Managing Smaller Projects Training Course (Introduction To Project Management)

Is it right for me?

This Managing Smaller Projects training workshop is designed to equip participants with the essential knowledge and tools of implementing and managing non-complex projects. It is designed for junior, middle management and team leaders who have to implement  projects and do not have the need for sophisticated project management methodologies. Typically the participants will have little previous knowledge of project management principles. The workshop is also designed for those who wish to apply a project based approach to completing multiple tasks within a busy time restrained schedule. The workshop is very “hands on” so participants will get to try out all the tools and processes.

What will I get out of Managing Smaller Projects training course?

By the end of the Managing Smaller Projects training course participants will be able to:

• Identify the key issues in managing projects
• State the life-cycle of a project from commissioning to completion
• Identify key stakeholders
• Develop robust project briefs incorporating measurable objectives
• Understand and use a range of approaches for estimating task durations
• Develop and manage effective risk management and identify preventative and contingent action
• Develop effective project tracking processes
• Evaluate project performance and apply learning for the future

Related courses in our range

• Management Skills for Project Managers
• Project Risk Management

What does it cover?

What is a project?

• What is and is not a project?
• What are the four dynamics of a typical project?
• Role of the project manager

The six part project life cycle

• Initiation
• Research and analysis
• Planning and design
• Implementation
• Delivery
• Review

Project issue identification

• Mapping out the scope of a project
• Brain shower tools to help identify issues and customer requirements
• Stakeholder analysis tool kit
• Project brief - a project definition toolkit
• Setting robust project objectives

Planning the project

• Work breakdown structure to identify tasks
• Approaches to identifying task durations
• The critical path - shortest time to project completion
• Dependencies of tasks and relationships of tasks
• Introduction to Gantt, a method of planning and controlling a project

Tracking and change control once the project is underway

• Risk analysis toolkit
• Change control
• Using the Gantt as a communication and control tool

Project review and evaluation

• Measuring the project deliverables
• Measuring the organisational benefits
• Capturing the experiences of the project to enable future projects to benefit from past experience