Advanced Project Management for Experienced Project Managers
Duration: 2 days
Target Audience: Practicing Project Managers that understand and practice the standard project principles, wanting to further their PM skills; more relevant for those working on large capital projects and multiple projects. If your organisation has a standard project methodology, this will be referred to during the course.
Key Learning Outcomes
- Explore how to align the project to deliver greater value to its stakeholders.
- Fine-tune your project scheduling techniques.
- Practice using advanced project budgeting and cost management tools to keep your project on track.
- Understand the role of the Project Management Office and how to ensure its success.
- Improve your confidence and ability to manage external project suppliers throughout the contract life cycle.
- Improve your people leadership skills on large, complex and multi-region projects.
Course Delivery Includes:
- Theory: Latest best practice
- Team discussions
- Group exercises
- Case studies
- Technique application practice
- Personal action planning
Course Outline: Advanced Project Management for Experienced Project Managers
DAY 1
Aligning the Project to Deliver Strategic Value
Discovering the Project’s Business Value Drivers
Aligning the Project with Strategic Business Value
Writing a Simple and Robust Business Case
Organising the People
Structuring Project Resources Working Across Geographical Regions
Using Resource Planning Tools
Establishing a Stakeholder Engagement Plan
Project Scheduling
Types of Project Scheduling and Effort Estimation
Recap on Scheduling: Network Diagrams and Identifying the Critical Path
Advanced Project Budgeting and Cost Management
Project Budget Categories
Project Value Engineering
Time/Cost Trade-Off Analysis
Earned Value Management
DAY 2
Managing Multiple Projects
The Strategic, Tactical and Operational Roles of the Project Management Office (PMO)
Reporting and Control Tools
Identifying and Managing Programme Risks
Stakeholder Engagement and Support
Contract and Supplier Management
The Contract Management Life Cycle
Types of Supplier Contracts
Key Contractual Risks and Controls
Managing Supplier Relationships
Managing Suppliers Across Multiple Projects
Leading Project Teams Successfully
Important Team Leadership Models
Key Considerations for Change Programmes
Agile Principles for High Performance Project Teams
Keys to Success
Summary of Project Management Best Practices
Personal Action Planning