Project Management

OCTOBER 19-30, 2009

tuition fee: $4430 (includes a new laptop)
 
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Intended Audience: This course focuses on project management and monitoring, including team building and leadership. It is especially designed for managers of developing country projects and for persons responsible for implementing such projects. Introductory knowledge of, or experience in, project analysis would be helpful but is not required.

Course Objectives: The seminar will show how to improve preparation and management of projects. Participants will explore the processes of managing a project in its environment (project's ecosystem), learn how to enhance successes and overcome problems.

Workshop Outline

Strategic Analysis of Project. Social, economic, cultural and political aspects of projects

  • Project identification and design
  • Strategic design
  • Organization of objectives and actions of the project
  • Performance indicators

Financial Analysis of Project

  • Financial performance
  • Sensitivity analysis
  • Risk analysis

Evolution of the project. Project Planning Implementation and Controlling

  • Project scheduling with Microsoft Project
  • Project controlling
  • Reporting
  • Database management

Project Risks and Uncertainties Analysis

  • Project stakeholders and their impact on the project policies
  • Organizational and Technical Risk Analysis
  • Scenario-based analysis

Communication and Human Aspects of Project Management

  • Project organization & structures
  • Team building and leadership
  • Managerial styles
  • Motivation
  • Dynamics of project teams & communication: how to manage project teams and communicate efficiently
  • Conflict resolution

Computer programs to be used:

  • Windows
  • MS Project (Project Scheduling)
  • MS Access (Project Monitoring)