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Strategic Thinking: In-House Training The goal of this course is to provide you with the building blocks and the motivation to develop the critical skill of strategic thinking. The participants will consider a four-part model that distinguishes strategic thinking from strategic planning and managing. With that understanding, you will investigate the critical components of strategic thinking and how to apply it effectively. What you Will Learn Define strategic thinking and distinguish it from strategic planning and management Explain a high-level approach to gaining strategic thinking skills Integrate other interpersonal skills, such as self-awareness, systems thinking, leadership, constructive conflict, and collaboration, into the fabric of strategic thinking skills Select appropriate techniques to apply strategic thinking in specific situations Recognize and emulate effective strategic thinking behaviors Getting Started Introductions Course structure Course goals and objectives Foundation Concepts Interactive event: Define Strategic Thinking (ST) Interactive event: Discuss relationship of ST with Strategic Planning, Management and Decision Making Strategic Level Framework - Tying it all together Strategic thinking attributes Strategic Thinking Critical Success Factors Strategic Thinking Critical Success Factors - 5-part model Strategic Thinking and the Organization Critical Success Factors Model applied to an organization Tools Introduction (5): Environmental, 5 Forces, SWOT, Value Proposition, Integral Theory of Worldview Video: Fog of War Strategic Thinking and the Individual Critical Success Factors Model applied to an individual Tools Introduction (5): Thinking Styles, Six Thinking Hats, Reverse Thinking, Systems Thinking, Integral Theory of Worldview Strategic Thinking at the Interpersonal and Team Levels Emotional Intelligence - Self Awareness and Working With Others Team Leadership and Trust Constructive Conflict as the Gateway to Collaboration Interactive event: Testing the Models - Challenge Perspective; What's Missing Applying the critical skill of Strategic Thinking Worldview: Team versus client Trusted Advisor Interactive event: Doing what is asked (Case study, wherein participants review the default case scenario prepared for this workshop and add specific details to make the scenario more relevant to their experiences / needs. Teams develop an action plan for applying ST concepts and techniques they have learned here to the situation, then compare and contrast results.)

Project Communication Skills: In-House Training Communication is the single most critical project success factor. When effective, projects get executed on time, within budget, and with objectives being met. But that isn't all. Strong communication also nurtures healthy team relationships. And in today's highly diverse world, where projects are often fast-paced, complex, and virtual, that is more important than ever. Strong communication skills foster cultural awareness, trust, and empathy. Together, they contribute greatly to project success-and ultimately, to future project success. In this course, participants will actively explore best communication practices from a variety of perspectives: in-person, virtual, electronic, and via formal project documentation. In order to be transformative, however, those perspectives will be filtered further through the lens of their formal, personalized assessment. It is a powerful tool which identifies individuals' internal needs and priorities. It translates those into descriptive profiles and reports, gifting users with valuable information about themselves and others. Paired with the course's real-world activities, it will provide uniquely strategic opportunities for communicating effectively and meaningfully-and with less conflict, both personally and professionally. What You Will Learn At the end of this program, you will be able to: Identify basic elements of communication and explain how they affect teams Explore how your assessment style impacts you and how you communicate with people of other styles Infer how your style impacts the way(s) you send and interpret emails and instant messages Analyze real world email and instant messaging practices to determine how they affect communication and relationships Explore best practices for formal project communications and presentations Analyze how your assessment style and global diversity can contribute to both strong team communication and conflict Identify solutions for virtual team work communication challenges Getting Started Foundation Concepts Communication as a foundation skill Elements of communication Communicating across media Targeting your audience How communication impacts team performance The Assessment Framework Overview of the assessment's approach Exploring assessment report Increasing your effectiveness with other assessment styles Email and Instant Messages Preferred communications and assessment styles The email brands we create Assessment styles and email Emotion and email Email guidelines and best practices Anatomy of an email The seven deadly email sins Instant messages and other interfaces Project Communications and Presentations Communicating across the project lifecycle Project templates Structuring a presentation Delivering a presentation Interpersonal and Team Communication Skills Communication styles and techniques Managing conflict in a project environment Styles and conflict Communication and global team leadership Virtual Communication Leading global virtual teams Virtual processes and technology Virtual team leadership

Course Objectives At the end of this course you will be able to: Identify the components of the Microsoft Project environment Create a new project plan Create the project schedule Use different views to analyse the project plan Create, allocate and manage resources in a project plan Finalise a project plan Track progress View and report project plan information ' 1 year email support service Customer Feedback Very good course. Learnt a lot. Looking forward to the next level. Alexandra - CIAL ' 1 year email support service Take a closer look at the consistent excellent feedback from our growing corporate clients visiting our site ms-officetraining co uk With more than 20 years experience, we deliver courses on all levels of the Desktop version of Microsoft Office and Office 365; ranging from Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced to the VBA level. Our trainers are Microsoft certified professionals with a proven track record with several years experience in delivering public, one to one, tailored and bespoke courses. Our competitive rates start from £550.00 per day of training Tailored training courses: You can choose to run the course exactly as they are outlined by us or we can customise it so that it meets your specific needs. A tailored or bespoke course will follow the standard outline but may be adapted to your specific organisational needs. Introduction to Microsoft Project Recap on project management concepts Project environment overview The 3 databases: Tasks, Resources and Assignments Different ways of displaying the Project Plan Access Help Creating a Project Plan Create a New Project Plan Project Information Create and apply the project calendar Defining recurring exceptions to the calendar Defining the calendar's work weeks Create the Summary tasks Create the Work Breakdown Structure Task creation and scheduling Exploring the Entry Table and its fields Task editing and the Task Information window Task Durations Defining Milestones Manual Scheduling vs Automatic Scheduling Changing the Task's Calendar Create a split in a Task Create Task Relationships Adding Lag or Lead to a Relationship Identifying the Critical Path Adding Constraints and Deadlines to Tasks Create Recurring Activities Adding Notes and links to Tasks Managing Resources Exploring the Entry Table and its fields Resource editing and the Resource Information window Resource Types Fixed Costs vs Variable Costs Adding Resource Costs Defining when costs accrue Changing the Resource Calendar and Availability Project calendar vs Resource and Task Calendar Assigning Resources to Tasks Effort Driven Scheduling Resolving Resource Overallocation Tracking the Project Progress Setting a Project Baseline Entering Actuals Different ways of viewing the Progress Checking if the Project is on track Viewing and Reporting Project Detail Adding Tasks to the Timeline and sharing it Modifying the Timescale and Zoom level Formatting the Gantt View Filtering and Grouping Tasks Print and Troubleshoot the Gantt View Using built-in Reports in Microsoft Project Who is this course for? Who is this course for? This course is designed for a person who has an understanding of project management concepts, who is responsible for creating and modifying project plans, and who needs a tool to manage these project plans. Requirements Requirements General knowledge of the Windows OS Career path Career path Microsoft Office know-how can instantly increase your job prospects as well as your salary. 80 percent of job openings require spreadsheet and word-processing software skills Certificates Certificates Certificate of completion Digital certificate - Included

Price £750 inc VAT Finance options In Company training - £750 for groups of up to 8 delegates. Discounts for Nonprofits/Charities...  Study method On-site Duration 2 days, Full-time Qualification No formal qualification Certificates Certificate of completion - Free Additional info Tutor is available to students Course Objectives At the end of this course you will be able to: Identify the components of the Microsoft Project environment Create a new project plan Create the project schedule Use different views to analyse the project plan Create, allocate and manage resources in a project plan Finalise a project plan Track progress View and report project plan information ' 1 year email support service Customer Feedback Very good course. Learnt a lot. Looking forward to the next level. Alexandra - CIAL 1 year email support service Take a closer look at the consistent excellent feedback from our growing corporate clients visiting our site ms-officetraining co uk With more than 20 years experience, we deliver courses on all levels of the Desktop version of Microsoft Office and Office 365; ranging from Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced to the VBA level. Our trainers are Microsoft certified professionals with a proven track record with several years experience in delivering public, one to one, tailored and bespoke courses. Our competitive rates start from £550.00 per day of training Tailored training courses: You can choose to run the course exactly as they are outlined by us or we can customise it so that it meets your specific needs. A tailored or bespoke course will follow the standard outline but may be adapted to your specific organisational needs. Description Introduction to Microsoft Project Recap on project management concepts Project environment overview The 3 databases: Tasks, Resources and Assignments Different ways of displaying the Project Plan Access Help Creating a Project Plan Create a New Project Plan Project Information Create and apply the project calendar Defining recurring exceptions to the calendar Defining the calendar's work weeks Create the Summary tasks Create the Work Breakdown Structure Task creation and scheduling Exploring the Entry Table and its fields Task editing and the Task Information window Task Durations Defining Milestones Manual Scheduling vs Automatic Scheduling Changing the Task's Calendar Create a split in a Task Create Task Relationships Adding Lag or Lead to a Relationship Identifying the Critical Path Adding Constraints and Deadlines to Tasks Create Recurring Activities Adding Notes and links to Tasks Managing Resources Exploring the Entry Table and its fields Resource editing and the Resource Information window Resource Types Fixed Costs vs Variable Costs Adding Resource Costs Defining when costs accrue Changing the Resource Calendar and Availability Project calendar vs Resource and Task Calendar Assigning Resources to Tasks Effort Driven Scheduling Resolving Resource Overallocation Tracking the Project Progress Setting a Project Baseline Entering Actuals Different ways of viewing the Progress Checking if the Project is on track Viewing and Reporting Project Detail Adding Tasks to the Timeline and sharing it Modifying the Timescale and Zoom level Formatting the Gantt View Filtering and Grouping Tasks Print and Troubleshoot the Gantt View Using built-in Reports in Microsoft Project Who is this course for? This course is designed for a person who has an understanding of project management concepts, who is responsible for creating and modifying project plans, and who needs a tool to manage these project plans. Requirements General knowledge of the Windows OS Career path Microsoft Office know-how can instantly increase your job prospects as well as your salary. 80 percent of job openings require spreadsheet and word-processing software skills

Course Objectives At the end of this course you will be able to: Record and edit a Macro Assign macros to keyboard shortcuts, Quick Access Toolbar, Buttons and Shape objects. Use the Visual Basic Editor; change the properties of an object; add a module to a project; write the code for a procedure and then run it; and use the Object Browser to search procedures Manipulate data by declaring variables of different data types; combine data by using expressions; use functions to accept input and display output; and declare variables and procedures with the appropriate scope Use decision structures to create procedures that make decisions; and use loop structures to perform repetitive tasks Create an error handling routine in case things go wrong with VBA code ' 1 year email support service Take a closer look at the consistent excellent feedback from our growing corporate clients visiting our site ms-officetraining co uk Customer Feedback Best Training Ever! Just finished a bespoke 1-1 training course in Excel Advanced, Macros & VBA. Pedro is an excellent trainer, imparting his skills and knowledge in the best way - appropriately to audience skills, knowledge and ability. Pedro is always approachable, encouraging and supportive, giving delegates the optimum learning environment. I would not hesitate to recommend Pedro as a trainer, whatever your level of ability. Amanda Morris - Treasury & Systems Accountant at Reall - Real Equity for All The trainer was very knowledgeable, kept everyone involved and was enthusiastic. A great experience.. Simon Harper - Lloyd's of London My learning experience was awesome. Perdinand Reagan - Subsea7 Very nice and relaxed approach to teaching. Was definitely a good learning experience. Jerome Pupe - S5 Agency World The Trainer – Very positive + patient + helpful + thorough Agnes Souza - Direct Wines ' With more than 20 years experience, we deliver courses on all levels of the Desktop version of Microsoft Office and Office 365; ranging from Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced to the VBA level. Our trainers are Microsoft certified professionals with a proven track record with several years experience in delivering public, one to one, tailored and bespoke courses. Our competitive rates start from £550.00 per day of training Tailored training courses: You can choose to run the course exactly as they are outlined by us or we can customise it so that it meets your specific needs. A tailored or bespoke course will follow the standard outline but may be adapted to your specific organisational needs. Introduction to Macros and VBA Introducing Visual Basic for Applications Recording a Macro Naming conventions for Macro Procedures Running a Macro Absolute or Relative Cell Referencing Saving and Opening Files with Macros Making macros always available Adding Macros to Keyboard Shortcuts, Quick Access Toolbar, Buttons and Shapes Editing a Macro in the Visual Basic Editor Understanding the Development Environment Customising the Editor Tips for General Typing in VBA Using Visual Basic Help Working with Procedures Program Design Understanding Modules Naming Rules Creating a Module Understanding Procedures Programming Macro Concepts Creating a Subroutine Creating a Function Understanding Arguments Exiting Procedures Calling Procedures Objects, Properties, Methods and Events Understanding Objects Properties, Methods, and Events Navigating the Object Hierarchy Understanding Collections Accessing a Member of a Collection Understanding Hierarchy Using the Object Browser Using the With Statement Working with Properties Working with Methods Creating an Event Procedure Reserved Macro Names Using Expressions, Variables and Intrinsic Functions Understanding Expressions and Statements Declaring Variables Understanding Data Types Determining the Value of Variables Working with Variable Scope Using Built-in VBA Functions Understanding Constants Using Message Boxes Controlling the Answer to a Message Box Using Input Boxes Declaring and Using Object Variables Controlling Program Execution Understanding Control-of-Flow Structures Using the If...End If Decision Structures Nested If Statements Using the Select Case ... End Select Structure Using the Do ... Loop Structure Using the For ... Next Structure Using the For Each ... Next Structure Guidelines for Use of Control-of-Flow Structures Debugging and Handling Errors Understanding Errors Using Debugging Tools Setting Breakpoints and Using Break Mode Stepping Through Code Trapping Errors with the On Error Statement Understanding the Err Object Working with Inline Error Handling Writing an Error-Handling Routine Working with Forms and Controls Understanding UserForms Creating a Form Displaying and Removing a Form Aligning and Sizing Controls Using the Toolbox Working with a Form's Properties, Methods, and Events Working with Form and Control Properties, Methods and Event Setting the Tab Order Populating a Control Who is this course for? Who is this course for? This course is designed to give proficiency in the Visual Basic Editor (VBE), predominantly making use of Excel objects, understanding Object's Properties, Events and Methods, basic VBA Object oriented programming, event handling, control structures, and debugging tools. Requirements Requirements Preferably, delegates should have attended the Excel Advanced course. Certificates Certificates Certificate of completion Digital certificate - Included

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Masterclasses? Refreshers? Introductions? It depends what you're looking for and where you want to pitch them, but here are six tried-and-tested highly focused sessions that organisations can take individually or as a series, to help develop their teams' project management capabilities one topic at a time. Objectives for each individual session are set out below, as part of the session outlines. Taken together, as a series, however, these modules are an ideal opportunity to develop your team's levels of project management capability maturity, whether that's by introducing them to the basic principles, refreshing them on best practice, or giving them the opportunity to really drill down into a specific area of challenge in your particular operating environment. Session outlines 1 Stakeholder management Session objectives This session will help participants: Understand why stakeholders matter to projects Be able to identify and engage stakeholders Be able to categorise stakeholders by their significance 1 Key principles What does 'stakeholder' mean - in theory? What does this mean in practice? Why stakeholders matter Consequences of missing stakeholders The stakeholder management process:IdentifyAssessPlanEngage 2 Identifying stakeholders Rapid listing CPIG analysis PESTLE analysis Drawing on the knowledge and experience of others Other ways to identify stakeholders 3 Assessing stakeholders Which stakeholders are significant? Stakeholder radar Power-interest maps Power-attitude maps 4 Planning The adoption curve Dealing with obstacles Who should engage which stakeholder? How should the project's organisation be structured? How will communication happen? 5 Engaging Seven principles of stakeholder engagement 2 Requirements and prioritisation Session objectives This session will help participants: Understand how clarity of requirements contributes to project success Use different techniques for prioritising requirements Agree requirements with stakeholders Manage changes to requirements 1 Understanding and managing stakeholder needs and expectations What are 'requirements'? What is 'requirements management'? Sources of requirements - and the role of stakeholders Are stakeholders sufficiently expert to specify their needs? Do they understand the detail of what they want, or do they need help to tease that out? What do stakeholders want to achieve? Working within constraints Prioritising requirements - three techniques 2 MoSCoW prioritisation 'Must have', should have', 'could have, 'won't have this time' When to use MoSCoW 3 The Kano Model Customer satisfaction - 'attractive' and 'must-be' qualities When to use Kano 4 Value-based prioritisation Understanding risk v value Using risk v value to prioritise features and schedules 5 Agreeing requirements Perfect v 'good enough' Establishing acceptance criteria Requirements traceability Agreeing project scope 6 Changing requirements Why requirements change Why change control matters Impact on projects A formal change control process Paying for change - managing change for different types of project 3 Estimating Session objectives This session will help participants: Understand the different purposes estimates satisfy Be able to use different estimating techniques Understand how to achieve different levels of accuracy 1 Key principles What's an estimate? Informed guesswork What needs to be estimated? Costs, resources, effort, duration Tolerances Precision v accuracy 2 Estimating through the lifecycle Start Plan Do 3 Early estimates Comparative ('analogous') estimating Parametric estimating Using multiple estimating techniques 4 Bottom-up estimating Bottom-up ('analytical') estimating Pros Cons 5 Three-point estimating Three-point ('PERT': Programme Evaluation and Review Technique) estimating Uncertainty and the range of estimates Calculating a weighted average Three-point with bottom-up 4 Scheduling Session objectives This session will help participants: Understand how to create a viable schedule Be able to use different forms of schedule Understand the concept of the critical path 1 Key principles The planning horizon Rolling wave planning Release planning 2 Viable scheduling Creating a viable schedule Define the scope Sequence the work Identify the risks and build in mitigations Identify the resources Estimate the effort and durations Check resource availability Refine until a workable schedule is produced 3 Critical path analysis The critical path Network diagrams Sequence logic Practical application:Network diagram with estimated durationsThe 'forward pass'The 'backward pass'Calculating total floatIdentifying the critical pathCalculating free float Gantt charts 5 Risk and issue management Session objectives This session will help participants: Understand the difference between risks and issues Be able to identify and assess risks Understand ways of mitigating risks Manage issues 1 Key principles Understanding risk Threats and opportunities The risk management processPreparation - proactive risk managementThe process - identify, assess, plan, implementStakeholder communication Roles and responsibilities Risk management strategy The risk register Risk appetite 2 Risk identification Brainstorming Interviews Assumption analysis Checklists 3 Risk assessment and prioritisation Probability, impact and proximity Triggers Qualitative risk assessment Qualitative impact assessment Qualitative probability assessment Probability / impact grid Bubble charts Risk tolerance 4 Planning countermeasures To mitigate or not to mitigate? Categories of risk response Avoid and exploit Reduce and enhance Transfer Share Accept Contingency Secondary risks 5 Issue management What is an issue? Tolerances Issues and tolerances The PRINCE2 view of issues Ownership of issues An issue management process Issue register 6 Budgeting and cost control Session objectives This session will help participants: Understand what to include in a budget - and why Choose - and use - the appropriate estimating technique Align the budget with the schedule Understand how to monitor spend and control costs Trouble-shoot effectively to get projects back within budget Session format Flexible. The session can be tailored to the participants' average level of project management maturity - a 60-minute session (delivered virtually) is an effective introduction. A 90-minute session allows for more in-depth treatment. A half-day session (face-to-face or virtual) gives time for a more challenging workshop, particularly to discuss specific cost control issues with any of the participants' current projects. 1 Where is the money coming from? Can we pay from revenue? Do we need to borrow? How long will the project take to pay back? The lifecycle of the budget Through-life costs Stakeholder involvement 2 Estimating costs Reminder: the relationship between estimates Reminder: possible estimating techniques What do we need to estimate?PeopleEquipmentMaterialsFacilities and operating costsWork package estimateEstimated project costs Estimating agile projects 3 Aligning budget and schedule Scheduling and financial periods Spreading the budget 4 Reserves and agreeing the budget Contingency reserve Management reserve Agreeing the budget 5 Cost control Planned spend over time Actual spend over time Work completed over time Evaluating different scenarios: delivery v spend 6 Trouble-shooting Why are we where we are? What has caused the project to spend at the rate it is? Why is it delivering at the rate it is? What are the root causes? What can we do about it?

This course will allow you to explore the potential of self-service business intelligence using Power BI Desktop to analyse and connect to different sources of data, creating Relationships between those different datasets, Query the data using Shaping and data Modelling, to create Visualizations, and publish Reports to different platforms . Course Objectives At the end of this course you will be able to: Connect to data from different sources. Use the Query Editor Perform Power BI desktop data Shaping and Transformation. Create Power BI desktop Modelling. Create Power BI desktop Visualizations and Reports. ' 1 year email support service Take a closer look at the consistent excellent feedback from our growing corporate clients visiting our site ms-officetraining co uk With more than 20 years experience, we deliver courses on all levels of the Desktop version of Microsoft Office and Office 365; ranging from Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced to the VBA level and Business Intelligence. Our trainers are Microsoft certified professionals with a proven track record with several years experience in delivering public, one to one, tailored and bespoke courses. Our competitive rates start from £550.00 per day of training Tailored training courses: You can choose to run the course exactly as they are outlined by us or we can customise it so that it meets your specific needs. A tailored or bespoke course will follow the standard outline but may be adapted to your specific organisational needs. Please visit our site (ms-officetraining co uk) to get a feel of the excellent feedback our courses have had and look at other courses you might be interested in. Introduction to Power BI Power BI Jargon explained A quick look at Power BI Desktop A quick look at the Power BI service Helpful resources Power BI and Excel Introduction to using Excel data in Power BI Upload Excel data to Power BI Import Power View and Power Pivot to Power BI Getting started with Power BI Desktop Overview of Power BI Desktop Accessing Help and Helpful resources Connect to data sources in Power BI Desktop Shaping and Transforming Data with Query Editor Introduction to the Query Editor Data Sources Power BI Desktop can Connect to Introduction to Steps and M code Combining Data Using Merge and Append Queries Data Type Properties Working with Delimiters Clean and transform your data with the Query Editor Text Specific Transformation Tools Number Specific Transformation Tools Date Specific Transformation Tools Split and Merge columns Creating an Index Column Adding Conditional Columns Columns From Examples Grouping and Aggregating data Pivoting and Unpivoting Using filters Modeling the data Introduction to modeling your data How to manage your data relationships Create calculated columns Optimizing data models Create calculated measures Show Values As and Quick Measures Create calculated tables Explore your time-based data Introduction to DAX DAX calculation types DAX functions Visualizations Introduction to visuals in Power BI Create and customize simple visualizations Modify colors in charts and visuals Shapes, text boxes, and images Page layout and formatting Group interactions among visualizations Visual hierarchies and drill-down Using custom visualizations Create a KPI Visualization Geo-Data and Maps Reports, Publishing and Sharing Introduction to the Power BI service Quick insights in Power BI Create and configure a dashboard Ask questions of your data with natural language Create custom Q&A suggestions Share dashboards with your organization Introduction to content packs, security, and groups Publish Power BI Desktop reports Print and export dashboards and reports Create groups in Power BI Use content packs Update content packs Publish to web Who is this course for? Who is this course for? This course facilitates you with knowledge on the potential for Power BI Desktop to analyse and connect to different sources of data, creating Relationships between those different datasets, Query the data using Shaping and data Modelling, and to create Visualizations, and publish Reports to different platforms. Requirements Requirements Before attending this course, delegates should have: - A general knowledge of database concepts (fields, records and relationships) - Familiarity with Excel. Career path Career path Business Intelligence Data Analysis ETL & Data Warehousing