Project Management for Managers

By the end of the training, the participant will be able to:

• Realise the importance of projects in the execution of their organisation’s business strategy

• Appreciate the manager’s role in the organisation of projects

• Be able to better guide project managers in their role and obtain better results

• Ask more relevant questions during project reviews

• Think about a more appropriate organisation for the execution of projects in their organisation / department

• Help project managers describe the different elements of their projects

• Formalise requests for project reporting

• Defend and prioritise their project’s resource requirements

• Discuss business projects more effectively with fellow managers

• Put projects in the context of the organisation’s business strategy

• Reflect upon the concept of an organisation for project management

• The relationship between strategy and projects

  • Why we do projects

  • Role of leadership to achieving successful outcomes

• Roles in project management

  • Distinguish between the roles of the sponsor and the project manager

  • Best composition of actors for a steering committee
    

• The phases of a project and their specific aspects

  • Pre-project

  • Initiation of a project

  • Lead a project - delivery phases

  • Close a project

• The essential elements of a project

  • Organisation

  • Problem and task log

  • Risk management

  • Change management

  • Reporting

• Some common methods - which to choose?

  • PRINCE2 / PMI

  • Agile / scrum

• The elements of a PMO (Project Management Office)

  • Objectives of a PMO

  • Prerequisites and approach

Management, Directors, Managers, Department Heads