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Project Management Fundamentals

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 ObjectivesCourse Objectives
  • Starting a Project, and the importance of the Terms of Reference
  • Breaking Things Down
  • Product Breakdown StructureWork 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

If you have a group of 7+ delegates and are interested in holding a private course at your place of work then please contact us to discuss your corporate training needs.   We offer training throughout Australia.

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About Rod Hutchings, PMP, CPPD, SCPM, MAppSc

Mr Rod Hutchings is an Executive Project Manager for IBM Global Technology Services (GTS) Strategic Outsourcing. His numerous professional recognitions include IBM’s prestigious, global “2009 Services Delivery Quality Excellence Award” for his program delivery success. Mr. Hutchings is certified as a Practising Project Director (CPPD) and Project Management Assessor by the Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM). He is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) by the Project Management Institute (PMI). He is certified as a Stanford Certified Project Manager by the Stanford University. He is the project management competency leader of IBM Australia’s Registered Training Organisation (RTO), that is authorized to assess and issue AQF qualifications to the Advanced Diploma in Project Management Level - AQL6 - Program Management Level. The views expressed at projectmanagement.net.au are those of the author and not that of IBM. This website is not operated or associated in any way with IBM which does not accept responsibility for any views expressed or for any loss or damage occasioned by users of the site.

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