Who Should Attend?

All individuals working within project environments who wish to develop their functional project management skills to move beyond understanding fundamental principles, to operate with better practices. This course is also recommended for past participants of the two-day Project Management course.

About the Programme

The Advanced Project Management course takes an holistic approach to determine how to manage project life cycles and scope. This course provides participants with several scientific techniques and formulas to apply when estimating project resources and critical activities. A greater understanding of internal and external influences on projects and how to manage the process, combined with logical structures to manage costs and schedules, will also allow participants to analyse overall project performance.

Course Objectives

• To learn and understand the processes of project management including:
  > Project management and project success
  > Managing project life teams
  > Project organization and integration
  > Managing project scope of work
  > Managing project timelines
  > Managing project schedules
  > Managing project costs
  > Controlling and analysing project performance

What You Will Gain

• An understanding of the project life cycle and the role of the project manager at each stage of the cycle
• An understanding of the ways in which project organization and structure can affect the outcome of a project
• The ability to apply graphical and analytical tools and techniques in the management of projects
• An understanding of the use of the Programme Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) and Critical Path Method (CPM)
• An appreciation of the challenges associated with the management of project cost estimation and budgeting processes

Programme Contents

DAY ONE

• Review Of Project Management Fundamentals
• Project Success Requirements & Effects Of Project Failure
• Nature Of Project Management
• Requirement For Project Management
• Forms Of Project Management
• Syndicate Discussion - Project Management Issues
• Project Stages
• Project Life Cycle Resource Commitment
• Project & System Life Cycle Comparisons
• Acquisition Project Requirements
• Developing Project Plans
• Executing Project Plans
• Controlling Project Changes
• Syndicate Discussion - Managing Project Life Issues
• Organization Structure & Design
• Requirements Of Project Organizations
• Project Organization
• Project Integration & Integrators
• The Project Office
• Project Manager Profile
• Syndicate Discussion - Project Organization Issues
• Introduction To Managing Project Scope Of Work
• Initiating Projects
• Planning Project Scope
• Defining The Project Scope
• Verifying The Project Scope
• Controlling The Change Of Scope

DAY TWO

• Introduction To Managing The Project Timeline
• Network Planning Techniques
• Defining & Sequencing Project Activities
• Estimating Project Activity Duration & Resources
• Analysing The Network Of Project Activities
• Refining The Network To Meet Management Objectives
• Introduction To Managing Project Schedules
• Programme Evaluation & Review Technique (PERT)
• Critical Path Method (CPM)
• Project Costing
• Project Cost Variation & Causes
• Project Budgets & Estimates
• Project Cost Accounting & Control
• Project Cost Forecasts, Schedules & Summaries
• Project Control Process
• Cost Control Methods
• Cost Control Overlays
• Project Cost Performance Analysis

2 Days - Non-Residential

Delegate spaces available on the following course dates: