Strategic Project Management – An Expanded Insight

Program description & objectives

Severely plagued by the primary constraints of scope, time, quality and budget, projects have become key cornerstones of most private and public organizations. Its importance is made critical by the secondary challenge of optimizing the allocation of necessary inputs and resources, and the need for a seamless integration to meet pre-defined objectives. This project management course has been designed to provide an end-to-end overview of the project management process from the initiation of a project to closing. It will provide the tools and frameworks to help an individual, team, department or an organization navigate smoothly through each phase of a project while making it easy to identify issues that have the potential of jeopardizing the project’s objectives.

Venues, Dates & Cost

VenuesDublinLondonDubaiEdmonton (CAN)Lagos/Abuja
DatesTBDTBDTBDTBDTBD
Cost$3,900 per participant (USD)(=N=)

For whom:

  • Project Directors, Managers, & Relevant Project Stakeholders
  • Top and Senior Managers in Private and Public organizations
  • Operations, Supply Chain, Manufacturing & Production Managers

Snapshot of course content

Module 1: Fundamentals of Project Management

  • Definition, concept and key elements of project management
  • Characteristics of project management
  • Project Management Process
  • Differences between Projects & Operations
  • Recommended best practices

Module 2: Project Manager Competencies & Leadership

  • Hard skill requirement for a Project Manager
  • Soft skill requirement for a Project Manager
  • Project leadership roles
  • Core Project Manager Activities

Module 3: Portfolio & Stakeholder Management

  • Portfolio Management – Project Selection
  • Checklists for Portfolio Management
  • Components of project management organization structure
  • Stakeholder management & classification

Module 4: Risk Management & Project Constraints

  • Identifying areas of pain in project management
  • Project constraints factors & success factors
  • Guidelines for project success
  • Project risk management & principles
  • The risk feasibility investigation framework

Module 5: Project Planning Tools & Techniques

  • Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
  • Project case study (The Per Una case)
  • Network Diagrams & Critical Path
  • Calculation of Earliest Start Times (EST)
  • Activity Total Float

Module 6: Project Financing & Budgeting

  • Project Financing
  • Top-Down & Bottom-Up Budgeting
  • Phased Approach to Cost Estimating

Module 7: Monitoring, Reporting & Control

  • Progress/Status Review & Reporting
  • PM’s role in progress reporting
  • Generic project progress reports
  • Formal reporting format & Traffic Light status reporting

Module 8: Project Closure & Failure Analysis

  • Closing a completed project
  • Project completion checklists & closure meeting
  • Why projects fail & causes of project failure
  • Killing a project – The process
  • Assessing vital signs & cleaning up afterward