Introduction to Effective Project Management
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Course Code: OV-MPM
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2 x half-day live session delivered virtually or in-person | 6-8 hrs on-demand learning | 30-minute coaching session (optional extra for teams)
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This is available for groups and teams
If you are new to the role of Project Manager or are becoming involved more and more in your organization‘s project work, then this immersive course is for you. Based on a typical project lifecycle, the course walks you through how projects work from beginning to end and giving you the tools and techniques that are needed to be effective.
You will learn how to successfully plan a controlled start to your project, how to manage delivery and then successfully handover to the client all within those classic constraints of time, cost and quality. The course is interactive and uses a case study scenario throughout to bring the learning to life.
Suitable for those who are new to project management roles and also those who are self-taught but want formal guidance on project management frameworks and tools.
By the end of this course you will be able to:
- Understand when to take a project management approach
- Identify and engage with stakeholders successfully
- Define your project using a compelling business case
- Form a project management team
- Create a robust project plan
- Identify, assess and plan responses to risks
- Manage the delivery of the project on a day-to-day basis
- Control changes to the scope of the project
- Handover the outputs to the customer
- Review the delivery of the project using a structured framework
- Projects versus Business As Usual - when to apply a project management approach
- Project lifecycles - what are waterfall, agile and hybrid and when do I use them?
- The importance of stakeholder management in a project environment
- Project management team structures and roles and responsibilities
- The role of the project manager
- The role of the project sponsor
- How to write a robust project business case
- Scope management - defining the deliverables of the project
- Scheduling the project - creating a project timeline and allocating resources
- Creating a budget profile for the project
- Risk identification and mitigation in a project environment
- Monitoring and controlling a project in the delivery phase
- Dealing with issues
- Change control process - how to avoid scope creep
- Holding an effective 'lessons learned' review
Course Code: OV-MPR
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half-day live session delivered virtually or in-person | 6-8 hrs on-demand learning | 30-minute coaching session (optional extra for teams)
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This is available for groups and teams
This interactive course will provide learners with a range of tools and techniques to help them manage projects more effectively in remote working environments.
As the number of organisations moving to remote working increases, so does the need for more effective project management. Unfortunately, a lot of the traditional methods for managing projects that have long been in place have become redundant in remote environments. In turn, this leads to ineffective working practices, poorly managed scope and a failure to achieve objectives within the constraints specified.
The session aims to provide you with an up to date perspective on what‘s required to manage projects remotely along with a range of tools and techniques that you can apply immediately, thus leading to successful project outcomes.
This course is suitable for anyone managing projects or workstreams in a remote environment.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Describe the key attributes of a successful remote project manager
- Create a working environment that enables success
- Assemble the project team and agree on a way of working
- Recognize what makes a high performing team
- Define the project objectives and scope the deliverables
- Use an online collaboration tool for capturing, tracking and communicating progress
- Handle the common problems faced managing projects remotely
Bitesize Sessions
Available for delivery to groups and teams, our bite-size learning sessions are short bursts of knowledge covering the what, why, and how of a topic, and delivered at pace. Expert-led sessions can be delivered virtually, face-to-face, or you can choose a combination, and they can be run either standalone or up to three sessions in a day.
Project Management
Course Code: VILT-PJM
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90-minute live session delivered virtually or in-person (Perfect for use as part of a blended learning programme)
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This is available for groups and teams
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Part of our Core Library
This 90-minute session addresses several key areas associated with project management, beginning at the start of a project when it is mobilising and being formed, moves through setting up a charter or agreement with the project sponsor before looking at the difficulties we face in planning effectively.
It covers kicking off a great project, the challenges around managing a project team and reshaping a project on the go.
This short session is suitable for anyone who wants to learn some straightforward techniques to ensure projects deliver on time and within budget.
By the end of this session, you will be able to:
- Identify the key tasks associated with any project
- Introduce the concept of building a community within a network
- Provide clarity on understanding team dynamics in more detail
- Demonstrate how to put plans in place to ensure project success
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Our award-winning learning content library is expertly created, easy to consume, and visually engaging and it can be experienced through a range of modalities - Fluidbooks, videos, animations, podcasts, infographics, quizzes and more. Use our digital learning content to support on-demand or blended learning provision within your organisation. Hundreds of topics are available in multiple global languages.
Project Management
Core content
- Project Management Fluidbook
- Project Management Infographic
- Project Management Quiz
- Project Management Thrive in Five
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