Event Series:
Project Management
Project Management: Launchpad Plus
August 30 @ 9:30 am - September 1 @ 5:30 pm
Well then why don’t you show me?
Our two-day Project Management Launchpad course gives you all the skills that you and your team need to get started and get cracking together on projects back at work. But how would it be if we had a third day to plan, execute and produce a real deliverable? That would really bond the team, wouldn’t it? Because when they get back to the office, they’ve actually demonstrated what they learned.
Course Synopsis
This course contains everything in the Launchpad class plus with a third day the participants get the opportunity to plan and run a project to deliver a solid deliverable that will be demonstrated at the end of the day. The third day solidifies the learning of the attendees and bonds the attendees into a motivated, enthusiastic teams.
By the end of this course, you will have the experience to think quickly, build momentum and often exceed the expectations of senior management and stakeholders.
Who Should Attend?
If you are new to managing and leading projects or you are a member of a project team, then this course is for you. It is a practical two-day course covering the essential aspects you need to know to initiate a project, plan correctly and execute effectively to produce on-time and on-budget delivery to the satisfaction of your senior management or customers.
Course Agenda
| Subject | Description |
|---|---|
| Day One | |
| Introduction & Course Positioning | Round-table introduction Course plan and discussion of any special requirements. |
| Project Lifecycles, Methods & Methodologies | The lifecycle of a project, and how to plan and run it. Methods such as Waterfall, Critical Path & Chain, Agile and Scrum are explained. |
| Organizational Structures & Support | How your organisation can help or hinder your ability to manage a project. How to traverse the structure. |
| Understanding Your Stakeholders | Who are your stakeholders? How to map them, plan for them and handle and balance stakeholder interests. |
| Initiating Your Project | Fixing the project objectives and the mechanism that starts any project. |
| Planning Scope, Cost and Time 1 | Planning the project to manage scope, cost, time, risk, quality and other vital measures. Cost & time estimation, tools to analyse project work. |
| Subject | Description |
|---|---|
| Day Two | |
| Planning Scope, Cost and Time 2 | Analysis of dependencies and the production of a project schedule |
| Managing Project Risks | What is risk? Qualitative & quantitative analysis, risk matrices, registers, mitigation and contingency |
| Planning Your Communications | Producing a viable communications plan to incorporate stakeholders needs Project communication skills Kick-off and other meetings |
| Communications & Leadership | How to lead and motivate your project team, the group and other stakeholders |
| Running Your Project | Running and managing your projects, and handling changes, risk triggers Stakeholder requirements and other issues Re-planning and re-baselining. |
| Q&A and Close | Discussion and Q&A |
| Subject | Description |
|---|---|
| Day Three | |
| Preparation and Briefing | The class is introduced to today's project which is to produce a real, tangible deliverable. |
| Presentation and Analysis | Teams present their deliverables to the class. Discussions on how the project went through the day. |
| Q&A and Close | Discussion and Q&A |
