Establishing a Project Management Process

Do your projects consistently meet objectives, keep to schedules and budgets, and deliver outstanding results? From setting out goals to compiling the close-down report, from choosing priorities to selecting the right team, you need to know how to plan, run, and monitor a project, and have a bullet proof system you can trust if things go wrong. In today’s competitive business world, mangers must deliver results on time and within budget. They do not only have to know how to start or lead a project successfully, but must necessarily know how to motivate their team and overcome unforeseen problems.

Ask yourself…are you experiencing this?

• Inconsistency in the ability to schedule and deliver projects on-time and on-budget
• Inconsistency in the tools and templates used to define and plan projects and communicate progress
• Contractors and project managers cutting corners leading to major problems and delays
• Projects being slowed down by unnecessary bureaucracy
• Unclear responsibilities for project authorization and delivery
• Key project deliverables being missed

 

 How are you doing against these measures?

Our Solutions

In today’s competitive business environment, a flexible and responsive approach to changing customer requirements is essential. In order to run a project and improve the likelihood of success, a project manager needs structure, focus, flexibility, and control in the pursuit of desired results. Our scalable process ensures that you have the necessary planning and management discipline to help you lead teams to reach objectives on time and within budget. Some of the topics to be covered include:

What is a project? Differentiating between projects and ongoing operations.		The four phases of a project Initiate, plan, implement and close out.
Project outline and schedule Identifying the essentials for success including task duration, stages, priorities, and milestones.		Project scope definition The basis for estimating cost, time, resources, performance measurement and responsibilities.
Stakeholder analysis and management Engage with the right people, assess stakeholders’ power and interest, and underpin the communication strategy.		Resource allocation Align individuals and tasks to maximize team performance.
Managing work-in-progress Techniques for monitoring performance and managing variance for change control.		Close out the project Review, evaluate and action planning on lessons learned.

Expected Outcomes

• Understand the different phases of a project and the tasks/deliverables of each phase.
• Develop relevant project and/or task objectives.
• High level understanding of key project activities including budgeting, risk management, scoping and reporting.
• Determine the importance and impact of quality, performance, budgets and time constraints.
• Identify the human resource management challenges in operating and managing projects.

Who Should Attend

Project team members, operational personnel or anyone new to a project management environment who wants to learn a structured process, and understand the process responsibilities and requirements to achieve project deliverables.

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