Workshops and Seminars
Project Management
Instructors: Dr. Jeffrey Pinto
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Among the wide variety of groups who would benefit from this two-day seminar are engineers and technical professionals who are involved in projects within their organizations. Also, other professionals who provide logistic or administrative support for company projects would gain valuable insights into the project management processes and challenges from attending this seminar.
EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
Project management has been labeled the number one career choice for the coming decade by Fortune magazine. More and more companies are actively adopting project management techniques as part of their on-going operational strategy. For this two-day seminar, the basic approach will be to provide a broad overview of the variety of state-of-the-art project management techniques and challenges, including issues of scope development, risk assessment, resource planning, scheduling, performance evaluation, and human factors in project management. As a result, this seminar is intended to address the major topics of project management, while providing attendees with a set of practical "take-aways" that can be immediately useful in their work situations.
SEMINAR OUTLINE:
1. The Challenge of Project Management
- What are the current opportunities that make project management so important in the business world?
- Why does project management offer unique advantages to companies that employ it?
- What are the common obstacles that prevent project management from being used optimally?
- What are the key elements of project scope and why are they important?
- Develop work breakdown structures
- Using stakeholder analysis to ensure that the project is being done right
- Learning to identify the principle sources of risk in your projects
- The steps in creating a meaningful project risk management system
- Understanding the process for projecting resource needs and costs
- Resource planning and control
- Methods for effective project scheduling
- Important scheduling techniques
- Advantages and disadvantages in the use of various project scheduling methods
- Critical chain project scheduling
- Key performance indicators
- Earned value management
- Creating a performance management and change control system
- The role of leadership in successful project management
- Teams and team development—getting the most from your people
8. Human Factors in Successful Project Management
- Understanding the "human side" of project management