Build the skills to manage small projects at work
Duration: 1 day or half day, delivered at a venue of your choice, anywhere in the UK.
Joanna Markham developed her huge knowledge of management practice and business psychology over a long career as an academic and in senior roles in industry. Over a fifteen year consultancy career she has worked with some of the world’s biggest companies, training everyone from new starters to CEOs across four continents. Joanna’s boundless energy and direct, positive training style make her a firm favourite with many of our clients.
Course details
Who is it for?
This course is ideal for those who have to manage small or medium sized projects as part of their job, particularly non-project management specialists or those who have no formal project management qualifications.
What’s this course about?
Effective project management is critical to the success and reputation of organisations of all types and sizes. Well managed projects drive change, focus activity and facilitate accurate assessment of success against agreed benchmarks.
With project work becoming more and more part of our working lives, many non-specialist project managers are leading small and medium-sized projects alongside their many other responsibilities. This can lead to lack of focus and drift. Those leading projects need to be properly equipped with the skills to develop a clear framework for each project that provides structure, enables co-ordination, acknowledges and manages risks and sets clearly defined goals.
The Leading Projects course has been designed to address the needs of non-specialists who have be given project management responsibilities and who want to develop a professional, organised and structured approach. It is a practical and realistic programme, with a course handbook containing a wealth of valuable tools and templates that builds into a handy desktop reference.
What will delegates learn?
By the end of the Leading Projects course delegates will learn to:
- Identify the principles of project planning and management
- Define and utilise simple and detailed planning stages
- Develop clear, comprehensive project plans
- Understand and use appropriate PM tools and techniques
- Develop a work breakdown structure
- Manage the project team
- Maintain stakeholder communication using the RACI model
- Utilise risk analysis and management
- Create a work breakdown structure
- Define Critical Success Factors
- Apply project monitoring and control techniques
What is the course content?
Every in-house delivery is unique and adapted to the needs of your delegates and organisation, however, a typical course might look something like this:
- AM Session Starts: Introductions and plan for the day
- What is a Project? – Delegates are introduced to the ‘principles’
- Mini Project work – Delegates to work in two groups
- Results, presentations, debrief of key learning from exercise
- The five stages of Project Management – Facilitator input
- Scoping of Project Goals (SMARTER) & High Level Planning
- Building the Project Team – Group exercise to identify the skill
- Profile required for more effective team collaboration & focus
- PM Session Starts: Review the key learning points from the morning
- Scheduling time realistically – Gantt Charts, Work Breakdown
- Structures – delegates to work in pairs on real examples
- Risk Analysis, Assumptions, and Monitoring
- How to keep the Project on track – the Control mechanisms
- The Golden Rules for Project Success & Project Evaluation
- Questions and Personal Action Planning
- Feedback and Close
Client feedback for our courses
“I enjoyed the course very much. Despite having run projects before I still took away plenty of good tips and knowledge. It has given me fresh ideas on how I can implement project management principles in my organisation. The trainer is a great tutor, very knowledgeable and pitches at just the right level. Very inspirational.”
Group IT Manager, Lavendon PLC
“I really enjoyed the whole experience. I learnt so many new things that I can already see a place in my current role to use the methods.”
Accounts Coordinator, Audio Visual Machines
“This was a great learning experience for me which will aid me in my daily work.”
Delegate, Resources UK
“Great approach providing a simple introduction using practical examples that are easy to relate to.”
Delegate, Janssen-Cilag Ltd
“A very Well presented course, full of theory and practical points.”
Delegate, Webbs
“This course was very enjoyable, and levels of interaction allowed me to relax and feel comfortable.”
Delegate, Kidsunlimited
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Find out more or book a course
If you have any questions or if you would like to speak to Joanna or one of our other trainers about how this course could be adapted to work for you please get in touch.
In-house delivery prices
In most cases we can provide an all-inclusive quote to cover design, delivery and materials with some basic information:
- Which course you are interested in
- Where the course would take place
- How many delegates need to be trained
Just drop us a line with these basic facts and we’ll get back to you with a no-obligation quote on the same day.
Cambridge Executive Development is a boutique learning consultancy with a small and select team specialising in management and communication skills training. Over fifteen years we’ve helped delegates from hundreds of companies, including many of the country’s biggest brands, boost their productivity and confidence, and transform their impact at work.
