Training Schedule
Project Planning
Course Category: Project Management Courses
Duration: 1 day
Price: 595 +VAT
Type: Public, In-House
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Course Overview
The aim of the course is to provide delegates with an insight to the principles and techniques to be employed in planning projects of any size.
By the end of the course participants will be able to:
- Understand the context of project planning within project management
- Understand the purpose of project plans
- Understand the different types of project plans
- Prepare project plans consistently and to a sufficient level of detail
- Understand how to monitor project progress against the plans
- Understand when and how to prepare exception plans
The course is intended to provide practical examples through the use of case studies and workshops. The use of project management tools, such as, Microsoft Project, is also discussed. Delegates’ handouts will include a copy of all course material.
Course Synopsis
Introduction
• Course objectives
• Definition of a project
• Project management overview
• The purpose of planning
Project Risks
• Definition of a risk
• Shifting certainty
• The management of risk
Project Planning
• Deliverables and activities
• Work breakdown structures
• Workflow diagrams
• Control points
• Quality reviews
Exercise 1: Preparing Plans – Work Breakdown Structures and workflow diagrams
Planning and Estimating
• Estimating principles
• When to estimate
• Estimating techniques
• Quantitative and qualitative techniques
• Contingency
• First cut plans
• Critical path analysis
• Rescheduling plans
• Problems with planning and estimating
Exercise 2: Estimating Techniques
Exercise 3: Critical Path Analysis
Project Tracking and Plan Management
• Tracking plans
• Why do plans change?
• Re-estimating
• Change management
• Re-planning
• Maintaining control
Conclusions
• Project management tools and methods
• Critical success factors
• Learning points
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