PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS COURSE

SYNOPSIS: In today’s global and dynamic business environment, the need to quickly deliver on new business initiatives is becoming a critical competitive success factor. Increasingly, organizations are using projects to introduce new products and innovations to the business environment. Hence, effectively managing projects, tight schedules and budget is becoming an important business imperative. Organizations need to quickly assemble human resources, focus on objective and deliver results.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

At the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Develop sound knowledge in Project planning and scheduling
• Develop competence in project evaluation and selection
• Carry out Cost estimation and budgeting
• Manage Resources and stakeholders involved in the project management
• Perform effective Project monitoring and control

COURSE CONTENT

Strategic Context of Projects

• Definition of project
• Introduction to project management
• Organizational context of projects
• Project charter and scope
• The project teams

Project Planning

• Work breakdown structure
• Cost estimation and budgeting
• Activity scheduling
• Resource planning and management
• Project communication
• Project quality plan
• Project risk analysis
• Project management tools

Project Execution

• Project launch – kick-off
• Monitoring and control
• Stakeholder management
• Change management
• Project procurement
• Contract administration
• Human resource issues
• Project evaluation
• Ethics in project management
• Project closing

TARGET AUDIENCE: Project managers and programme coordinators, Executives, senior managers, project engineers in manufacturing firms.