An Intensive 10-day Training Course
Advanced Project Management Programme
Modules
This course is split in two modules:
Module 1: Planning, Organising & Controlling Projects
Module 2: 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 1
Reviewing the Fundamentals
- Understanding projects: Differences between large/small and simple/complex projects
- The 'project life cycle' and the role of project management
- Current trends in project management: Project management associations and qualifications
- Project performance measurement: Understanding why some projects succeed and others don’t
- A framework for building project success: Improving project management performance
- The different project roles, responsibilities, and boundaries: RACI Charts
- Key financial concepts: Net Present Value, Internal Rate of Return, and Payback Periods
Day 2
Initiating and Defining Projects
- Initiating projects: Project context and environment
- Setting realistic objectives: Defining project scope and deliverables
- Managing expectations and agreeing priorities: Ensuring value for money
- Developing a work breakdown structure: Defining roles and specifying work packages
- Developing a cost breakdown structure: 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 3
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 planning: Maintaining and updating plans and risk registers
Day 4
Organising, Implementing, and Controlling Projects
- Handling the changes and challenges that affect projects
- Running effective change control processes
- Project performance tracking, management, and control systems
- Pro-active and re-active control: Measures that give early warning
- Using predictive control techniques: Gantt charts, burn-down charts, and earned value methods
- Managing project communication and decision making: Running effective meetings
- Exploiting information management technology: Managing project documentation
Day 5
Project Leadership and Team-Working
- Working in project teams: Building collaborative working relationships
- Understanding leadership and management: Qualities and skills that enhance results
- 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 6
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 7
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 8
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 9
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 10
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
Oxford Management Centre Certificate will be provided to delegates who successfully completed the training course.
Accreditation
