Project Planning And Control Training Courses


Planning, monitoring and controlling are the fundamental building blocks of effective project management. This 2 day project management course provides individuals with the essential information required to enable them to better plan and control projects.


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Project Planning and Control Course Outline

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Learning Objectives

By the end of the course, delegates will:

  • Have enhanced and improved their existing planning skills
  • Have become familiar with the techniques to ensure effective planning and control
  • Have practised the tools and techniques by applying these to a project scenario

Materials 

Delegates will receive:

  • Course material  

Examination Structure

Not applicable

Who Should Attend/Pre-requisites

This course is suitable for anyone involved in the detailed planning, monitoring and control of a project’s activities or who is generally interested in the core processes of project management.

Topics Covered - 2 Day

This highly interactive and participative course covers the following areas:

  • Introductions and Expectations

An opportunity to familiarise delegates with the course content, desired outcomes and individual requirements

  • Project Set-Up

Delegates will discuss the definition of a project and how an idea or opportunity is turned into a project

  • Risk Management

This session looks at Risk Management Method, Business Risk, Risk Workshops and Risk Monitoring

  • Work Breakdown Structures

Delegates will become familiar with the process of developing the WBS, the basic principles of project stages, and the definition of deliverables

  • Planning and Estimating

This session discusses the need to establish a baseline plan to achieve project objectives and enable monitoring and control activities.  This includes fundamental techniques that can be used to enable efficient utilisation of resources during the project lifecycle whilst ensuring that time constraints are satisfied.  In particular networks and critical path analysis are covered

  • Project Control

In this session delegates look at project monitoring and control methods to ensure controlled progress against the plan. This will include feedback mechanisms, and change control

Aikona are an approved project management training provider for:


 

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