Project Management – The Basics

 Project management is a critical skill for all employees who need to manage more than one project at once. From breaking down the structure of the project to estimating project times and costs, successful project management allows organizations to stay on track and achieve its corporate objectives. The following workshop introduces some of the most important topics in project management:

 


Defining the project

-          Defining the scope of a project and how to employ a project scope checklist

-          Outlining deliverables, milestones, technical requirements, limits and exclusions

-          Creating work breakdown structure and how it can help project managers

-          Comparing process breakdown structure vs work breakdown structure

-          Project communication plan and its main components 

 

Estimating project times and costs

-          Importance of estimates (cost, time, budget)

-          Top-Down versus Bottom-Up Estimating

-          The estimating learning curve

 

Managing project duration

-          Options when dealing with constrained resources

-          Importance of project cost-duration graph and its practical considerations

-          Scheduling overtime as an option for getting projects back on track

 

Five critical roles in project management :

When you’re managing a project, to meet your project objectives, you need the right people on board—and they must have a clear understanding of their roles. Here’s a breakdown of who does what (Harvard University Press):

 

https://hbr.org/2016/11/five-critical-roles-in-project-management

 

This training framework has been suggested by AllaVolodina who has created a variety of workshops and courses (at York University) addressing various topics.  Check out AllaVolodina blog for more articles: allavolodina.com.

 

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