An Intensive 10-day Training Course
Advanced Project Management Programme
Modules
This training course is split into two modules:
MODULE I - Planning, Organising & Controlling Projects
MODULE II - Managing and Supervising Projects, Consultants and Contractors
Each module is structured and can be taken as a stand-alone training course; however, delegates will maximise their benefits by taking Module 1 and 2 back-to-back as a 2-week training course.
Course Outline
Module 1: Planning, Organising & Controlling Projects
Day One
Reviewing the Fundamentals
- Understanding projects: Differences between large/small and simple/complex projects
- Current trends in project management: Project management associations and qualifications
- Understanding projects: Project complexity factors and categories
- Project life cycles & stage gates: Project planning and decision points
- Earned value management: Measuring project performance
- Project roles, responsibilities, and boundaries: Work breakdown structures and RACI charts
- Key financial concepts: Net present value, internal rate of return, and payback periods
Day Two
Initiating and Defining Projects
- Initiating projects: Project context and environment
- Setting realistic objectives: Defining project scope and deliverables
- Goal prioritisation & stakeholder management: Achieving objectives
- Developing a project control structure: Defining roles and specifying work packages
- Cost breakdown structures: Techniques for making preliminary estimates of time and cost
- Using appropriate project planning methods: Applying a structured approach
- Initiating risk management: Using qualitative risk analysis techniques
Day Three
Planning Projects for Results
- Building a realistic project plan: Using Gantt charts and activity networks
- Using the plan to develop detailed task and resource schedules
- Identifying the critical path and setting milestones: Getting buy-in from the key players
- Techniques for developing detailed estimates for time and cost: Managing estimating uncertainty
- Minimising project timescales: Exploring time-cost options and understanding trade-offs
- Managing project risks: Qualitative and quantitative risk management methods and techniques
- The importance of continuous evaluation: Maintaining and updating plans and risk registers
Day Four
Organising, Implementing, and Controlling Projects
- The 20-step project management sequence
- Managing project resources & communication: Running effective meetings
- Running effective change control processes
- Managing & controlling project documentation
- Project performance tracking, management, and control systems
- Using predictive control techniques: Gantt charts, S-curves, and burn-down charts
- Project completion: Managing project close-out and hand-over to operations
Day Five
Project Leadership and Team-Working
- Understanding leadership and management: Qualities and skills that enhance results
- Working in project teams: Building collaborative working relationships
- The role of the leader in building team cohesion and performance: The team development cycle
- The keys to effective influence and persuasion: Characteristics of successful leaders
- Improving communication, delegation, and motivation skills
- Working with senior stakeholders: Creating rapport and understanding, managing expectations
- Lean concepts and the learning cycle: Implementing continuous improvement
Module 2: Managing and Supervising Projects, Consultants and Contractors
Day Six
Project Management in the Construction Industry
- Introduction to Construction Management
- Stages of Construction Project Management
- The role of a Project Manager/Supervisor in Construction Management
- Defining and understanding the goals, risks and quality of a project
- The major elements of a Construction Project and Safety Management
Day Seven
Scope of Work, Detailed Specifications and Construction Pricing
- Defining the detailed requirements and Scope of Work
- Understanding and Managing Project Constraints
- The absolute importance of collaboration with key stakeholders to determine the actual drawings and specifications
- Estimation and Costing techniques
- Construction Price and Cost Indices (PCIs)
Day Eight
Procurement, Tendering and Selection
- Critical importance of Strategic Procurement Planning
- The Bidding and Bid Evaluation Process
- Understand Consultants and Contractor Firms’ Pricing Strategies
- Value for Money and the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for complex purchases
- The Fundamentals of Earned Value Management
Day Nine
Contract Development and Negotiation
- Understanding the concept and principle of contract law
- Analysis of the Contract requirements
- Model Contract Formats – specific for Consultants and Contractors
- Contract dispute and responding to a contract breach
- The Art of Negotiation and Persuasion
Day Ten
Managing Performance and Decision-Making Skills
- Issues in Contract Performance and major causes of change to contracts
- Managing Supplier Performance and Expectations
- Service Level Agreements, developing and managing Key Performance Indicators
- Decision Making Theory: Process, Models and Stages
- Ability and confidence to make the right decision
Certificate
On successful completion of this training course, Oxford Management Centre Certificate with eligible Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE) from National Registry of CPE Sponsor and Professional Development Units (PDUs) / Contact Hours from Project Management Institute (PMI®), will be awarded to the delegates
Accreditation
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