Project Management - Essentials and Professional

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide delegates with a general introduction to project management. It looks at the nature of a project and how it should be organised, initiated, planned and controlled so as to deliver the desired outcomes.

• What is a project?
• Project organisation
• Roles and responsibilities, including the Project Sponsor, the Project Manager, Project Support and Project Assurance
• The Business Case
• Project Definition/Initiation
• Creation of the project definition/initiation document
• Identifying and defining:
• Aims and objectives
• Budgets and resources
• Constraints
• Timescales
• External dependencies
• Tolerances
• Communication arrangements, reporting and escalation
• Principles of Planning
• Use of Critical Path Analysis
• Gantt Charts
• Basics of project control
• Milestones
• Checkpoints
• Analysing actual versus planned
• Determining the effectiveness of progress
• Risk Management
• Project Closure

Delegate Profile

Anyone requiring a basic understanding of project management. This may include those moving into a project related role, as well as line/operational managers whose staff may be working in a project environment.

Course Length

This course is run over one day.

Contact Details

If you would like further details, or are interested in booking one of these courses, please contact us on 0845 020 4228 or by e-mail at info@amberwing.co.uk.