OBJECTIVES

•        Understand different stages of Project Management and challenges each stage will face. 

o   Participants will learn in an environment where challenges are set throughout the training to stimulate learning. They need to complete and compete among each other creating a fun, wanting to win and learn environment.

o   Practical tips will be provided on how to leverage on available technologies to create output needed without incurring too much time.

•        Become proficient in the commonly applicable project management techniques, methodologies and features to maximize productivity, efficiency & effectiveness

o   Various checklists will be provided to help and ease the user for future preparation.

o   Participants will be given real life scenarios to discuss and suggest; and present ways to overcome and manage the given scenario.

•        Prepare, revise and perform ‘what-if’ analysis using MS Project 2000.

o   The manual is prepared in a user friendly manner where the Fill-in-the-blank allows user to focus and the Outline form made it easy to refer.

o   Participants will be given real life scenarios to discuss and suggest and present ways to overcome and manage the given scenario.

TARGET GROUP

This unit is of particular interest to managers, supervisors, key executives and others who find the need to handle projects.

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

For each of the topic covered, the students are first taught the basic concepts. The principle of operation and its practical implementation are then covered. Series of hands-on activities will be conducted to facilitate the learning. Demonstrations will be conducted and explanations will be given to lead the participants into various applications. Participants will then perform practical activities to develop, manage and maintain projects.

TRAINING PROGRAM OUTLINE

Day 1 & Day 2

Module 1: Introduction To Project Management Concepts

1.1 Project Triangle

1.2 What is a Project?

1.3 4 Characteristics of a Project?

1.4 What is Project Management?

1.5 Science & Art of Project Management

1.6 Why use a Standard Template for Project Management?

Module 2: 6 Stages Of Project Management

2.1 Stage 1 - Conceptualisation: 

2.1.1 Feasibility Studies 

2.1.2 Why bother to write?

2.1.3 What is in a Feasibility Study?

2.1.4 Right Resources

2.1.5 Answer 2 Questions

2.1.6 Additional factors to consider

2.2 Stage 2 - Definition:

2.2.1 Statement of Work

2.2.2 Roles & Responsibilities

2.3 Stage 3: Planning: 

2.3.1 Task: Statement of Work

2.3.2 Schedule: Critical Path Method

2.3.3 Resources: Skill Knowledge Matrix

2.4 Stage 4 - Implementation: 

2.4.1 Decision Making

2.4.2 Leadership

2.4.3 Communication

2.4.4 Team Building

Day 3

Module 2: 6 Stages Of Project Management (continue)

2.5 Stage 5 - Controlling: 

2.5.1 Tracking Progress – Meeting & Reports

2.5.2 Conflict Management: DISC

2.6 Stage 6 - Completion: 

2.6.1 Post Mortem

Day 4

Module 3: Challenge 1 – Basic Ms Project

3.1 What is MS Project

3.2 Elements in MS Project 

Module 3: Challenge 2 – Data Preparation

3.3 Data Input: 

3.3.1 Project Information Dialog Box

3.3.2 Project Statistics

3.3.3 Project Calendar

3.3.4 Changing Working Time

3.3.5 Entering Goal Statement

3.3.6 Saving with/ without Baseline

3.3.6.1 Recurring Tasks

3.3.7 Adding Task Note, 

3.3.8 Creating Milestone 

3.3.8.1 Task Relationship: Finish-Start/Start-Start/Start-Finish/Finish-Finish

3.3.9 Lead & Lag Time

3.3.10 Constraints

3.3.10.1 Duration

3.3.11 Create Resources Pool

3.3.12 Different New Calendar for different Resources 

3.3.13 Identify Critical Path 

Day 5

Module 5: Challenge 3 – Advance Features

5.1 Identifying the problems (Over-allocation & Resource Levelling)

5.2 5 ways to streamline project

5.3 Entering Actual

5.4 Understand Statistics

5.5 Checking Variance 

Module 6: Final Challenge 3 & 4

6.1 Case Study 1:  

6.1.1 To cut short the Project timeline without incurring additional costs.

6.2 Case Study 2:

6.2.1 To cut short the Project timeline and further reduce costs.