Course Benefits

Project managers are expected to deliver projects under a tight timeframe, with limited resources and incomplete user requirements and yet expected to successfully complete projects on time, within budget and meeting all the requirements. The challenge with starting with a project with a whole new dimension of requirements, new team and suppliers,  often with surprised stakeholders are often challenging to say the least.  This course brings in the time proven framework and methodology, that will help every project manager and team members to get the project to start right, plan right, and flawlessly execute the project that will deliver the outcome consistently.   The complete project management methodology is mapped into a tool that will help you plan, execute, monitor and control the complete project.

You will Learn How To

Engage team members in project planning and ensure alignment on goals and commitments, empowers Individuals and the Teams to:

·          Align project team to define the project according to sponsor and user requirements

·          Define the project case that aligns management, key stakeholders and team members

·          Systematically breakdown the project into different phases, milestones and activities

·          Easily create project task lists

·          Complete the planning phase with integrated project plan, action plan and risk management plan

·          Display task and project timelines in an integrated Gantt chart and milestone lists

·          Build and optimize your project plan through best practice principles

·          Manage the project execution with managing problems, surprises, and risks using best practices

·          Track progress, update plans and monitor variances between target and actual project deliveries

·          Assign resources to tasks and troubleshoot over allocation conflicts

·          Lead project members to deliver the project to success

Who Should Attend

Anyone who is working on a project, either as a project leader, project manager, team leader, or team member will greatly benefit from this training.  

Hands-On Training

The training will provide an example to show all essential steps in defining, planning and execution in a project.  Team members are expected to bring in their own life examples using the tools for their own implementation.  Hands-on exercises provide you with practical experience using in this project management and leadership training.

·          Generate project requirements and develop project scope statement

·          Creating project plans, tasks, summary tasks and milestones

·          Controlling project, task and resource calendars

·          Setting baselines and tracking progress

·          Generate reports for effective project communication

Project Project Managment Tool Example

Course Topic:  Practical Project Management

Agenda

Day 1

Introduction

Team Structure of a Successful Project Team

       §    Why do projects fail?

       §    Project / Program and Portfolio

       §    Key success factors in project delivery

       §    Roles and Responsibilities

       §    How to align a large team

       §    Effective project team structure

       §    Role of project sponsor with core team

       §    How to manage key stakeholders

       §    Develop a stakeholder management plan

       §    Project manager definition and expectations

Project Alignment (part 1)

       §    Attributes of an aligned & empowered project team

       §    Freedom box

       §    Identify preliminary functions

       §    Scope change vs. scope creep

       §    Preparing for project kick-off

       §    Activities leading to project kickoff

       §    Getting the complete project aligned up and down

       §    Business case concept

       §    Business case vs. project case

       §    Prepare project case

       §    Draft project definition

Day 2

Project Alignment (part 2)

       §    Review day 1 key points

       §    Project objectives

       §    Defining project objectives workshop

       §    Draft milestone schedule

       §    Draft key deliverables

       §    Confirm core team

Execution Plan Development

       §    Defining the project milestone schedule

       §    Key deliverables matrix definition and workshop

       §    Action plan development

       §    Integrated project plan

       §    Critical path

       §    Network diagram

       §    Tools and benefits

       §    Risk management process

       §    Roles and responsibilities

       §    Risk assessment

       §    Proper ways to use risk management tools

Best Practices

       §    Effective project communication process   

       §    Training preparation for delivery

       §    Go-live strategy

       §    Preparation for go-live

       §    Team meeting and ground rules best practice

       §    Project close out key activities

       §    Managing different size projects

Wrap-up