Project Management Specialist

Training course overview

This intensive project management training course offers comprehensive guidance for managing any type of project, small or complex, providing delegates with a solid foundation of project management, from the very start, to the successful conclusion of a project.

This Coventry Academy training course explores the very foundations of how projects are different to the operational world, but an absolute necessity when it comes to changing the operational world. You will discover how the very best practice management techniques are used to take a project through a project lifecycle, from Inception, through Definition, Execution, Monitoring and Control to Closure.

Interacting with the project lifecycle are what are described the hard skills of Project Management e.g. Scope Management, Schedule Management, Resource Management, Cost Management; along with the soft skills necessary to deliver a project e.g. Team Leadership, Stakeholder Management, Project Communications, Conflict Management.

As Project Management is considered a vital organisational competency, throughout the course the focus will be on how the role of the Project Manager interacts with the other key roles e.g. Project Sponsor, Project Team, Steering Group, Project Management Office, who are all responsible for aspects of an project management capability in an organisation.

This training course will feature:

• An Introduction to the World of Project Management
• The Project Manager’s Roles and Responsibilities
• Project Planning, Scheduling and Budgeting
• Project Resourcing, Monitoring and Control
• Project Evaluation, Reporting, Closure and Hand-Over