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DESCRIPTION: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

DTEND:20171114T160000
DTSTAMP:20260506T063353
DTSTART:20171114T083000
LAST-MODIFIED:20091109T101015Z
LOCATION:Kapok Hotel & Conference Centre, 16-18, Cotton Hill Road, Port Of Spain, , 
SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Project Management
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