Project Management Masterclass

Module I: Project Leadership Management and Communications

Day One: Transition from Manager to Leader

• The Need for the Shift from Project Manager to Project Leader
• Defining a Thought Process to Make Better Decisions
• Enhance Personal Development through Increased Self-awareness
• Practice Emotional Intelligence in a Project Environment
• Develop an Executive-type Presence

Day Two: Expand Your Own Perspective

• Become a thought Leader
• Learn How to Expand Your Strategic Scope
• Learn How to Become Innovative
• Improve Your Decision-making

Day Three: Commit to People and Relationships

• Objective of Project Leadership
• Limitations of Project Management and Team Relationships
• Recognise the Place for Talent Management
• Use of Mentoring to Develop Future Project Leaders
• Cultivate Conditions for Project Team Success and Growth

Day Four: Body Language for Leaders

• Understand How Body-language Symbols and Perceived by Others
• Have Your Body Language Match Your Message for Positive Communication
• Six Ways to Make a Positive First Impression
• Establishing a Leadership Presence
• Conveying Confidence in a Warm and Empathetic Manner

Day Five: Putting It All in Practice

• Make the Shift: Moving from Technical to Relational Skills
• Nurturing Emotional Quality
• Expand Your Perspective
  • Think in Terms of Team Results
  • Consider Client Relationships
  • Consider Business Perspective
• Commit to People and Relationships
• Understand the Value of Developing Future Leaders

Module II: Planning, Organizing & Controlling Projects

Day Six: Reviewing the Fundamentals

• Understanding Projects: Differences between large/small and simple/complex projects
• The 'Project Life Cycle' and the role of project management
• Current trends in project management: Project management associations and qualifications
• Project Performance Measurement: Understanding why some projects succeed and others don’t
• A framework for building project success: Improving Project Management Performance
• The different project roles, responsibilities, and boundaries: RACI Charts
• Key Financial Concepts: Net Present Value, Internal Rate of Return, and Payback Periods

Day Seven: Initiating and Defining Projects

• Initiating Projects: Project context and environment
• Setting realistic objectives: Defining project scope and deliverables
• Managing expectations and agreeing priorities: Ensuring value for money
• Developing a work breakdown structure: Defining roles and specifying work packages
• Developing a cost breakdown structure: Techniques for making preliminary estimates of time and cost
• Using appropriate Project Planning Methods: Applying a structured approach
• Initiating Risk Management: Using qualitative risk analysis techniques

Day Eight: Planning Projects for Results

• Building a realistic project plan: Using Gantt charts and activity networks
• Using the plan to develop detailed task and resource schedules
• Identifying the critical path and setting milestones: Getting buy-in from the key players
• Techniques for developing detailed estimates for time and cost: Managing estimating uncertainty
• Minimizing Project Timescales: Exploring time-cost options and understanding trade-offs
• Managing Project Risks: Qualitative and Quantitative Risk Management methods and techniques
• The importance of continuous planning: Maintaining and Updating plans and risk registers

Day Nine: Organizing, Implementing, and Controlling Projects

• Handling the changes and challenges that affect projects
• Running effective change control processes
• Project performance tracking, management, and control systems
• Pro-active and Re-active control: Measures that give early warning
• Using predictive control techniques: Gantt charts, burn-down charts, and earned value methods
• Managing Project Communication and Decision Making: Running effective meetings
• Exploiting Information Management Technology: Managing Project Documentation

Day Ten: Project Leadership and Team-Working 

• Working in Project Teams: Building collaborative working relationships
• Understanding Leadership and Management: Qualities and skills that enhance results
• The role of the leader in building team cohesion and performance: The Team Development Cycle
• The keys to effective influence and persuasion: Characteristics of successful leaders
• Improving communication, delegation, and motivation skills
• Working with Senior Stakeholders: Creating rapport and understanding, managing expectations
• Lean Concepts and The Learning Cycle: Implementing continuous improvement