Successful Project Planning, Implementing and Achieving Deadlines
By the end of the workshop participants will be able to:
plan, schedule and implement ‘project’ tasks effectively
allocate resources and prepare contingency plans
monitor and control progress and costs
Use a number of models to aid both positive and negative feedback without being drawn into the emotion
Workshop Overview
Defining Project Management
demystifying the concept
Aims And Objectives Of The Project
types of projects
why projects fail, methods for success
Steps to successful Project Management – the stages
objective setting
planning
skills of running the meeting -time allowed
organising resources and informing others
implementing
monitoring
controlling
evaluating
Tools and Techniques
SMART objective setting
mindmapping and idea gathering
Critical Path Analysis – network analysis and charting techniques
building a critical path network
evaluating options
performance indicators
costing
scheduling methods
Involving others
people as a resource
communication and meetings
effective delegation
staying on target
Further options for working with more complex projects