▲PARNELL Learning - Vital Skills Workshops

Project Management

In the past few decades, organizations have discovered something incredible: the principles that have been used to create enormous successes in large projects can be applied to projects of any size to create amazing success. As a result, many employees are expected to understand project management techniques and how to apply them to projects of any size.
This workshop will give participants an overview of the entire project management process, as well as key project management tools that they can use every day.

Workshop outline:

Module One: Getting Started
Icebreaker - Ground Rules - The parking lot - Workshop objectives - Action plans and evaluation forms

Module Two: Key Concepts (Part One)
What is a Project? - What is Project Management? - What is a Project Manager?

Module Three: Key Concepts (Part Two)
About the PMBOK and the PMI - The Five Process Groups - The Nine Knowledge Areas - The Triple Constraint

Module Four: Initiation (Part One)
Assessing Needs and Wants - Identifying Your Stakeholders - Creating SMART Objectives - Creating Requirements

Module Five: Initiation (Part Two)
Creating a Statement of Work - Creating the Project Requirements Document - Completing the Project Planning Worksheet

Module Six: Planning (Part One)
Estimating Time - Estimating Costs and Resources - Building the Work Breakdown Structure

Module Seven: Planning (Part Two)
Creating the Schedule - Creating a Risk Management Plan - Creating a Communication Plan

Module Eight: Planning Tools
The Gantt Chart - The Network Diagram - The Critical Path - Going the Extra Mile: Optional Tools

Module Nine: Maintaining and Controlling (Part One)
Establishing Baselines - Monitoring Baseline Variances - Schedule Reduction Methods

Module Ten: Maintaining and Controlling (Part Two)
Leading Successful Status Meetings - Managing Change Monitoring Risks

Module Eleven: Closing Out
Administrative Tasks - Personnel Tasks - Scope Verification - Document Checklist

Module Twelve: Wrapping Up
Words from the Wise - Review of Parking Lot - Lessons Learned - Completion of Action Plans and Evaluations