Events

Advanced Project Management

Date(s)

22/05/2019 - 22/05/2019

Time

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Location

Graduate School TR7

Participants will be introduced to tried and tested management techniques for dealing with complex and ill-defined projects.

During this 1-day course, participants will: 
• Learn about initiating complex projects and programmes including reconciling stakeholder priorities and constituting the project board 
• Prioritise multiple projects, establishing the project slate and calculate the cost of changed priorities 
• Be aware of phased project delivery, distinguishing needs and wants and avoiding "gold plating"
• Understand establishing a project office and defining function and responsibility 
• Learn effective work allocation including scheduling multiple tasks and Goldratt's Theory of Constraints
• Understand different project types and alternative project management methodologies 
• Learn to employ Earned Value Analysis (EVA), computing CV, SV, CPI, SVI, and predicting likely outcomes 
• Appreciate ethics and professionalism in projects and the need to comply with rigorous standards of behaviour

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