Overview

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During this practical training, participants will be introduced to professional tools, techniques and methodologies for project management, including international trends and project management techniques combined with excellent practical examples. Participants will learn how different project life cycles depend on what project management methodologies and approaches are used, from project launch to completion.
By using short case studies, practical exercises, lectures and knowledge exchange, participants have the opportunity to apply best practices and share training experience which will ultimately enable them to successfully lead the project.

 

Prerequisites

None

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Target Audience

Individuals for whom project management is a completely new field: technologists, researchers, students, executives, business development managers.
Professionals taking over their first project: team leaders, project administrators, project coordinators, business analysts, solution architects, planning managers, quality managers, project support roles.
Experienced project managers and teams with insufficient formal education.

 

Objectives

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• Increasing customer satisfaction - using methodological principles in project management increases the possibility of delivery project results within the deadline/budget and control of all factors that lead to successful implementation.

• Increasing the competencies of employees - project managers and members of project teams will gain the necessary knowledge and tools to become more confident, competent and skilled to achieve project results - for themselves, the organization and clients.

• Reputational integrity and competitive advantage - the application of proven tools and management methodologies increases the possibility of project implementation (within the deadline, in the budget) in accordance with the client's expectations in regard to incidental realization of the project and thus achieving competitive advantage over other organizations who do not have trained employees and methods/tools for project management.

• Improving efficiency - Project Managers who can deal effectively with risks will consistently and reliably implement successful projects by optimizing time, money and resources.

 

 

Training outline

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This 2 day training’s framework is based on several key topics with practical workshop and will cover following topics:

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DAY 1

 

• Project management overview (definition, results, values, challenges, elements of success)

• Trends in project management (methodologies, models, life cycles)

• Project leader - magician in action (role, knowledge, skills, characteristics, tools)

• How to start a project? (key principles, checklists, documents, structure)

• Development of project plan (estimates, time plan and budget plan)

 

 

DAY 2

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• Fundamentals of project monitoring (implementing monitoring techniques, reporting, challenges, changes and problem solving)

• Risks are our friends (concepts, strategies and tools)

• Project execution (leadership, teamwork, communication, subcontracting, expectations management)

• Project closure (checklists, challenges, project cancellation, lessons learned, documentation)

• Tips for practical problems (pragmatic solutions to practical problems)

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After training all participants will get:

• Original custom made templates of project documents used in presentation.

• Individual consultations on project management topics for participants 10 days after training for open training and 30 days for inhouse training.

• 14 PDU / contact hours of project management education that can be used for PMI certification holders or prerequisite for PMI certification application.

• Certificate of attendance.

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Training is organized also as in-house and you can book appointment via e-mail: tatjana@pm4you.eu.

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