Course Details
Course Outline
5 days course
Project management context
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Defining a project and project management
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Understanding project and product life cycles
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Understanding the key tasks of project management to drive success
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How to structure projects to succeed and the use of critical success factors
Scoping and Work definition
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Capturing and managing customer and user needs, wants and aspirations to determine the scope of project requirements
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How to plan to control project requirements
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Agreeing the architecture of a solution
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Managing scope change
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Planning the route to project closure
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Formulating a work breakdown structure
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The importance of work breakdown structures in change management
Scheduling and Principles of project review and control
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Activity definition and sequencing
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Deliverables and milestones
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Overview of scheduling methods
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Evaluating how to, or how not to, shorten your project schedule
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Review process and judging whether a review has been successful
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Understanding the types and objectives of schedule reviews
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The construction of a typical schedule review agenda
Leadership and risk management
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Handling project risk
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Risk concepts and the risk management process
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Leadership and motivation
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Understanding why motivation matters and its impact on team roles and performance
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Typical project manager leadership characteristics
Reporting and conferring
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The need for reporting and communication
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Communications planning
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Summary reporting for stakeholders
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Why confer as well as report?
