Intermediate Project Management - Tools & Techniques (WS6008)

Tuesday, 22nd January 2013, London Victoria

Overview

Once you have mastered the basics of project management, there are a whole range of additional tools and techniques that you can employ to improve your project delivery. Whether you need to effectively manage difficult stakeholders, or want to explore different methods of planning, these additional tools will become a vital part of your ‘project management kit-bag’.

Aimed at those with a working knowledge of Project Management or those that have been on the Introduction to Project Management course, this one day course will give you all the information and practical advice you need to develop your project management skills to the next level.

What Types of Project?

This workshop is not specific to particular types or contexts of project – the skills are generic. However, discussion and exercises will allow reference to different contexts to highlight the use of the techniques covered in a wide range of projects, such as:

• Quality improvement
• Change in production or service systems
• Management and staff restructuring
• Technological implementation
• Development of standards and qualifications
• Marketing and sales campaigns
• European or UK Funded Social Projects

Related Workshops

NTRL currently deliver 3 workshops that focus on Projects Management, follow the links for an overview of the content and scheduled dates:

An Introduction to Project Management
Intermediate Project Management - Tools & Techniques
Project Governance

Who Should Attend?

This one day workshop is targeted at individuals that have a basic knowledge of project management. It is not necessary for individuals to be currently involved in their own project in order to attend this workshop, but where real life examples can be used; this will add further value to your learning.

Content

• Review of what we already know
  
• Exploration of additional tools, when to use them and how to ensure their effectiveness
  
  • Project Organisation
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Benefits Realisation
  • Product based Planning
  • Quality Management
  • Resource Management
  • Risk Management
  • Managing Change

Workshop objectives

The key objectives are to:

• Explore a range of project management tools and understand how they can add value
• Understand the roles within project management, including project Governance and decision making
• Explore a process that can support stakeholder management
• Understand the importance of identifying and measuring benefits
• Understand the critical relationship between planning and quality
• Understand how to manage risk to ensure project success
• Understand how to deal with change in a controlled way
• Start to apply new processes and techniques to your own project

Programme

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Facilitator

The Facilitator is a Prince 2 qualified project manager who has been delivering publicly funded and grant funded projects for almost twenty years. These projects have been delivered within a range of political and funding environments, often involving multiple partners or stakeholders.

She now works for clients who need to have confidence that their projects are being well managed, by ensuring they have the necessary controls in place to provide peace of mind through all stages of project set-up and delivery. These projects include those that have high risks attached to them, or those that have run into problems and need some form of recovery.

She also works with senior managers who need to implement organisational or departmental change and need help thinking through and structuring the change process. She deals with the practicalities of timelines, dependencies, communications and measuring success.

Venue and Travel

Venue details and travel information will be included in your confirmation email. If the venue has not been confirmed at the time of booking, then the information will be emailed to you closer to the event.

Booking & Confirmation

Bookings will only be accepted on receipt of full payment PRIOR to the event via cheque, BACS or credit card.  Cheques to be made payable to ‘National Training Resources Limited’.

All reservations will be confirmed by email within two days of receipt of your completed booking form and payment in full and will include venue details and times.

Please direct all conference queries to the Conference Team.
Tel:  0845 130 6152 or 01827 63919.
Fax:  01827 60836 or 01827 61428. 
Email: conferences@national-training.co.uk

Terms & Conditions

Please read our full terms and conditions. Completion and return of the Booking Form constitutes a contract between yourselves and National Training Resources Limited.  Delegate cancellations/transfers are only accepted up to 3 weeks prior to the event and are subject to a small administration charge. Delegate substitutions can be made at any time.  We reserve the right to cancel or alter the event at any time.