Professional web design, Cumbria, North LancashireLearn how to manage small and large projects and apply project management principles to the effective running your business
Large organisations that place orders with smaller supply chain companies often have major concerns of the ability of managers in those smaller companies to project manage both the orders they place and the business itself. Considerations such as continuity of price, supply, innovation, competition, flexibility and profitability have to gel and work well to achieve returns in global markets. If the supply chain fails the large company fails and customers are lost. Increasingly, large buyers are looking to the management skills of the supply chain and an essential part of the equation is the ability to manage a project. If you want to stay ahead of the crowd, you will need project management skills!
If you are looking for a course to introduce yourself or your workforce to the skills of Project Management or
You are more interested in working towards a nationally recognised qualification in the discipline
Then we have the Project Management Course for you.
Our programmes are built around action learning and provide a dynamic platform for you to take what you learn and apply the knowledge gained back in the workplace.
Project Management can be defined as:
The skills necessary to achieve a unique product or service by the effective use and co-ordination of all the people, influences, skills and resources involved.
Part 1 Project Management The Basics
Part 2 Building and Leading a Project Team
Part 3 Specifying Requirements
Part 4 Financing Your Projects
Part 5 Planning for Success
Part 6 The Management of Risk
Part 7 Driving Project Success
Part 1 Project Management Overview
Part 2 Specifying Requirements
Part 3 Financing your Projects
Part 4 Planning for Success
Part 5 Building a Project Team
Part 6 Risk Analysis
Part 7 Driving Project Success
Module 1 - Understanding the Basics:
This module introduces traditional and recognised approaches to Project Management including the roles and skills required of the Project Manager and Project Team.
Module 2 - Team Working and Leadership:
This module builds on the Team approach in Module 1 and emphasises the importance of the team in Definition of the Project Statement of Requirements
Module 3 - Earned Value Management:
Having developed the Project team and the Project definition the next step is to introduce the techniques for further defining the Scope of Work for the project, the costs, the project schedule and value management. This module also introduces the use of Microsoft Project as a simple aid to project planning and progress monitoring
Module 4 - Performance Reports:
This module gives delegates an overview of different methods of reporting on Project progress using Microsoft Office and Project applications with templates for modification back at base
Module 5 - Risk Management:
All projects have an element of risk, no-one has a crystal ball to determine the exact outcome. Therefore, there is a need to plan for risks to the successful delivery of the project. The module also introduces the concept and application of contingency accounting
Module 6 - Management Estimates and Project Analysis:
This module is an advanced technique and introduces a unique methodology for creating robust Project Definitions, Key Plan Milestones and Concepts of Delivery
Module 7 - Applied Theory of Constraints:
This module literally takes us into the Fast Lane, it is an intensive review of how the Theory of Constraints (TOC) developed by Dr Eliyahu M Goldratt, author of the revolutionary text The Goal. The breakthrough techniques in TOC can transform traditional Project Management approaches and can be used for initial project creation or as a method of complete turnaround for failing projects
