• What is project management?
• The project management framework: Start-up/Initiation – Planning – Delivery – Closedown
• The Project Brief: Identifying project goals and objectives; Goals, Objectives, Scope; Time-Cost-Quality; Sign-off/approval
• What is your role in projects – identifying the various roles you can play in projects: Project Manager, Sponsor & Board, Team, Stakeholders
• A range of project management tools to help you to manage your projects, which include: Stakeholder analysis; Milestone Planning; Work Breakdown Structure; Gantt Chart basics; Risk Management
• Project delivery and Project reporting
• Closing projects

When you understand how projects work and, more importantly, what makes them succeed, you will perform better in a project environment. This one-day workshop is packed with practical tools and resources to help you deliver your projects on time, to budget and as specified.

Who is it for? Managers who would benefit from applying project management techniques and skills to day-to-day tasks or who need to interact with projects as members of project teams. This course is consistent with PRINCE II and suitable for UK Public Authorities.