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Project Management     2-Day Course     £595+VAT	Dates Available 2010 Dates: July 14 - 15 (Leamington Spa) September 30 - October 1 (Leamington Spa) November 22 - 23 (Leamington Spa)
This comprehensive course introduces the internationally recognised techniques required to successfully plan and control projects. The programme focuses on the practical application of planning principles which are first worked through manually to ensure sound understanding, and then re-run using the Microsoft Project package to show how a software tool can aid good planning. The course style is practical and participative, and delegates work in teams to plan in detail an example project using the tools and techniques taught.
Course Content
Introduction - Essential building blocks of a project - The role of the project manager and team A Structured Approach - Project objectives - Work breakdown structures - Responsibility matrix - Cost accounting Creating Project Timing Plans - Dependency charts - Estimating durations - Network analysis (PERT) - Critical path - Free and total slack Resource Management - Defining critical resources - Identifying and resolving conflicts Risk Assessment - Identification, assessment and control Monitoring and Control - Understanding variances - Earned value analysis - Taking corrective action and reporting