Project Management Fundamentals
18, 19, 21 & 22 October, 2020
Project Management Fundamentals
by Divya Nambiar
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18, 19, 21 & 22 October 2020 | 7:00 – 10:00 PM [Dubai Time]
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Total 12 hours of Online Instructor Led Training
Project management is a set of techniques that anyone can apply to achieve goals and make projects more successful. Project management can be used to guide small, simple projects as well as complex enterprise-wide initiatives.
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This 12 hours online instructor led training provides practical skills, concepts, and principles that can be taken back to the job and implemented right away. The course format includes a mixture of lecture, case studies, numerous exercises including working on project management templates, and group discussions. All participants return to their workplace better equipped to bring their projects to a successful conclusion.
Learning Outcomes
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Understand the approach for initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and closing a successful project
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Apply the best practices for outlining project scope and learn strategies to minimize scope creep
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Examine approaches on how to manage the different stakeholders on a project
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Create components of Project Management Plan including Stakeholder Management Plan, Work Breakdown Structure (Scope), Risk Register
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Understand the triple constraints and concepts of planning time, cost, resources and risks on a project
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This workshop is for anyone working on any kind of projects, or working with a project team or aspiring for a career in project management.
Course Outline
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GETTING STARTED WITH PROJECT MANAGEMENT
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Identifying the Components and Characteristics of a Project
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Understanding the Project Management Life Cycle - Initiation to Closing
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Recognizing Project Success Criteria
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Defining the Role of a Project Manager and the team
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Stakeholders and their impact on project success
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PROJECT INITIATION
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Project Charter
ACTIVITY 1: Developing a Project Charter -
Understanding Stakeholders
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Creating a Stakeholder Management Strategy
ACTIVITY 2: Building a Stakeholder Register with Stakeholder Management Strategy
PROJECT PLANNING
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Project Management Software – MS Project / Primavera / Others
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Determining the Scope of a Project – Requirements /Expectations / Deliverables
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Creating a Work Breakdown Structure
ACTIVITY 3: Work Breakdown Structure -
Understanding a schedule and how it is created
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Critical Path Method and PERT
ACTIVITY 4: Scheduling with Critical Path Method -
Estimating budgets and how it is created
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Resource Planning – Material / Machinery /Manpower / Others
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Human Resource Planning – Teams / Tasks / Roles
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Identifying, analyzing and responding to risks
ACTIVITY 5: Developing a basic Risk Register
PROJECT EXECUTION, MONITORING AND CONTROL, AND CLOSING
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Executing the Project Management Plan
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Managing the Team
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Monitoring Progress
ACTIVITY 6: Variances (Earned Value Management) and developing solutions -
Reporting Performance
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Closing the Project
Full price
AED 1,500 + VAT
(From 21 September 2020)
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Early Bird Price
AED 1,200 + VAT
(valid up to 20 September 2020)
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Special price for group registrations
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All prices are per participant and excludes 5% VAT
About the Trainer
Divya Nambiar is a Project Management Expert with in-depth experience in handling large scale sustainable projects globally and a Corporate Trainer providing Project Management trainings across diverse industries. She has been a Subject Matter Expert and Reviewer to the upcoming Project Management Body of Knowledge Guide - Construction Extension.
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She is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), has a Masters in Project Management, a Bachelors in Architecture, a LEED AP BD+C (US Green Building Council).
