Course: Projects for Team Members

Training Course

Projects for Team Members

"Developing and encouraging business excellence"

Introduction:

Project managers have the responsibility for delivering projects in accordance with agreed objectives and for satisfying stakeholder expectations in the process. Their success requires the support of their team. This course provides team members with a solid understanding of the important role they play and how they can support the project manager in delivering results.

Projects for Team Members takes students through all five project management processes. Through lecture, workshop and discussion students learn the fundamentals of working within a project environment. It amalgamates and condenses the materials from the following courses: Successful Project Management, Risk Management, and Schedule and Cost Management.

Expected Outcomes:

By taking this course you will be able to:

understand the basic principles of managing projects
participate in identifying, tracking and resolving risks and issues
work with other team members in developing workable project plans using work breakdown structures, schedules and other proven tools and techniques
provide practical input into risk management activities
understand common issues faced when preparing and presenting estimates
communicate effectively in a project environment

Target Audience:

Anyone who participates as a team member on a project.

Syllabus:

PM Overview

Causes of success and failure
PM processes

Project Initiation

Initiating projects
Project charter

Project Planning

Planning process overview
Project plan elements
Objective setting
Importance of requirements gathering
Develop and use the work breakdown structures
Project organisation, roles and responsibilities
Estimating - problems and approaches

Scheduling techniques
Resource planning
Risk management - planning through response development

Project Execution

Conflict management
Communication

Project Controlling

Purpose of control
Change management
Risk monitoring and control

Project Closing

Close out activities
Lessons Learned

Prerequisites:

None

Duration:

2 days

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