PMI REP 1419
IT Project Management
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23 – 26 March 2014 • Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel, Dubai, UAE 14 – 17 September 2014 • Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel, Dubai, UAE
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5 Key Business Benefits 1. Understand project management processes and successfully link them to business strategy 2. Use effective planning, implementation and measurement tools to increase the likelihood of project success Sign up for this course and receive a complementary copy of the Fast Track To Success – Project Management, written by your course director either in English or in Arabic
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3. Manage tools and techniques for project management and understand when, and when not, to use them 4. Identify and control risk and issue management by implementing simple to use techniques within the project environment 5. Create a project library and easy to understand documentation in a project life cycle
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IT Project Management
23 – 26 March 2014 Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel, Dubai, UAE 14 – 17 September 2014 Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel, Dubai, UAE Course Overview
Meet Your Expert Course Leader Simon Derry Simon’s commercial background is in operations, project and programme management and innovation management. Simon spent five years in The British Army in various operational roles around the world. On leaving the Army he spent three years in the UK National Health Service involved
The IT Project Management course focuses on the practical approach to managing projects within your business. Projects do not operate within a vacuum and therefore need to be linked to the objectives of your business. This course therefore focuses on doing the right thing rather than just doing things right! This is a practical based course where delegates will be encouraged to bring real life projects or plans to the course and work on improving them during the course. In addition there is a realisation that people make projects successful, not software and processes, therefore there is added emphasis on people and performance within the course.
in project management in the merger of hospital trusts
Course Methodology
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The course will follow the outline methodology as described in the best-selling book Fast Track to Success – Project Management authored by Simon Derry and published by FT Prentice Hall. This book has been translated into over seven languages and was shortlisted for the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) digital book of the year 2010. The methodology is not rigid but prepares the user for an understanding of the key process steps required to manage IT projects successfully.
public sector he was Customer Services Manager for Psion UK Plc., at the time the world’s biggest palmtop computer manufacturer. He was headhunted to join a US based consulting firm specialising in problem solving and project management for IT and Telecoms firms. Whilst completing his MBA at Henley Business School Simon set up his own company with ex business partners and has been running SofTools/PLI at Henley Business
Delegates on this course will get access to the free to use Fast Track Me website which links to the Fast Track to Success – Project Management book and a series of free to use templates.
School for over seven years. The company provides software, training and consulting services in the area of business process improvement to companies globally. Clients include; HJ Heinz, Coca-Cola, Miele, SKY, R&R
Additional online tools can be made available for the user including the award winning Project Management Healthcheck (Audit) tool to enable users to understand how they and their company are progressing in becoming more effective and efficient in project management. The course will also demonstrate the number of online tools available for project managers and access to PM Knowledge Cubes for support.
Ice Cream, GSK amongst others. Simon is Associate Faculty at Henley Business School and has been involved with the Executive Education Department in the development of programmes designed specifically for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurs. He has designed, developed and delivered programmes for Henley such as the
Course Objectives
Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA)
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management programme and the innovation management modules on other programmes. He is an
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Simon is a qualified PRINCE 2 project management practitioner and is a published author. His last book
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Fast Track to Success – Project Management was shortlisted as 2010 Management Book of the Year by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (MCIM).
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Added Learning Benefits
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Understand the project management process and how to customise it to meet you business’ needs Link projects to strategy and business objectives Review generic project documentation and understand their value Establish a Project Management Office (PMO) and understand the value of communication Understand how to manage people and teams within projects Set up risk registers and effectively use a risk management approach to projects Review on-line project management tools and see what is available for users
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Course Timings Registration will be at 07:30 on Day One. The course will commence at 08:00 every day and finish at 14:30. There will be breaks for refreshments at approximately 10:30 and 12:30 and lunch will be served at the end of each day’s session.
Day One Project Management Background • What is a project management process? • Introduction to the fast track approach • Managing competing demands; time, cost and quality within the scope of a project Projects And Strategy • Setting Key Performance Indicators( KPIs) • Linking corporate objectives and using SPRINT analysis • Creating a project dashboard Exercise I SPRINT analysis and the project background The Project Team And People • Stakeholder analysis • The role of the project manager and sponsor • Team creation and management – the team lifecycle
Day Two The Project Charter • Creating a Project Initiation Project (PID) • Setting SMART objectives and what this actually means in reality • Setting up a project scorecard and KPIs Exercise II Creating a Project Initiation Document and gathering background project information
Exercise V Risk review of your project and planning the application of contingent actions Creating a risk register for your business Resource Allocation • Use of Resource Allocation Matrices (RAM) • Use of Responsibility Assignment Matrices (RAM) • Project budgets and contingencies
Day Four Project Implementation • Project kick-offs • Establishing project reporting and monitoring • Running project meetings and reviews Exercise VI Creating management reports and briefings – individual selection Presentation of project status and what not to do – creating project presentation
Global Q&A Session And Review Post Training Support Available Review Of On-Line Support And Software Available – Advantages And Disadvantages
Exercise III Creating a high-level WBS and major task lists (work packages)
Day Three Detailed Planning • Dependencies and timings and estimation techniques (PERT formula etc.) • Scheduling and sequencing techniques • Critical path analysis • Network diagrams • Gantt charts and other devices
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Risk Management • Understanding project risks • Use of preventative and contingent actions • Creating a risk register
Project Close And Review • Complete and close a project • Recognising the project team and performance • Creating reports and the Lessons Learned Log (LLL) • Insights and corporate improvement – how to get better • Project communication
Initial Planning • Milestones • Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and high-level planning • Major tasks • Business constraints • Deadlines and what they really mean • Initial budgets and accuracy
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Exercise IV Creating a project critical path and network and what it actually means for the project manager and team
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