Practical Project Management

Practical Project Management

Fees: US$ 600

Course Dates:

September 26 - October 7, 2011

Course Description

Project managers are expected to bring together resources, skills, technology and ideas to delivery business benefits or achieve project objectives. Good project managers ensure that these benefits and objectives are delivered to an appropriate level of quality and within the constraints of time and cost, while at the same time managing the risk inherent in change and innovation. The aim of this course is to build the competencies of senior and middle level managers in efficient and effective project management.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course the participants should be able to:

  • Use appropriate project procurement techniques;
  • Apply project management fundamentals in managing ongoing and new projects;
  • Plan projects through estimation and scheduling techniques;
  • Use the appropriate methods and techniques to efficiently initiate, plan, control and report on projects;
  • Plan for, identify, quantify and respond to risks throughout a projects lifespan;
  • Acquire skills and knowledge to undertake recovery of troubled projects;
  • Acquire working knowledge in project monitoring and evaluation techniques to track project performance;
  • Acquire working knowledge in Project Appraisal and Selection;
  • Plan, build and manage project schedules and budgets using Microsoft Project Professional;
  • Build a project plan, enter tasks and develop calendars;
  • Establish task constraints and deadlines, and create task dependencies;
  • Forecast and allocate human and material resources;
  • Track progress, update plans and monitor variances between target and actual project deliverables;
  • Create dynamic reports and custom views to communicate project information;
  • Acquire working knowledge in projects implementation tracking techniques i.e. design and development of Logframe Analysis Matrix.

Content

  • Project Management Framework
  • Project Integration Management
  • Project Estimation and Scheduling
  • Designing and Constructing Logical Frames
  • Project Risk Management
  • Project Management Team Members
  • Project Financial Management
  • Project Change Management
  • Project Monitoring and Evaluation 
  • Electronic Project Management Using Microsoft Project

Target Group
Senior and middle level managers in strategic leadership of health and development programmes.

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