Project Management for Non-Project Managers

“A goal without a plan is just a wish.” ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The success of every project is dependent on the work of a project team. To work together effectively on any project, everyone on the team needs to use a common language and have a clear understanding of all expectations. This training course is designed for anyone who contributes to a project team with little or no prior knowledge of project management, those who simply want to know more about project management or just starting a project or a business.

LEARNING OBJECTIVE

By successfully completing this course, participants will be able to:

  1. Learn and apply the basic elements of Project Management to support project success
  2. Develop an understanding of essential terminology and apply basic project management tools and techniques to increase your effectiveness both on the team and in your own functional area
  3. Gain basic understanding of the different stages during a Project Management lifecycle
  4. Learn key project management terms
  5. Learn the five groups of the project management process
  6. Learn how to estimate the project activity accurately
  7. Learn how to identify and align the project stakeholders
  8. Learn how to validate the project requirements

LEARNER’S BENEFIT

Within one day you feel more confident in being able to manage your own projects and organize your day-to-day tasks more effectively. You will…

  1. Confidence
  2. Product and Process Knowledge
  3. Reinforcement

TARGET AUDIENCE

  1. business owners
  2. self-employed
  3. subject matter experts and contributors
  4. team members
  5. project sponsors
  6. facilitators and coordinators
  7. NGOs responsible in implementing projects
  8. teachers or students working on school projects

LEARNING OUTLINE

1. Introduction to Project Management

  • Distinguish Between a Project and Operations
  • Recognize the Factors That Contribute to Project Success or Failure
  • Identify the Framework for Project Management

2. The Project Life Cycle

3. Initiating Process

  • Recognize the Value of Knowing Why/How a Project Is Important to the Organization and to Yourself
  • Determine the business case and set the objective
  • Identify Stakeholders and Their Roles in a Project

4. Planning Process

  • Apply Techniques to Define the Work to Be Done
  • Identify and Apply Techniques to Estimate Needed Resources, Cost, and Hours for the Project
  • Apply Techniques to Schedule the Project
  • Identify Roles and Responsibilities for the Project
  • Plan for Potential Risks to the Project
  • Practical Learning Activity: Prepare a Project Plan

5. Executing, Monitoring and Controlling Process - Working the Plan

  • Build an Effective Status Report
  • Identify Action Items and Issues
  • Recognize the Importance of Managing Change
  • Determine effective project management tools Sample reports
  • Determine effective project management tools Sample reports

6. Closing Process

  • Contribute to Lessons Learned
  • Describe a Project Closure Checklist
  • Compare Closing Out Successful versus Unsuccessful or Canceled Projects

OUR PARTNER’S PROFILE

ITIL Master Certified with EXIN; Master Certificate in Applied Project Management, AUC; Project Management Professional, PMI; PRINCE2, MS Project, Advance Rotterdam; CISA, COBIT Certified with ISACA; MCP, MCPS, MCSE, with Microsoft; Six Sigma, ISO Certified Trainer; MSc in Computer Science, University of Liverpool, UK; Doctorate in Physics, University of Nijmegen, Netherlands

Current Projects:

Megawatt-Class Solar and Wind Farms, Solar Philippines - GreenPower Energy Inc
Project and Technical Program Manager, MERC Energy Research Lab, Bulacan – Hydralight, Australia

PreviousProjects:

ITIL Project Management, ITIL Implementation, ITIL Certification Program Development, ITIL Trainings – GSIS, Aboitiz Corporation, Maynilad Water, PAL Call Center, Sun Microsystems, EMC, HP, IBM
Disaster Recovery and Continuity Project Management, Department of Energy (DOE)

Specialties:

Expert Educator, Trainer, and Author on ITIL, PRINCE2, CoBit, Project Management, Six Sigma, ISO

Senior Project and Program Manager for specialized and large scale projects from Technical Consultancy, Design, Implementation, Training, and Management

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