Effective Project Management Course

Aims & Objectives

Our Effective Project Management course teaches you the key aspects of project management and how to create project plans.

Suitable for those new to project management or with no formal or practical training, this 2 Day CPD-Accredited Training Course teaches you the importance of planning your project, shows you how to create and schedule project plans and manage and control the project through to completion.

What will I learn?

Day 1

What is a Project?

Learn how to:

Definitions and methodologies
A 5-stage model for projects
Projects and organisational strategy

Getting Started

Learn how to:

When do projects begin?
Clarifying objectives
Gaining authority

Stakeholders

Learn how to:

Who are they?
What do they want?
How can they help?

Scope

Learn how to:

What is it?
How is it created?
Should it be fixed

Benefits

Learn how to:

Defining ongoing value
How to measure benefits
Planning for realisation

Work Breakdown Structure

Learn how to:

Creating a WBS
Identifying work packages
Milestones and deliverables

What will I learn

Day 2

Tasks and Timescales

Learn how to:

What needs to be done
How long will it take?
Identifying resources

Building a Schedule

Learn how to:

Should we use software?
Gantt chart or Kanban board?
Critical path or activity list?

Identifying Risk

Learn how to:

Risk or issue?
Scoring techniques
Maintaining a log

Creating a Plan

Learn how to:

The missing headings
Using templates
Sign off

Managing and Controlling Projects

Learn how to:

Managing People
Managing the schedule
Managing Risk
Bringing a project to a close – successful or otherwise

How We Deliver

We currently deliver all training online to comply with the Government's guidelines.

Online training works well for businesses whose staff are mainly working from home.

It allows us to train all of your staff with the same training needs at the same time. Your people simply log on from home, using details provided in advance by our team.

Choose from Watch and Learn sessions for larger groups or interactive hands on sessions for smaller groups.

When permitted we also offer face to face training at your offices.

All sessions can be customised to a half day or 90 minute sprint session and tailored to fit your needs, covering the topic(s) within a course that are most important to your business.