CERTIFIED PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR NON PROJECT MANAGERS

NAME OF THE COURSE
CERTIFIED PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR NON PROJECT MANAGERS
 
CERTIFICATION
CERTIFIED PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR NON PROJECT MANAGERS
 
COURSE OVERVIEW
“Improve it even if it ain’t broke!” – It is easier to make small continuous improvements when things are going well than to wait for a major breakdown and overhaul the processes and systems, which could mean much disruption or irreversible damage by then. Kaizen or the concept of continuous improvement gets people to make gradual unending improvements, doing ‘little things’ better and achieving higher performance standards daily. Learn how to make your team feel valued and supported and in turn want to contribute towards productivity and creativity. You can also apply Kaizen concepts to achieve your personal goals whatever they might be.
 
TRAINING DURATION
Total Training Hours : 22 Hours
Training Duration      : 1 Week
Total Training  Days  : 4-5 Working Days
 
TRAINING SCHEDULE
Weekdays (Sunday to Thursday)
Regular Sessions: 4 – 6 Hrs Per day (9am to 2pm or 3.00pm to 9.00 pm)
Food & refreshments Included
Weekends (Friday & Saturday)
Fast Track Sessions: 8 Hours per day (9am to 5pm)
Food & refreshments Included
 
CERTIFICATION
Globally recognized certificate from “Kings Global Career Academy”
 
TEST
No
 
LEARNING AIDS
Yes
 
COURSE MATERIAL
Hard & Soft Copies of Study Material
 
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
English
 
INSTRUCTOR HELPLINE
Yes
1. Email
2. Social Media (For Emergency requirements)
 
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
1. Passport Copy
2. Curriculum Vitae
3. Passport size photographs
4. Course Fee
 
MODE OF PAYMENT
Cash / Cheque / Credit Card / Bank Transfer.
 
ELIGIBILITY
  • Managers
  • Executives
  • Non-project managers working in the project environment
  • Professionals who work with project managers
 
COURSE BENEFITS
At the end of the course you will know how to:
  • Define differences between Project and Line Management
  • Create a Project Initiation Document
  • Break a project down into a series of dependent tasks
  • Identify the Critical Path through a project
  • Create a Gantt Chart Schedule
  • Identify project Risk and Mitigating actions
  • Control a project and handle requests for change
  • Close down the project and extract ‘lessons learnt’
 
COURSE CONTENTS
  • What is a Project?
  • What is Project Management?
  • How a Project Manager Functions
  • Using Project Planning Tools
  • Defining a Project
  • Planning a Project
  • Defining the Scope
  • Scheduling the Project
  • Controlling the Project
  • Dealing with Risk
  • Closing the Project
 
COURSE CONTENTS 2

Day 1: Project Management Overview

  • What is a project?
  • Definition of project management
  • The pitfalls of not using project management
  • Project vs. Operations
  • The triple constraints in project management
  • Stakeholders in project management
  • Project life cycle
  • Product life cycle
  • Project phases
  • The Hard / Soft skills in managing a project
  • The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)
  • The ISO-21500 Guidance for project management
  • Project Management: The Process Context
  • Project Management: The Organizational Context
  • Critical Success Factors (CSFs) in managing projects
  • The Project Management Office (PMO)
  • Responsibilities & Competencies of the Project Team Members
  • Project Management: The Interpersonal and Behavioural Context
  • Responsibilities of the project team member
  • Common challenges of the project team member
  • Skill requirements of the project team member
  • Functional competencies of the project team member

Day 2: Project Management Process

  • Initiating
  • Planning
  • Executing
  • Monitoring and Controlling
  • Closing
  • Project Management Knowledge Areas
  • Project integration management
  • Project scope management
  • Project time management
  • Project cost management
  • Project quality management
  • Project human resource management
  • Project communication management
  • Project risk management
  • Project procurement management
  • Project stakeholder management
  • Project Initiation
  • Develop the project charter
  • Identify stakeholders
  • Establish the preliminary project team

Day 3: Project Planning

  • What is project planning?
  • The project planning process
  • Review project requirements
  • Conduct the Project Kick-off meeting
  • The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
  • The Organization Breakdown Structure (OBS)
  • The Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)
  • Scope planning
  • Schedule planning
  • Cost planning
  • Quality planning
  • Human resource planning
  • Communications planning
  • Risk planning
  • Procurement planning
  • Stakeholder management planning
  • The change control process
  • The project plan

Day 4 : Project Execution, Monitoring & Control

  • Manage and coordinate project execution
  • Manage productive meetings
  • Manage technical performance
  • Manage schedule, cost and resource performances
  • Manage risks, issues and opportunities
  • Manage and control changes
  • Manage project team interfaces
  • Manage stakeholder relationship
  • Manage deliverables tracking
  • Project monitoring and control approach

Day 5 : Project Closure

  • Project closure objectives
  • Close procurement contracts
  • The “Punch-List” approach
  • Administrative closure
  • The project completion check-list
  • Hand Off deliverables
  • Close project
  • Obtain and update lessons learned
  • Post project evaluations
  • Communicate project achievements
  • Celebrate and reward performances
  • Transition to Operations & Maintenance

 

COURSE CONTENTS 3

Getting Started

Introductions
  • Course structure
  • Course Goals and objectives
  • Foundation Concepts
Project management overview
  • The strategic value of project management
  • Defining project success
  • Project life cycle models and governance
  • Project roles and responsibilities
  • Project Initiating and Planning
Initiating the project
  • Defining project requirements and scope
  • Developing the project schedule and budget
  • Project Risk Management, Executing, Monitoring, and Closing
Understanding, evaluating, and adjusting for risk
  • Honouring the baseline and executing the project
  • Monitoring and controlling the project
  • Closing the project
  • Project Interpersonal Processes
Project communication
  • Project team development
  • Conflict management
  • Summary and Next Steps
 
COURSE CONTENTS 4

PROJECTS IN ORGANIZATIONS

  • What is Project Management?
  • What is a project?
  • Projects Vs. Operations – similarities and differences
  • Value of Project Management and how you fit in
  • Why do projects fail? And what is project success?
  • Strategies, Portfolios, Programs & Projects – making sense of these common terms
  • The Project Organization & YOU
  • Typical project roles and responsibilities
  • Role of the Project Manager – Is this you?
  • Critical skills for every Project Manager – Do you have what it takes?

INITIATING THE PROJECT

  • Understanding what your task is about (developing the Project Charter)
  • Ensuring you have the right team, as well as tools, data and authority
  • Determining who needs to be involved (who are your Stakeholders?)
  • Analysing your stakeholders and how they can impact your project
  • Preparing for, and conducting, a project kick-off meeting
  • GROUP WORKSHOP – Attendees will work in groups to write a Project Charter, planning out project team requirements, and identifying and analysing the project stakeholder

PLANNING YOUR PROJECT SCOPE, SCHEDULE & BUDGET

  • Determining your project requirements, and what your stakeholders and management need using common requirements gathering techniques
  • Developing your final project scope
  • Identifying the key components (deliverables) of your project scope using the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
  • Understanding the step-by-step methods of preparing an effective project schedule
  • Estimating how long your project will take to complete
  • Estimating the budget and cash disbursements required to deliver the project
  • Assigning the work of the project to your team
  • GROUP WORKSHOP – Attendees will work in groups to develop the project WBS, schedule and budget
DEVELOPING YOUR PROJECT COMMUNICATIONS, QUALITY & RISK PLANS
  • Developing your project communication plan
  • Determining the required quality activities for your project & planning for them
  • Identifying and recognizing potential risks that could affect project performance
  • Analysing risks and developing risk response strategies and mitigation plans
  • Developing contingency plans and estimating the required contingency fund (buffer)
  • GROUP WORKSHOP – Attendees will work in groups to develop a communication plan, quality plan and identify the project risks
IMPLEMENTING YOUR PROJECT
  • Holding the Implementation Kick-off meeting
  • Developing The Project Deliverables Acceptance Plan
  • Implementing your QA/QC Plan
  • Following up and updating the project with actual schedule & costs data
  • Manage project risks, issues and contingency reserves
  • Analysing performance and generating forecasts for the schedule & budget
  • Creating project progress reports and holding effective project review meetings
  • GROUP WORKSHOP – Attendees will work in groups to simulate project implementation via a project management game. Each group’s project will be subjected to risk scenarios and they will be asked to react and bring their projects back on track.
CLOSING THE PROJECT
  • Verifying completed project scope and accepting the finished deliverables
  • Understanding what punch (snag) lists are
  • Implementing the project hand-off activities
  • Releasing project staff
  • Performing project administrative closure activities
  • Closing out the project documentation
  • Finalizing contracts & invoices
  • Capturing & documenting lessons learned
  • GROUP WORKSHOP – Attendees will work in groups to prepare a final report on their projects and present it to the rest of the attendees