Advanced Skills for Managing Projects

Overview

This one-day program focuses on taking a more in-depth look at advanced skills necessary to effectively manage a project and is offered as a follow-up to the two-day Essential Skills for Managing Projects program. This program places more emphasis on the ability of participants to connect key skills and techniques they learned in the Essential Skills program to practical situations they’re likely to experience in a real-world project. Throughout the day, participants will work together in teams to execute the learning exercises. One of the key take-aways from this program is how the various project management tools can be used to make more effective decisions during a project.

Outline

Brief Review of Essential Skills Key Learning Objectives

Value of a Project Charter

Triple constraints

Value of the Work Breakdown Structure

Steps to build a legitimate schedule

Time Management

Methods for calculating the critical path

Determining and using float

Crashing a project for the least cost

Resource Management

Leveling and smoothing resources

Creating a resource calendar

Managing Multiple Projects

Key questions to ask in a multiple project environment

Team Exercise – Creating a Project Schedule for a Client

90-minute, hands-on exercise on the application of project tools