Project management is no longer just for construction engineers and military logistics experts anymore. Today, in addition to the regular duties of your job, you are often expected to take on extra assignments - “projects”. To get these additional jobs done well, done under budget and done on time they need to be managed.

This two-day workshop is not intended to take you from a supervisory or administrative position to that of a project manager. This seminar will familiarize you with the most common terms and the most current thinking about project management.

• Understand just what is meant by a “project”
• Develop the skills a project manager must have
• Develop methods for keeping the team focused and motivated and the customer satisfied.
• Identify simple techniques and tools for planning and tracking your project
• Recognize what steps must be taken to complete projects on time and on budget
• Enhance ability to sell ideas to the sponsor, the customer and the team through meetings and presentations
• Understand ways to add value to your organization

What You Will Learn:  

• Defining a project
• Project life cycles
• Selling your own project ideas
• Role & skills of the project manager
• Setting project goals
• Why projects fail and how to avoid this
• Risk and contingency planning
• Creating network diagrams
• Building a winning team
• Managing meetings
• Building a budget and controlling costs

Who Should Attend:

Senior managers, managers,government employees,administrative assistants, supervisors and project managers.