Fundamentals of Project Management // Skills Programs
Learning Objectives
This hands-on one day program is designed to provide participants with essential project management skills.
By the end of this workshop participants will be able to:
- Articulate the five steps of the project management framework
- Apply the five steps to an upcoming project utilizing common project management tools
- Define the planning fallacy and its impact on project management
- Identify the preliminary thinking prior to initiating a project
- Define roles and responsibilities of key project stakeholders and discuss the importance of collaboration to better manage projects
- Define organizational culture and its impact on managing scope, quality, costs and dates
- Identify and quantify risks and explore risk-mitigating strategies
- Apply various time management tools to insure smooth project execution
- Describe the importance of formally closing projects, celebrating successes and completing lessons learned sessions
PROGRAM FLOW
KEY CONTENT AREAS
Welcome
- Introduction
- Learning objectives
- Best/worst
- Planning an event
Five Steps to Project Management
- Begin with the end in mind
- Overview of framework
- The planning fallacy and implications
- Introduction to common tools
Initiate (Preliminary Thinking)
- Define project outcomes
- Establish timelines and milestones
- Identify stakeholders
- Define roles and responsibilities
- Assess cultural implications
- Information known and needed
- Resources required
- Assumptions
- Define dependencies
Build the Project Plan
- Identify actions
- GANTT chart/RACI chart
- Identify risks and mitigation strategies
Communication Plan
- Importance
- Difference between status, progress and forecasting
- Common project tracking techniques
- Impact and input
Execute + Manage
- Review progress
- Managing time
- Managing conflict
- Best practices
Wrap Up
- Recognition and celebration
- Capturing and applying lessons