Improving Project Management Skills

INTRODUCTION

Many projects are managed and performed in an inconsistent ad-hoc fashion. Having awareness and understanding of standard generally accepted project management practices enables managers to establish consistent structured techniques that promote successful project performance.

This GLOMACS Improving Project Management Skills training course is intended for business professionals who currently work on projects or are occasionally assigned to work as project team members in any business work areas. This GLOMACS training course is designed to improve delegate’s project management skills by teaching and reinforcing world-wide standard project management techniques. A focus is placed on understanding project management concepts, project launch, planning, estimation, scheduling, reporting, monitoring and completion.

This GLOMACS Improving Project Management Skills training course will also cover the highlights of quality, risk and communications. The entire course content is compliant with the ANSI standard “Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, fifth edition, (PMBOK^® Guide)” of the Project Management Institute (PMI)^®.

Highlights of this GLOMACS training course:

• Thorough review of the five project management process groups
• Participate in a practical exercise that will reinforce core project management techniques to launch, plan, report, monitor and complete a project

Objectives

This GLOMACS Improving Project Management Skills training course exposes delegates to the most current generally accepted practices of project management. This enables learners to:

• Appreciate the fundamentals of project management including the ability to initiate, plan and execute basic controls for a project
• Understand each of the project plans
• Develop a project charter and effectively gather project requirements
• Understand the basics of establishing quality metrics
• Identify risks and reflect on strategies that may be applied to proactively reduce the impact of risks to a project
• Report effectively on project progress and recognize the need for change and how to address changes consistently

Training Methodology

The facilitator will introduce each of the core topics using a lecture format. Presentations are supported by reinforcement exercises to emphasize the application of theory in real-world project settings. This GLOMACS Improving Project Management Skills training course commences with an overview of the nature of projects and the fundamentals of project management. This enables delegates to reflect on how various project management techniques contribute to the holistic management of a project. This provides them with a clear rationale as to why they should improve their project management skills and supports engagement with the materials over the five days.

Organisational Impact

This GLOMACS Improving Project Management Skills training course helps organisations to benefit from:

• Excelling in project management practice and increasing organisational maturity
• Equipping employees in refining abilities for project leadership and management
• Gaining confidence from customers by having project professionals capable of applying consistent generally accepted project management techniques and effective progress communication processes

Personal Impact

Participants will benefit from:

• Introduction to project management fundamentals, methodologies and benefits
• Detailed understanding of the processes involved in selecting a project, creating a charter and completing the project plan
• Being able to implement selected or all project management tools and methods for immediate use
• Introduction to the PMI PMBOK^® standard which will support any future endeavours in pursuing the widely recognized CAPM^® and PMP^® certifications

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This GLOMACS Improving Project Management Skills training course is not industry specific so representatives of all functional disciplines would benefit from learning the methodologies and mastering the tools presented. This training course is recommended for actual or potential project management professionals who directly contribute to projects. It is ideal for candidates who are intending to start managing projects soon or need to improve their project management skills through exposure to standard generally accepted practices.