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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