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Course Code: PMCM 117
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The Basics of Project Management
Course Sector:
Project & Contract Management
Course Dates and Locations
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No.
Date
Days
Location
Fees
Enrollment
01
5 Days
Zürich, Switzerland $5,950
02
5 Days
Riyadh, KSA $4,250
Introduction
Training course introducion / brief
This training course is designed to provide participants with the
fundamentals of project management: how to initiate, plan, and execute a
project that meets objectives and satisfies stakeholders. Aligned with
the Project Management Institute (PMI) A Guide to the Project Management
Body of Knowledge, (PMBOK Guide), Fifth Edition, 2013, this course
provides a step-by-step guide to planning and executing a project.
Course Objectives
At the end of the training course, participants will be able to
- Gain a comprehensive understanding and master the fundamental concepts, skills and techniques of Project Management.
- Link project goals and objectives to clear, compelling stakeholder needs
- Describe the roles and responsibilities of project managers across the project lifecycle
- Define and develop the foundations of a project plan, including the project requirements document (PRD)
- Work breakdown structure (WBS), budget, schedule and other resources
- Set realistic and measurable objectives and ensure positive results
- Manage and control the project against the baseline
- Establish a dependable project control and monitoring system
- Close out a project effectively
Course Audience
Who is this course for, and can benefit the most
- Project Manager
- Business Administrator
- Marketing Coordinator
- Account Executive
- Chief Operating Officer
- Operations Manager
- Executive Administrative
- Risk Manager
- Program Manager
- Business Analyst
- Quality Control Coordinator
- Assistant Manager
- Team Leader
- Senior Supervisors
- Researcher
- Entrepreneur
- Management Consultant
- Public Relations Director
Course Outline
The course aims and learning outcomes
Planning projects
- Projects versus operations
- Project management definitions
- Managing project constraints
- Applications of project management
- Potential benefits of project management
- Definition of project life cycle
- Roles and responsibilities of project managers across the project lifecycle
- Project charter
- Project scope statement
- Project specifications
- Work breakdown structure
- Project decomposition
- Assessment and recovery charter
Scheduling projects
- Linking activities and WBS sequencing
- Predecessors sequencing techniques
- Program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
- Critical Path Method (CPM)
- Forward and backward scheduling
- Gantt chart
- Milestone chart
- Slack management
- Schedule compression techniques
- Myths and realities of schedule compression
- Resource planning
- Resource leveling
Selecting projects using capital budgeting techniques
- Definition of capital budgeting
- Accounting Rate of Return (ARR)
- Payback Period (PP)
- Net Present Value (NPV)
- Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
- Organizing and controlling projects
- Project organization and project control
Mastering earned value management
- Schedule and budget variances
- Schedule and cost performance indexes
- Earned value management benefits
- Project management reporting
- Auditing a project
- The role of software in project management
Executing, Monitoring, and Controlling
- Team-building principles and priorities
- Status and performance reporting
- Management by exception
- Keeping stakeholders informed and involved
- Steering performance back to the baseline
- Integrated change controls
- Managing project stakeholders
- Identifying stakeholders
- Types of stakeholders
Managing stakeholder engagement
- Project manager skills
- Project negotiation
- Transitioning the product or service
- Capturing lessons learned for the organization
- Final report to stakeholders
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BOOST's Professional Attendance Certificate “BPAC” is always given to the delegates after completing the training course, and depends on their attendance of the program at a rate of no less than 80%, besides their active participation and engagement during the program sessions.
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Our Training programs are implemented by combining the participants' academic knowledge and practical practice (30% theoretical / 70% practical activities).
At The end of the training program, Participants are involved in practical workshop to show their skills in applying what they were trained for. A detailed report is submitted to each participant and the training department in the organization on the results of the participant's performance and the return on training. Our programs focus on exercises, case studies, and individual and group presentations.
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