Purpose
This workshop empowers delegates to:
- Explain the nature of a project.
- The nature and application of project management.
- The types of structures that are found in a project environment.
- The application of organisation structures in a project environment.
- The major processes and activities required to manage a project.
Training Content
Module 1: The Nature of a Project
• The characteristics of a project.
• Differences between project and non-project work.
• A basic project life cycle.
• The reasons for undertaking projects.
• The types of projects and their complexity.
Module 2: Nature and application of PM
• Project management defined.
• Project management processes.
• The differences between project management and general management.
• The differences between project management processes and technical processes.
• The difference between a project team member and the project manager.
Module 3: Types of structures in a project environment
• The reasons for defining structures for a project.
• The concept of programme and project hierarchies.
• The purpose of decomposing a project into manageable components or parts.
• The concepts of breakdown structures for product, work and costs.
Module 4: Application of organisation structures in a project environment
• The basic differences between a matrix and functional organisational structures.
• The project organisation structure is described.
• The purpose and key responsibilities of two roles on a project.
• Stakeholders.
Module 5: Major processes and activities required to manage a project
• Key processes and activities that take place to manage a project.
• The supplementary management sub-processes and activities required to support the key
processes and activities.
• The reasons for planning and controlling a project as well as the consequences of not
planning and controlling.