Advanced Project Management

London Corporate Training Ltd

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2 weeks

London Corporate Training Ltd

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Course description

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Advanced Project Management - In-House

This comprehensive in-house training course in Project Management covers all the essential phases of Project Plan development and teaches experienced PMs how to develop, manage and evaluate projects effectively. By attending this course, participants will be able to scope out the objectives and deliverables for a project, whilst calculating the required resources.

In addition, this course covers essential leadership skills training, enabling delegates to successfully manage and motivate their project teams and establish systems to monitor and evaluate projects.

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Suitability - Who should attend?

This training course is designed for:

Project managers and Project Directors
Project team members wishing to move into project management roles
Senior line managers of project staff
Technical and engineering staff wishing to develop skills in managing projects
Procurement and contract management personnel

Training Course Content

This Advanced Project Management course will cover:

Overview of Project Management

Definition of a project
Defining the five key stages of any project
The key characteristics of all projects
Understanding the key terms and stages
Defining key project stakeholders

Management of the Project

How the project manager is selected
The key attributes of a project manager
The responsibilities of the project manager
The dedicated project team
Identification and analysis of key stakeholders

The Project Lifecycle, Planning and Control

The importance of project planning and communication
Understand the elements of a project scope
Developing a Work Breakdown Structure
Establishing the project schedule and baseline
The typical constraint that affects projects

Project Execution and Managing the Schedule

Introduction to GANTT charts and building a viable schedule
Effective techniques of estimating work
Understand the Critical Path Methods and applying PERT
Methods and techniques to avoid project scope creep
Tracking progress and dealing with schedule variances

Dealing with Changes, Risk and Project Handover

Understand the importance of change management in projects
Developing a project risk matrix
The importance of effective project reporting
How a project ends
Project handover and close down of the project

Staying focused and leading the project team with conviction

Adapting your personal style of leadership
Developing a vision and motivating your team
Implementing a robust and viable communications plan
Setting direction and agreeing Critical Performance Indicators
Deal with contradicting needs between the customer, project manager and project team

Measuring Schedule, Costs and Earned Value Management

Scheduling tools and techniques
Validating the schedule
Managing change within the project
The importance of a good cost/schedule baseline to measure performance against
The tools and techniques for using Earned Value Management

The importance of Stakeholder Management

Stakeholder definition and analysis
Determination of relevance of stakeholders
Stakeholder mapping
Stakeholder influence
The keys to effective influence and persuasion

Managing Risks and Quality

Risk management planning
Identifying project risks
Performing risk analysis
Risk response monitor and control
Controlling project quality

Expenses

The cost of this in-house varies based on number of participants, location and other factors. Request information for a training quote

About provider

London Corporate Training - Professional Training Courses

London Corporate Training have been established in the education, consulting and training industries for two decades. They work as a training team from their head office in London and aim to ensure all of their course participants receive the highest...