Project Management Essentials
Intensive 5-day course · English, Arabic & European languages
- Duration5 days
- FormatClassroom or live online
- LanguageEnglish, Arabic or a European language
- CertificateARUK Certificate of Attendance
- FeeFrom £2,280 + VAT
Professionals contributing to projects or preparing to manage them practise project management over 5 days through a central project scenario. Delegates prepare scope and planning documents, estimate work and build schedules, then consider quality, resources and risk. Leadership, delegation and communication accompany the work on controls, contracts, customer satisfaction and project closure.
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Group discount: 2 delegates 20% · 3 delegates 35% · 5 or more delegates 50%
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Online (live)
With a trainer, on dates to suit your team
This course can be taught live online by a trainer, in English, Arabic or any European language, for one person or a whole team.
£1,850 + VAT
Group discount: 2 delegates 20% · 3 delegates 35% · 5 or more delegates 50%
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Course overview
Project management also concerns people. Leadership, problem solving, delegation and communication accompany risk identification and the management of teams and their working environment, with attention to a culture of improved safety. Delegates examine how to initiate and select projects, define success through performance indicators and quality measures, and apply basic project controls.
A central scenario drives the practical work. Assigned roles give delegates experience of creating a scope statement, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), risk register, activity list, network diagram and earned value report. Planning exercises cover project charters and requirements before the discussion turns to scheduling, resource constraints and cost estimates.
Controls connect the schedule with resources and costs. The later sessions examine virtual teams, communication plans and contracts within project constraints, then address tracking software, meetings and project problems. Closure includes administration, handover, document updates and lessons learnt, with customer satisfaction included in the project management objectives.
Course objectives
By the end of the course, delegates will be able to:
- Explain project management fundamentals and initiate, plan and apply basic project controls
- Apply planning techniques to prepare a project plan
- Define project success through key performance indicators and quality metrics
- Identify project risks and explain the advantages of different contract types
- Control, manage and close a project with attention to customer satisfaction
Who should attend
This course suits:
- People involved in projects or likely to become involved
- Business professionals working on projects or occasionally assigned to project teams in any business area
- Direct project contributors, including those preparing to manage projects, needing project management skills promptly or learning project selection and management
Training methodology
- Interactive briefings use a central project scenario and adult learning techniques.
- Delegates complete project work in assigned roles and prepare a scope statement, WBS, risk register, activity list, network diagram and earned value report.
- Open discussion and examples from practice accompany learning through application.
Daily agenda
- Day 1
Project management principles and initiation
- Understanding the purpose of project management
- Project and product lifecycles
- Good practice in project management
- Methods for initiating a project
- Managing project selection
- Preparing SMART objectives and business cases
- Exercise to create SMART objectives
- Exercises in selecting projects
- Day 2
Requirements, charter and scope
- Preparing documentation for senior management approval
- Defining the management of the project
- Collecting project requirements
- Defining the project's full scope
- Using work breakdown structures to create and analyse the project
- Exercise to write the project charter
- Exercise to gather requirements
- Exercise to prepare the work breakdown structure
- Exercise to write the scope statement
- Day 3
Developing schedules and budgets
- Characteristics of a realistic project schedule
- Defining and managing activity dependencies
- Estimating project durations and costs
- Preparing and optimising the schedule
- Presenting schedule and resource constraints
- Controlling costs, schedules and resources
- Practice in drawing network diagrams
- Exercise to create and sequence activities and estimate their durations
- Practice with analogous, parametric and three-point estimates
- Day 4
Quality, human resources (HR), communication, risk and contracts
- Defining and controlling project KPIs and metrics
- Preparing and presenting the resource plan
- Developing the project's communication plan
- Managing teams that work virtually
- Understanding and reviewing project risks
- Managing contracts within project constraints
- Exercise to prepare quality metrics
- Exercise to conduct a project meeting
- Project risk management exercise
- Day 5
Tracking delivery and closing the project
- Tracking projects with project software
- Addressing project management problems
- Reviews and discussion of project cases
- Good practice in project leadership, communication and meetings
- Project closure: administration, handovers, document updates and lessons learnt
- The purpose, timing and content of lessons learnt
- Exercise to record lessons learnt at the end of the course
Certificate
Every delegate who completes the course receives an ARUK Training Certificate of Attendance.
Frequently asked questions
How do I register?
Choose a date and city in the schedule and press Register, or send us an enquiry. Our team confirms your place and sends an invoice.
Are fees shown with VAT?
Fees are shown per delegate and exclude VAT, which is added to the invoice where applicable.
Can this course be delivered for our team only?
Yes. Any ARUK course can be delivered in-house at your premises, in a meeting room we book for you, or 1-to-1.
Is this course available online?
Yes. We run it live online with a trainer, on dates that suit your team, for £1,850 + VAT per delegate.
Is there a group discount?
Yes. 20% for 2 delegates, 35% for 3 delegates and 50% for 5 or more delegates on the same course.
Can the course be delivered in Arabic or another language?
Yes. Our courses can be delivered in English, Arabic or any European language, by a trainer who teaches in that language. Mention your preferred language when you register or enquire.
What certificate will I receive?
An ARUK Training Certificate of Attendance.
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