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3 - PRJ - Project Portfolio Management
PRJ-ON 132 - Developing, Monitoring and Reviewing Projects
Course Description
This course takes participants through all aspects of project management and gives an overall view for achieving success in projects. Understanding the big picture of a project’s ecosystem supports the management team in planning, managing, reviewing and controlling projects. The course includes case studies to let attendees have a better understanding the concepts shared in the course.
Course Objectives
- Learning project management fundamentals
- Understanding phases, life cycles and processes of projects
- Identifying critical changes and determining how to respond to them
- Understanding key roles in project management
- Understanding how to achieve success in projects
- Understanding monitoring and reviewing processes for reducing risks in a project
Who Should Attend?
- Team Leaders / Functional managers
- Project Directors
- Entrepreneurs
- Project Supervisors/ Consultants/ Coordinators
- Executives
- Anyone planning to become more effective in managing and implementing projects
Course Details/Schedule
Day 1
- Project management concepts and definitions
- Phases & project management processes
- Organizational influences and project life cycle
- Organizational project management
- Definition of success in project management
- Project stakeholders and governance
- Change management in relation to project management
- Portfolio management
- Program management
- The role of the project manager
Day 2
- Project Initiating & Planning
- How do projects emerge
- What is project charter
- Project stakeholder analysis
- Importance of planning a project
- Elements of planning
- Risk management
- A case study
Day 3
- Project execution
- Managing quality
- Acquiring resources
- Developing team
- Managing team
- Conflict management in a team
- Managing communication
- Conducting procurements
- Managing stakeholder engagement
- Project closing
Day 4
- Common Project Failure Reasons
- Project vs. business performance assessment
- Monitoring & reviewing processes
- Management versus Measurement
- Monitoring costs
- Monitoring quality
- Baselines & measuring work progress
- Earned value management
Day 5
- Understanding Project Metrics
- The Need and Use for Project KPIs
- KPIs Selection & Measurement
- Case study
- Summary of the course