Project Management Fundamentals

About this course

Projects are undertaken in every organisation on physical assets in workshops, or on a work site but also in office environments looking to improve productivity, workflow efficiencies, and grow businesses.   Projects provide solutions to solving problems as well as capitalising on new opportunities that help businesses transition to a new level of performance.

This course helps participants understand and how to apply good project management practices to projects of any size.

The workshop will provide participants with an overview of the entire project management process and the various project methodologies that exist.  It will provide an understanding of the project management lifecycle as well as key project management tools and techniques that can be applied in the workplace – such as scoping projects, creating work breakdown structures and  project schedules, stakeholder identification and  engagement and how to monitor and control projects to achieve successful outcomes.

Who should attend

This course is designed for participants who want to understand the basic concepts of Project Management. It is useful for Technical specialists/engineers moving into a project management team role, or working for a project manager but who have not had much, if any, experience to date.

Course Outline

Day 1

Introduction

• Workshop Objectives
• What is a Project?
• What is Project Management?

Key Concepts

• The Project life cycle
• The Triple Constraints

Project Initiation

• Identifying Stakeholders – needs and wants
• SMART Project Goals and objectives
• Creating a Statement of Work
• Completing the Project Charter

Day 2

Planning

• Building the Work Breakdown Structure
• Creating the Schedule, Gantt charts and network diagrams
• Creating a Risk Management Plan
• Creating a Communication Plan and RACI

Executing the Project

• Monitoring Project Progress against baselines
• Managing Change
• Monitoring Risks

Closing Out the project

• Verification of scope completion
• Lessons Learned