The basics of Project Management

Why attend this workshop?

Managing projects is a multistage process, complex and diverse; it is the work of a team of people, which in wanting to raise their own competitiveness, as well as the company’s they represent, creates a unique venture requiring great commitment and responsibility. Project management is above all finding the answers to the questions:
 - how to define a project and plan its realization, in order to complete it on time, keep within the budget, satisfy the customer and minimize the risk of failure?
 - how to establish and develop rules of cooperation between the project coordinator and members of the project team, in order to fully use human potential?
 - how to skillfully use tools and techniques of project management?
 - how to budget costs?
 - how to diagnose, counteract and solve situations threatening the success of a project?

Aim and expected results of workshops

The aim of the workshop is:
 - to familiarize participants with the approach, as well as method and tools supporting project management,
 - to gain abilities necessary for effective project management: initiating the project, drawing up most important elements of the plan, realization.
After completing the workshop, its participants will be able to use the following techniques/tools of project management:
 - Project card,
 - Project network, Critical Path Method,
 - budgeting, Earned Value Method of budget control,
 - risk management,
 - Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), optimal choice of Project Manager, choice
   of the project team members using the method Myers-Briggs,
 - identification of stakeholders of projects and their aims together with mutual balance,
 - control and updating the schedule,
 - capitalization of obtained experience – knowledge management.

Target group

The workshops are particularly targeted at:
 - employees responsible for: the process of continuous improvement, planning processes, project management,
 - middle management representatives,
 - value streams leaders.

Workshop program

1. Introduction to workshops.
2. Project integrity management.
3. Communication management within the project.
4. Quality management in the project.
5. Management of the scope of the project.
6. Management of the project’s costs.
7. Risk management of the project.
8. Management of people in the project.
9. Summary of workshops.

Method of teaching

Lecture, exercises, workshop, teamwork, case study, discussion, presentations of participants.

Duration

2 days (16 class periods)