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AIM to provide a broad and practical understanding
of the practice of Project Management to improve Project Management practices to provide a basic generic Project Management
training package to give individuals the confidence and tools to
carry out a successful Project Management programme
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What it doesn’t provide
it will not guarantee success sector specific training an enormous manual
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1. introduction
2. general project structure
3. the project notebook
4. terms of reference
document
5. planning overview
6. detailed planning
7. control
8. quality
9. risk
10. review
11. human factors
12. project organisation
13. construction projects
14. problem solving
15. documentation
CONTENT
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Introduction what is a project? what is project management? what does a project management system consist of?
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What is a project? projects have existed for thousands of years
DefinitionA project is a single activity that has a start and end point, with defined objectives and scope.
A budget is usually included.
A project can be thought of as a problem requiring a solution.
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What is a project? causes change clearly identifiable start and finish specific aim (i.e. an key objective) results in something being delivered unique responsibility of a single person or body involves costs, resources and time uses a wide variety of resources and time
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What is project management?
it is not just scheduling planning, scheduling and control of project
activities to obtain a product having the correct performance (quality), within agreed cost and time objectives for a given scope of work, while using resources efficiently and effectively.
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What does a project management system consist of? human … motivation, leadership, negotiation, team building,
communication, decision making
methods … computer aided scheduling
culture …values, beliefs, attitudes, behaviours, traditions
organisation … authority, responsibility, accountability
planning … define project, pick strategy, schedule work
information … historical, current, cost, progress, quality
control … check progress, compare to plan, take corrective action, audit performance
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General project structure
project visualisation why breakdown a project? what are typical phases of a project?
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Project visualisation start and end large or small trying to achieve something cost limits time limits performance limits working with people