Detailed Course Outline
INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT
- Identify what project management is all about
- The importance it plays in assisting organisations in meeting their business goals
- Differences between project and process work
- Contributory factors to project success
INTRODUCTION TO PRINCE2™ METHOD
- Introduction to PRINCE2™ – history, plus the unique selling points
- Components, processes and techniques of PRINCE2™ method
- Tailoring to all sizes and complexities of projects
PROJECT START-UP
- Identifies what needs to be considered when determining the validity and feasibility of the project in realising business benefits
- Creating the Project Brief from the Project Mandate
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PROJECT BOARD
- Represents the management layer above the Project Manager
- What needs to be done throughout the project lifecycle to ensure conformity to process and delivery of identified business goals and benefits
PROJECT INITIATION
- The importance of identifying what the project is attempting to achieve and why it is important to the business
- Definition of roles and responsibilities
- Creating a solid foundation for the project
- Production of the Project Initiation Document
PLANNING
- Identifies the crucial importance of planning
- The necessity of planning at the appropriate level
- The requirements of high level plus detailed planning is also addressed
- Product-based planning technique
CONTROLLING A STAGE
- Review the issues and exceptions that can arise during the various stages of a project
- Identifies how progress and the output of each stage should be controlled and managed
MANAGING PRODUCT DELIVERY
- Focuses on the activity of product creation by the project team
- Ensures that the team are delivering exactly what is required
MANAGING STAGE BOUNDARIES
- Provides the information to the Project Board to allow them to assess the continuing viability of the Project
PROJECT CLOSURE
- Examines the activities involved with wrapping everything up at the end of the project and disbanding the project team
- Addresses the need to review all activities so that lessons can be learned from the ‘good’ as well as the ‘not-so good’ experiences