| Description: | The Project Management Good Practice Briefing is a half-day presentation designed to give delegates an appreciation of how projects should be conducted, from the time of their being mooted and business requirements being defined, to roll-out and post-completion analysis. The Briefing takes a pragmatic, results-oriented approach, considering business influences on the project, the vital aspects of ownership and stakeholders, objectives defined in advance, project planning and resources. Also prioritised are project control – including such topics as risk analysis and quality management – as well as prominent project methodologies and standard approaches. The Briefing aims to highlight not alone good practice but also common reasons for project failure and measures that can be adopted to improve the chances of successful delivery to budget. |
| Audience | This Briefing is suitable for Business Managers, Project Managers, IT Managers, Directors and IT project managers who need a fresh insight into best-practice project-management as well as practical ways of effectively planning project activities and resources with a view to minimising incidence of failure and late delivery. |
| Objectives | On completion of this Briefing, delegates will:
- Have reinforced their understanding of the vital linkage between the project’s conception and the business that originated the project, as well as the critical importance of stakeholders and the sense in the business of project ownership.
- Be better aware of the importance of realistic definition of achievable objects, and how this is achieved.
- Know more about how estimate and measure project scope accurately.
- Have enhanced insight into resource estimation and management for single and multiple projects.
- Be aware of best-practice techniques for controlling projects.
- Have surveyed current best-practice methodologies and products directed at successful delivery. |
