Practical Project Management for Managers and First Time PMs
Learn Project management so you can deliver your next project be on time, on budget, and to requirements.
Lectures -29
Resources -1
Duration -2.5 hours
Course Description
Do you need to manage a project?
And do you want to deliver it on time, on budget, and to requirement?
If you are new to project management - or just want a refresher, this course will give you all the basics and more.
Project Management has become a vital element of business life. Success for both you and your organization will depend on good project management skills.
How do you set up to succeed? This seminar shows you the practical tools, techniques, and advice you need.
What will I get?
You will get over two and a half hours of high-quality video - not just a PowerPoint with a voice-over.
It is based on Mike's best selling three-hour live seminar and contains over two and a half hours of video, and a wealth of additional templates for you to download and adapt to your work. These will help you to manage your projects practically, for greater control and more success.
If you want to deliver your next project on time, on budget and to specification, you can't afford not to take this course.
What people say about Mike's live seminar...
“This did what it said on the box – a great deal of practical ideas for planning and managing tasks, along with understanding of key principles for successful delivery"
Andrea Duncan, PDP Co-ordinator – University of Northampton
“One of the best seminars I've attended in the last 17 years. Enjoyable practical and useful. I would highly recommend this course"
Diane Massey – DSM Legal Solicitors
“If you've never had formal training in project management – you'll learn a huge amount about processes and the secrets to succeeding in your projects"
Paul Foxall, Senior Project Officer – Sandwell MBC
“Excellent seminar. I have been on previous project management course. This one seemed very different and much better due to brilliant examples Mike gave."
Emma Oliver, Marketecture
“Excellent content, clearly delivered. Really enjoyed Mike's course and found it exceptionally useful."
Nick Osborn, Fenland RP Ltd
“Very useful. Many excellent strategies to help guide project managers."
Rob Simpson, Basis (Registration) Ltd
“A great overall introduction to project management. I learnt a lot and have a lot I can start to implement tomorrow!"
Catherine Mendham, Content Consultants
“Very practical, very useful. Gives confidence in knowing what is important and what is not. Mike is a very engaging speaker."
Louisa Davison, Secret Agent Marketing
“An excellent introduction and reminder of some of the fundamentals of project management."
Chris Price, Pulse PM Ltd
Dr Mike Clayton
Mike is on of the UK's leading project delivery experts. He has many years experience of managing projects and integrating change in many companies of varying sizes. Mike has had key roles in managing multi-million pound projects for Vodafone, General Motors, BAA and Transport for London. Organisations of all sizes have benefited from his skills in integrating complex change. You will get real results as his highly practical approach simplifies complex ideas.
Mike also has over 20 years' experience of training project managers, throughout the UK and in Europe and the US. He is the author of thirteen top-selling business, management, and personal effectiveness books, including four on project management topics:
How to Manage a Great Project On budget. On target. On time. (Pearson, 2014)
The Influence Agenda A systematic approach to aligning stakeholders in times of change (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014)
Brilliant Project Leader What the best project leaders know, do and say to get results, every time (Pearson, 2012)
Risk Happens! Managing risk and avoiding failure in business projects (Marshall Cavendish, 2011)
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Enroll for this course now, so you can start to gain control of your projects straight away.
Who this course is for:
- new and want-to-be project managers
- project managers who have had no formal training and who want to start to formalise what you have learned on the job
- beginners and also for intermediates with a few projects under your belt
- managers and professionals who are starting to need to deliver projects as a part of your day-to-day responsibilities
- This course will give you a great legup if you need to get involved in your first project... in any capacity
Goals
What will you learn in this course:
- Understand how projects work and be able to control your project process
- Deploy some of the main ways to avoid budget and schedule over-runs
- Define your project precisely, for your benefit and everyone else's
- Establish a clear scope, so you can combat the dreaded 'scope creep'
- Deal effectively with supporters, critics and bystanders
- Create time scales on getting the job done using milestone planning
- Be able to use the world's favourite project planning tool: the Gantt chart
- Achieve fair and effective allocation of project responsibilities
- Get the most from your team: motivation, collaboration and communication
- Predict problems and plan your responses
- Be able to assess which risks to deal with first
- Assess which risks to deal with first
- Apply all six strategies for action on risks available to use
- Stay in control when people change their minds
- Deliver your project on budget, on target, and on time
- Complete the three key tasks to finally close down your project
Prerequisites
What are the prerequisites for this course?
- You won't need any software or materials other than your preferred note-taking device (pen & paper, Evernote or OneNote, or anything in between. You can even use TutorialsPoint's built-in note taking tools (which are private to you).
- If you have any experience of projects at all, that is absolutely fine. If you do have experience, bring it with you as you watch the videos. If you don't, bring your common sense.

Curriculum
Check out the detailed breakdown of what’s inside the course
Project Management Fundamentals: Know the Principles and Get it Right
7 Lectures
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Course Promo 02:31 02:31
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What is a Project? 04:08 04:08
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The Four Stage Project Lifecycle 08:49 08:49
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Project Stages and Boundaries 08:46 08:46
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One Reason why Projects go Wrong 05:46 05:46
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Terminology used in the Project Stages 05:29 05:29
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More on Project Gateways / Stage Gates 02:15 02:15
Project Definition Stage: The Vital Foundation to Your Success
4 Lectures

Project Planning Stage: Failing to Plan = Planning to Fail
12 Lectures

Project Delivery Stage: Don't you Love it When a Plan Comes Together!
2 Lectures

Project Closure Stage: Deep Sigh - You're Nearly Done
3 Lectures

Instructor Details

Mike Clayton
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