This one-day workshop has been developed for new project managers, team and technical leaders, teammembers and those with no formal PM training. It follows a standard workshop approach, where participants work onactual projects so as to apply their new skills immediately. The emphasis throughout the course is on making project management easy to understand and applicable in the workplace. This course will allow project managers to identifyand eliminate critical pitfalls and establish consistent project success.

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Create a process flow for projects and apply it to your organization
• Define the problem and establish specific and measurable targets
• Find, analyze and properly plan for project risks and threats
• Create a communications plan for reporting to stakeholders
• Quickly break down the work/tasks into manageable units
• Estimate the amount of work and time involved in the tasks
• Create a workable schedule that everyone can understand and use
• Carry out effective project meetings
• Establish milestones and assess project progress
• Close the project properly and save useful documents

Project Management Overview

• Discuss Initiation Phase and Defining Objectives
• Planning Phase, Project Scope and Key Deliverables
• Discuss Risk Management
• Communication Planning
• Refining Scope using a WBS
• Scheduling
• Discuss Monitoring and Reporting Phase
• Understanding Closeout Phase and Lessons Learned

This course is designed for anyone wishing to improve or refresh their Project Management skills.