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Effective Project Management

Course Duration: 2 Days

Introduction

This program is specially designed to help participants to hone their project management knowledge and skills. Participants will be taken through the industry best practice of project management processes, tool and techniques. While a project manager spent almost 90% of the time communicating with various stakeholders, a project manager should be equipped with organizational and people skill to be an effective communicator. This program also included the art of project management which is covering the critical piece of the people interaction skill on how to be an effective project manager and leader.

Course Objectives

After completing the training, you should be able to:

Articulate the 5 process group of project management and the key activities within the process group
Explain the project triple constraints and how it will affect the success of a project
Using the Work Breakdown Structure and Network Diagram as technique for project management
Identify and manage the critical path as one of the critical success factor of a project
Identify at least 2 cultural preferences of a project stakeholders using Critical Preference Model to plan for an effective communication
Understand the principle on how to manage self-emotions and preparing for a difficult conversation
Apply the effective meeting principles in their project meetings

Key Content

Module 1: Project Management Overview

What is project management
What is a project manager
Historical background of project management
What is a project
Project challenges

Module 2: Key Concepts

Project constraint
About the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK)
The Five Process Group
PM Knowledge Areas

Module 3: Tools and Techniques (I)

Project stakeholders
Project charter
Project plan
Work breakdown strucure
Critical path method

Module 4: Tools and Techniques (II)

Project network diagram
Schedule management
Project budgeting
Risk management
Project communication
Project earned value analysis
Project management index

Project Management People Skills (I)

Project team
Active listening
Setting expectation
Preparing for a difficult conversation

Module 6: Project Management People Skills (II)

Cross cultural proficiency
Challenges with virtual communication
Four culture intelligence capabilities
Cultural dimensions theory
Effective meeting
Constructive confrontation

Target Audience

This course is specially designed for professionals, executives who will be involving in any project or works irrespective of the indsutry as project team member, team lead or stakeholders. This course is suitable for those who plan to have project management as their career development plan.