Project Management Workshop

Overview

Designed to help delegates learn how to set-up, structure, plan, and organise projects. In particular, to scope a project and create a project scoping plan. It is suitable for all types of projects and links to delegate's work/projects. Workshops generally follow the framework:

Day 1 Project Management Approaches and Techniques
In the first day we cover the project management approaches and techniques. This includes establishing objectives and a project mission, structuring projects into stages, project planning and control techniques, and project organisation.
Day 2 Scoping and Implementing in Practice
A complete change of style. The morning is spent with delegates working in three syndicate groups; scoping, planning and organising a real project selected by the syndicate. This is practice on real work. All the approaches from the first day are used in this. The afternoon concentrates on implementation, particularly risk management

Key points are:

It is highly practical, is suitable for all types of projects and links to delegate's work/projects.
It is completely compatible with both PRINCE2 and the OGC framework, but is not bureaucratic.
It is very compact - we cover in two days what others take three days to cover.

Example Programme

Aims & Objectives

To provide participants with the key principles, approaches and techniques of Project Management.

By the end of the workshop participants should be to be able to scope and organise a project including: - establishing clear objectives and project mission; define, plan and organise projects; identify and manage project risks and implementation issues.

Day 1

0930 Introduction and Group Exercise:

What factors help and hinder the management of projects in your organisation?

1045 Project Management Basics

Establishing project objectives.
Structuring (chunking) projects using phases and stages.

1330 Project Management Basics continued

Planning and Controlling the Project
The key project planning and control techniques including critical path analysis, bar charts and milestone plans.

1600 Project Organisation

Types of organisation for projects and the sponsoring of projects.

1645 Close

Day 2

0930 Setting up and Scoping a Project

Setting up and organising a project through a simple project scoping plan.
Group work developing a Scoping Report for participants' real projects.

1330 Implementing and Leading the Project

Assessing risk and resolving implementation issues that arise and a Case study on option appraisal and decision making.
Developing Project Management groundrules for the team

1645 Close.

Sparrowhawk

National Geographic