Project management – Basic level

1. Duration: 2 days, 16h + breaks
2. Number of participants: up to 15 persons
3. Form of course: lecture, individual and group practice, tests

Chapters:

Introduction to project management

1. Essential aspects and organisation of the project
2. Scope of the project
3. Project timeline
4. Project costs
5. Risk management
6. Project team
7. Implementation of the project plan
8. Completion of the project

Having completed the training, each participant will be able to:

1. Recognise and understand the differences between a project and a business process
2. Run the project in accordance with the key project management processes
3. Plan the project in the best way possible, taking into account risks and project stakeholders
4. Prepare work breakdown structure (WBS)
5. Skilfully plan the project schedule, taking into account how various tasks affect one another
6. Use the critical path method
7. Build an optimal project team
8. Use tools to select project team members
9. Use methods to solve project-related problems
10. Respond to project risks
11. 1 Monitor project progress and manage changes
12. 1 Use project documents
13. 1 Formally close the project

Full range of the topics covered:

Chapter 1 – Introduction to project management

1. Project, process, project management – definitions
2. Characteristics of project management
3. Process-based approach to project management

Chapter 2 – Essential aspects and organisation of the project

1. Main reasons for setting up projects
2. Project life cycle
3. Assessing the merits of a project
4. Project stakeholder analysis
5. Building the organisational structure of the project

Chapter 3 – Scope of the project

1. Project products, project product map
2. Creating project requirements
3. Work breakdown structure (WBS)

Chapter 4 – Project timetable

1. WBS versus project schedule
2. Building a project schedule
3. Defining relationships between tasks
4. Critical path method

Chapter 5 – Project costs

1. Project cost estimation
2. Preparing the budget of a project
3. Monitoring and supervising costs

Chapter 6 – Risk management

1. Risk identification and analysis methods
2. Planning the risk management system
3. Risk response strategies

Chapter 7 – Project team

1. How to successfully build a project team
2. Managing the project team
3. How to motivate the project team

Chapter 8 – Implementation of the project plan

1. Responsibility for project completion
2. Methods for tracking progress of the work
3. Monitoring the effectiveness of a project
4. Project reporting system

Chapter 9 – Closing a project

1. Clearing and closing a project
2. Evaluating the implementation of a project
3. Conclusions