This course is designed for anyone involved in a project team and project management work. It is especially beneficial to teams who are actively involved in working on a project. Along with providing the practical knowledge and hands-on experience you need to prepare for starting and completing a project successfully, this course also incorporates necessary information and skills to help you work effectively as part of a project team. Through discussion, facilitation, and practical work examples, participants will learn proven techniques to build a practical project plan and follow it through to successful completion.

At the completion of this course, participants will:

• Understand what project management is and learn why it is important to your organization.


• Learn the steps and activities necessary in each phase of a project life cycle.


• Create a working plan that identifies specific tasks, resources and timetables.


• Learn to organize projects so they can be completed within budget, schedule, and a high degree of customer satisfaction.


• Learn to set up a monitoring system that will keep stakeholders up-to-date on project status.


• Use various project management planning and scheduling tools and techniques to plan and schedule any size project successfully from start to finish.


• Recognize clues and signals that identify problems and help you eliminate them before they become a crisis.


• Evaluate projects using a Project Completion Report enabling you to be able to share successes and learn from setbacks.


• Explore communication tips and techniques to help increase team collaboration and commitment.


• Learn specific team skills to help achieve better project team results.