Our 3 Day Project Management Fundamentals Course (based upon PMBOK)

Instructor:  Rod Hutchings

Intended For - Delegates with limited or no experience of Project Management who will be working in a project environment or alternatively delegates with knowledge of project management techniques who wish to extend their expertise

Course Duration - 3 Days

Prerequisites

None although exposure to project work will be of benefit

Objectives

  • To understand fundamental project management concepts
  • To be able to break a project down into manageable sections
  • To understand and apply estimating techniques
  • To be able to carry out critical path analysis
  • To realise the vital nature of people issues in project teams
  • To understand the importance of the control cycle in managing projects

Topics Covered

The project management training covers all nine project management body of knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) areas including:

  • Course Introduction
  • Self Introductions & Personal Objectives
      
    Course Objectives
      
  • Starting a Project, and the importance of the Terms of Reference
  • Breaking Things Down
  • Product Breakdown Structure
      
    Work Breakdown Structure
      
  • Networking Concepts
  • The PERT Chartand Dependencies
  • Critical Path Analysis  
  • Estimating
  • The Management of Risk
  • The Risk Assessment and Risk Management Process
  • Running a Risk Workshop
  • Structured Problem Solving
  • Scheduling the Work
  • Resource Issues
  • People Issues
  • Motivation
  • Leadership
  • Handling Conflict
  • Team Building (Including Belbin profiling)
  • Controlling the Project
  • Course Review

Please ring or email us to discuss your needs.  We offer this course throughout Australia.