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1 day

Overview

This workshop is for those people who want to learn how to better apply project management techniques to manage small projects as part of their normal role.

When you need to implement a number of tasks or deliver a small project from start to end, this course looks at the benefits of managing them as a project. The workshop follows a project lifecycle and how to apply best practice throughout.

This ‘hands on’ session will show you everything you need to know in order to run or contribute to a successful small project.

Objectives

By the end of the course you will be able to:

Confidently use typical project management language and terminology

Use a project lifecycle from start to finish to make it more straight forward and easily understood

Identify the key stakeholders on the project

Develop a robust project brief, including scope and measurable objectives

Use a range of approaches for estimating task durations

Proactively identify and manage your risks to improve the likelihood of success

Develop effective project tracking processes

Evaluate project performance and apply key learning for the future

Detailed Content

Project management basics

When could we apply Project Management Techniques

The benefits good project management techniques bring

The project lifecycle

Project roles

Avoiding the common pitfalls

Getting Started

Developing the project Brief

Stakeholder analysis

Clear objective setting

Defining the success criteria

Creating the Plan

Using Work Breakdown Structures to identify tasks

Estimating techniques

Network diagrams

Critical path analysis

An introduction to Gantt charts

Executing the Plan

Overview of risk management

How to handle change

Dealing with problems and issues

Communicating progress

Agreeing the Successful Outcome

Activities needed for Handover and project closure

Measuring project success

Measuring the project benefits

Capturing the experience

Lessons learnt

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Managing Smaller Projects

By Underscore Group

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