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Project Management

Tuesday, Nov 14, 2017

8:30am – 4:00pm

7th, 9th & 14th November, 2017

Agenda – Day 1

8:30 am – 9:00 am                  Introductions and Description of the Workshop

9:00 am – 10:15 am                Project Management Introduction

  • What is Project Management?
  • Projects as a Process of Strategic Planning
  • Role of Project Manager & Project Leadership in a hierarchal structure
  • Review of project life cycle
  • Why do most projects fail and how to avoid pitfalls
  • Sources of authority and roles

10:15 am – 10:30 am              Coffee Break

10:30 am – 12:00 noon          Conception – Project Charter

  • Agreement of outcomes – importance of documents
  • Feasibility studies to prove projects
  • Internal and external contracts
  • Agreement of available resources
  • Development of the Team
  • Managing expectations

12:00 noon – 1:00 pm            Lunch

1:00 pm – 2:15 pm                 Project Planning

  • Detailed Scope – Work breakdown structure/activities
  • Agree on sequence of activities and resources needed
  • Develop Schedule
  • Form the project team

2:15pm – 2:30 pm                  Tea Break

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm                 Team Activity – WBS


Agenda – Day 2

8:30 am – 9:00 am                  Re-Cap of Day 1

9:00 am – 10:15 am                Project Planning Continued

  • Develop people and resource plan
  • Determine estimates and develop budget
  • Quality of work agreement

10:15 am – 10:30 am              Coffee Break

10:30 am – 12:00 noon          Project Planning Continued

  • Identify milestones and plan communications
  • Develop contingency plans
  • Developing the Risk management plan
  • Develop the Quality Plan
  • Baseline Plans and sign-off

12:00 noon – 1:00 pm             Lunch

1:00 pm – 2:15 pm                 Project Activity – Project Planning

2:15pm – 2:30 pm                  Tea Break

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm                 Project Execution

  • People and resource management in project environment
  • Team Leadership and performance
  • Borrowed authority – Importance of a sponsor
  • Balancing organizational priorities with the project priorities
  • Tools for managing multiple activities – juggling all the balls
  • Reporting and Communication

Agenda – Day 3

8:30 am – 9:00 am                  Re-Cap of Day 2

9:00 am – 10:15 am                Monitoring and Control

  • Use of Project Management Information Systems
  • Progress tracking and control – Slippage and milestones
  • Cost tracking and control

10:15 am – 10:30 am              Coffee Break

10:30 am – 12:00 noon          Project Planning Continued

  • Monitoring and controlling quality and risks
  • Change requests – Changes of scope
  • Tracking and managing risk

12:00 noon – 1:00 pm             Lunch

1:00 pm – 2:15 pm                 Organizational Change Management

  • Managing change caused by project disruption
  • Managing change in organization as a result of project success
  • Managing people’s fears and concerns
  • Managing organizational process changes

2:15 pm – 2:30 pm                 Tea Break

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm                 Project Closure and Evaluation

  • Sign off of completion by client or sponsor
  • People transition – Assisting people to move on
  • Close out of accounts
  • Project post-evaluation

Course wrap up

Event Location

Kapok Hotel & Conference Centre
Port Of Spain

Event Fees

Fee
$ 3000.00