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Project Management Principles – 2-day Workshop
November 24, 2025 - November 25, 2025
Duration: 2 days
Available on our open schedule timetables in Edinburgh and Glasgow
Project Management is a discipline that has evolved in order to coordinate and control resources and activities to achieve specific goals and objectives. It involves decision making, common sense, organization, time management and assertiveness to deliver these goals and objectives within constraints – the primary ones being cope, time, and budget.
Course Overview:
This 2 day course is aimed at individuals who manage small projects, along with their other everyday tasks and need a broad understanding of the principles of project management. The course provides an overview of project management and introduces areas where other, more specific training may be beneficial.
Course Objectives:
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Identify the various stages of the Project Lifecycle
- Understand how projects start – the Business Case
- Set objectives
- Write a ‘Terms of Reference’ for a project
- Recognise the roles and responsibilities within a project
- Understand the role of the Project Manager when managing individuals and teams
- Understand the importance of a communication plan for a project
- Plan a project using project management techniques: Work Breakdown Structures, Estimating, Resource Loading, Budgeting
- Identify the critical path through a project
- Understand basic elements of risk analysis and management as well as change management
- Understand the importance of tracking project progress and project review.
| Day 2:
v Work Breakdown Structure v Estimating Task Durations The Project Planning Process: Ø Scheduling – PERT Charts Ø Identifying the critical path Ø Assigning Resources Ø Calculating the Budget Ø Gantt Chart Overview
Case Study Part 2
Risk Analysis Management: Ø Identification, Assessment, Tolerance and Management Ø Tracking Progress Ø Change Management Ø Post Completion Review Ø Course Summary & Close |
| Course Program:
Day 1:
Course Introduction & Overview Project Management Overview: Ø Definition of Project Management Ø The Project Lifecycle Ø The Devil’s Triangle Ø How Project’s Start – Ø Terms of Reference and the PID Ø Setting SMART Objectives
Project Teams: Ø Matrix Management Ø The role of the Project Management
Project Manager – Skills & Attributes Team Selection & Team Building Project Communication: Ø Oral & Verbal communication Ø Projects Meetings Ø Communication Plans and Projects Ø Case Study – Part 1
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Duration: 2 days
Available on our open schedule timetables in Edinburgh and Glasgow
