identifying corrective action
Close out
  • Six steps to closing out a project
  • Evaluating the project's success
  • Facilitating a post-mortem meeting
Risk management
  • Principles of project risk management
  • Identifying key project risks
  • Risk analysis and evaluation techniques
  • Developing risk response strategies: avoidance, transference, mitigation and acceptance
  • Risk monitoring and control
  • Risk analysis exercise
Day 3

Managing project finance
  • Understanding and using Financial Analysis models for comparing alternatives and analysing project viability: net present value, benefit-to-cost ratio, ranking methods, return on investment, internal rate of return and payback periods
  • Setting and controlling project budgets
  • The art of accurate cost estimating
  • Using Earned Value for project control
Project management toolbox
  • Overview of the PMBOK® knowledge areas
  • Scope management
  • Time management
  • Cost management
  • Quality management
  • Communication management
  • Human resource management
  • Risk management
  • Procurement management
Project success factors
  • Handling day-to-day "people problems"
  • How to manage successful projects
Practical Application
  • Examples to apply the project management techniques taught on the course
  • Preparation of a Project Plan & Project Status report, including scope changes, progress & cost reporting, risk assessment and corrective action

Project Management for You: Course fees

Fees include: Lunch, refreshments and a comprehensive training manual, plus a CD with project management methodology and templates.
Volume discount: We offer a discount for bookings of more than one delegate from the same company.
Early bird discount: A 10% discount is given if payment is made by 9 May 2008.
VAT: The rates listed below exclude VAT.
Number of delegates Standard rates Early bird rates
1 delegate
2 delegates
3 or more delegates 		R 5 800
R 5 500 each
R 5 000 each 		R 5 220
R 4 950 each
R 4 500 each

Save up to 50% by training your staff in-house. Should you need a customized course or in-house project management training for your organization, call or email us to discuss your requirements.

 
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