PROJECT MANAGEMENT

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

During the past decade, the skills of Project Management have become increasingly recognized as highly desirable for managers of all levels of an organization. Most people can benefit from the application of these skills to some areas of their daily operations. From large undertakings such as the Delhi Metro, Narmada Dam or INSAT-3D, to the smaller but unique projects like New Product Development, Continuous Improvement or Process Re-engineering in everyday business operations, special skills of project management are called for, to produce right results.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT Course deals with the SMART approach to handling projects, be they small or big. It talks about focus on project goals, which have to be Specific, Measurable, Accepted (by the Team), Realistic and Time-bound. It expands on the four phases involved, namely, goal definition, project planning, execution, and completion. The key factors like Time Management and Resource monitoring are stressed for their importance. This is a one day programme having four sessions.

The First Session –

Ø       Change and the project manager

Ø       What is a project?

Ø       Dynamic life-cycle of a project

Ø       Project organization

The Second Session –

Ø       The first steps

Ø       Defining goals

Ø       Scope of work statement

Ø       Preliminary estimation

Ø       Risk assessment

Ø       Project team

The Third Session –

Ø       Concept of key stages

Ø       Project work breakdown structure

Ø       Logic diagram & PERT

Ø       Timing the activities

Ø       Resource allocation

Ø       Optimizing the schedule

Ø       Project approval

The Fourth Session –

Ø       Launch & critical success factors

Ø       Establishing milestones

Ø       Handling changes

Ø       Project status reports

Ø       Progress meetings & problem-solving

Ø       Time management

Ø       Cost control

Ø       Post-project appraisal

There will be discussions on some case studies depending on the progress of the sessions.