PROJECT MANAGEMENT ESSENTIALS TRAINING DAY
The BEAI are pleased to announce the next module in our Continuing Education Series is a Project Management Essentials Training Day. This course will be delivered online by DCM Learning. It is a 1-day training course. Registration is through the BEAI website at https://www.beai.ie/content/registration-beai-project-management-study-day
Places are limited & will be given on a first come, first served basis. When all places are filled, we will provide your details to DCM who will follow up further instructions including a unique ZOOM link (access to ZOOM is essential).
COURSE OVERVIEW
This one-day Project Management course provides learners with an overview of the essential skills, tools and techniques that they need to successfully manage and participate in projects.
The course focuses on the fundamental principles of successful project management and incorporates a number of easy to apply, effective tools and techniques that will give your team a common language and baseline of understanding of how projects should be managed internally.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the programme each learner will:
• Recognise when it is appropriate to adopt a ‘project' approach to managing workload
• Clearly define projects to provide clarity in terms of scope, roles and responsibilities and other key factors
• Apply a simple lifecycle to a project to break it into easy to manage stages
• Be more effective in monitoring and controlling the project work, change requests and resourcing pressures by using best practice processes and techniques
• Understand what lessons can be learned from managing work using a project approach
• Below you will find a proposed course outline detailing all the topics covered on the training programme
Below you will find a proposed course outline detailing all the topics covered on the training programme.
TOPIC 1: AN INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT
• Defining what we mean by a project
• The project lifecycle
• The role of the Project Manager and other key stakeholders
TOPIC 2: PROJECT PLANNING
• Defining a project - setting and agreeing objectives, scope and constraints
• Useful tools and techniques used in planning a project including work breakdown structures, Gantt charts, network diagrams and critical path analysis;
• Simple risk management tools and techniques
TOPIC 3: PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
• How to monitor, track and control activities
• Determining corrective actions to keep the project on track
• Change management process and version control
TOPIC 4: CLOSING AND REVIEWING PROJECTS
• Understanding the need for a controlled close to a project
• Learning lessons - both positive and negative
