First Nations Project Management Training

Getting Started: "Understanding the Process" 1 Day Offering...

Course Overview:

Gain an understanding of project management methods with this fundamental course. "Getting Started" will assist you with your projects and gain practical experience in proven project management techniques. Discover valuable, flexible tools that can be used immediately on the job to ensure the success of any type of project in any type of organization. Apply your project management skills to the common challenges of projects with strategies developed in the field by experienced managers. 

Using strategies developed in the field by experienced project managers Project Management Getting Started provides the foundation, techniques, and tools to:

•  See your project
•  Work within organizational and cost constraints
•  Identify stakeholders
•  Set and prioritize goals tied directly to stakeholder needs, and
•  Target and identify resources to get the work done on time and within budget.
  

This course is based on the principles established in the Project Management Institute's A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK� Guide), which incorporates information necessary to project success and establishes international standards and guidelines for project management. The focus is practical and based on "real life" projects and the skills gained are applicable to day to day tasks.

You'll learn project management skills through use of hands-on exercises, and a broad range of practical experiences that can immediately be applied to your project and day to day tasks. This approach yields a comprehensive project management experience, including the early stages of defining project scope, requirements, developing work breakdown structures, risk management, and stakeholder management.

Unit 1: Project Management overview

• Benefits of Project Management – SEE the project?
• Project Sponsorship – Why is it Important? Who is it?
• Project life cycle 

Unit 2: Project Initiation & planning

• The project need, initiating and implementing processes
• Work breakdown structure
• Network diagram

Unit 3: Stakeholder Management

• Stakeholder identification, analysis and buy-in!
• Stakeholder management and communication plan

Unit 4: Risk Management

• Risk Identification
• Risk Assessment
• Risk Management

Who Should Attend:

Designed for both, the project team member and the new project manager and/or coordinator or planner who wishes to enhance their skills or develop an understanding of formal project management processes and techniques. Participants will gain an understanding of the strategies and skills necessary to complete or manage projects of any size. Plus, you'll obtain tools to enhance your project management capabilities.

Learn How To:

• Develop a results-driven project plan
• Identify, communicate and manage stakeholder requirements
• Identify, analyze, manage and communicate risk
• Identify and analyze stakeholder acceptance

PMBOK® Guide Knowledge Areas Covered:

• Scope Management
• Time Management
• Cost Management
• Human Resources Management
• Communications Management
• Risk Management