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Includes: Course materials including project management checklist, roadmap and templates, certificate of attendance.

Fundamentals of Project Management Training Course

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"I am really satisfied with the Fundamentals of Project Management course organised by Knowledge Train. As for a one day course they provided us with a lot of practical information but we also had time to exchange our experience with other participants, which I think contributes to the great value of the training. The course was conducted in a friendly yet very professional atmosphere. 10/10 from me."
Aga Szarlowicz, Bentley Holland Partners, London

Benefits

You'll learn the most important project management skills and techniques
You'll gain practical experience of applying these main techniques
You'll boost your confidence in your ability to plan and manage projects
You'll gain practical advice and tips from an experienced project manager

Who Should Attend?

People with little or no experience of project management
People who are intending to start managing projects soon
People who need to learn project management skills quickly
People who need to know how to effectively manage projects
People who can only attend a one day project management course

Objectives

To learn all the things you need to plan and manage your projects successfully every time

Duration

One day. Our course focuses only on the absolute essentials. Other companies offer similar courses lasting 2-3 days but they will teach you lots of soft skills which we believe are best suited to separate courses.

Course Includes

Instructor led tuition from an experienced project manager and trainer
Individual and group exercises
Delegate pack consisting of course notes, project management templates, project checklist, project road map, case study and questions.
Certificate of training course attendance
Lunch, tea and coffee

Course Content

Terminology
You'll become familiar with common terminology.
What is a Project?
You'll learn the essential characteristics of all projects during this project management training.
Project manager
You'll learn what makes a good Project Manager and which duties are vital to successful outcomes.
Life-cycle
You'll learn to perform a breakdown into separate phases and learn what needs to be done in each phase.
What are the goals of the project?
You'll learn how to identify goals and objectives.
Scope
You'll learn why defining the scope early means more chance of success later.
Constraints
You'll learn why it's important to document and understand constraints to enable successful outcomes.
Stakeholder Analysis
You'll learn the importance of identifying and managing stakeholders throughout the lifecycle and learn how to conduct stakeholder analysis.
Work breakdown
You'll practise using common techniques during the project management training course such as creating Work Breakdown Structures to identify and package the work.
Roles & Responsibilities
You'll learn how to identify the roles and responsibilities of your team members.
Estimating
Estimation is a pitfall that many methods fail to overcome. You'll learn effective ways of estimating work.
Scheduling
You'll learn to perform effective scheduling using Gantt charts as a key planning technique.
Critical Path Analysis
You'll learn how to apply the critical path technique to help you deliver on time.
Budgeting
You'll learn how budgeting is performed throughout the project lifecycle.
Planning
Learn how to write a plan that will describe the way you intend to achieve the desired outcomes.
Baselines
You'll learn why baselines are critical for success and learn how to apply baselines to your plans.
Project Tracking
You will learn what things you will need to track in order to keep on course for success.
Reporting
Learn how effective reports can make the difference to enable you to track effectively.
Change Management
You will learn the best way to manage change without jeopardising your chance of success.
Risk Management
You'll learn some key risk management techniques to help you avoid failure. If you want to know "how do I write a risk management plan?" then we'll teach you.
Project Success
An understanding of why best practices are essential to improve the chances of delivering successfully.
Learning Lessons
You'll learn how to improve your project management practices from one project to the next to achieve ongoing project management improvement.