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Today’s competitive business world requires that successful people deliver results not only on time, but also within other restrictions such as manpower and budget constraints.  To be able to achieve this, a person has to work well with his project team members and manage conflicts that may arise from time to time.  Effective project management becomes an essential skill for leaders. 

This 2-day program will provide you with the processes, tools and techniques necessary to handle complex activities and tasks.  From starting a project to motivating a team, from the hard and soft skills required of a project leader, from overcoming problems to successful project conclusion, all major aspects of professional project management are taught so that you can be assured of optimum results every time.

Learning Objectives

At the end of the 2-day program, participants will be able to know:

  • The critical stages of a project and what to do at each stage.
  • How to plan and commit resources.
  • How to use the various tools and techniques of project scheduling.
  • How to overcome the challenges of a project, such as manage a project team, and solving problems.
  • How to monitor progress of project.
  • How to effectively terminate a project.

Program Outline

Module Topics Activities
Opening Activities
  • Intro of trainer
  • Objectives and overview of course
  • Info of participants  
  • BINGO – ice breaker
  • Team Message – unique way of getting participants into teams
  • Self intro
  • Self assessment on project management
Module 1
What Is Project Management?
  • Definition of project management
  • Some common projects in our everyday life
  • The Bechtel Project in Kuwait – example of a large and complex project
  • The Project Sponsor
  • The project constraints
  • Group discussion – what makes a good project leader?
Module 2
Phases Of A Project
  • The 5 phases of a project life cycle
  • The Godzilla Principle
  
Module 3
Project Definition
  • Defining the problem
  • Mission and vision
  • Project objectives
  • Cost/Benefit Analysis
  • Group discussion – Terms of Reference
Module 4
Project Planning & Risk Management  
  • Planning is indispensable
  • Project pain curves
  • Plan ingredients
  • Changing the plan
  • Categories of risks
  • Risk identification
  • Risk impact assessment
  • Risk response planning
  • Group discussion – Case study on risk management
Module 5
Work Breakdown Structure
  • Characteristics of WBS
  • Milestone plan
  • Group discussion – Case study on project estimating
Module 6
Scheduling Project
  • Purposes of scheduling
  • Gantt chart
  • Assigning resources
  • Cash flow projection
  • Network techniques
  • CPM
  • PERT
  • Group activities – activity-on-node vs activity-on-arrow
  • Group activity – determining the critical path
  • Group discussion – Case study on project management
Module 7
Personal Reflection
  • Personal reflection
  • Personal reflection
 

Module 8

Project Crashing
  • Selecting activities to crash
  • Group discussion – Case study on project crashing
Module 9
Personality Profiling
  • Why do conflicts occur?
  • What is human behaviour?
  • The 4 categories of human behaviour response
  • Recognizing the behavioural styles of others
  • Blending
  • How to communicate with behavioural styles
  • Personal profiling – DISC model
  • Group discussion – case study on problems in project communications
Module 10
Project Control & Evaluation
  • Progress reviews Types of control
  • Team member self-control
  • Characteristics of a project control system
  • Purposes of evaluation
  • Earned value analysis
  • What to do when there are project deviations
  • Managing project meeting
  • Group discussion – Case study on Earned Value Analysis
  • Group discussion – Case study on Earned Value Analysis
  • Group discussion – Case study on reaching a consensus
Module 11
The Project Team
  • Importance of people
  • Organizing a project team
  • Basic team requirements
  • Stages in team development
  • Developing commitment
  • Group discussion – Case study on managing a project team
Module 12
Project Management Body Of Knowledge
  • What is PMBK?
  • The 9 minimum areas of project knowledge
  
Module 13
Project Termination
  • Post project activities
  • How to take hand over a project
  • Group discussion – Case study on how to take over an existing project
Closing Activities
  • Personal reflection
  • Personal action plan
  • Personal reflection
  • Personal action plan
Methodology   Examples, case-studies, role-plays, self-analysis, group discussions and hands-on exercises on the various tools and techniques for project scheduling will ensure participants can apply them back at their workplaces.  
Target Audience   Anyone who handles large or small projects.  Particularly useful for project managers, leaders and supervisors who want to handle a project effectively and successfully