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SUMMARY:Project Management Principles – 2-day Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Duration: 2 days \nAvailable on our open schedule timetables in Edinburgh and Glasgow \nProject 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. \nCourse Overview: \nThis 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. \nCourse Objectives: \nBy the end of the course\, you will be able to: \n\nIdentify the various stages of the Project Lifecycle\nUnderstand how projects start – the Business Case\nSet objectives\nWrite a ‘Terms of Reference’ for a project\nRecognise the roles and responsibilities within a project\nUnderstand the role of the Project Manager when managing individuals and teams\nUnderstand the importance of a communication plan for a project\nPlan a project using project management techniques: Work Breakdown Structures\, Estimating\, Resource Loading\, Budgeting\nIdentify the critical path through a project\nUnderstand basic elements of risk analysis and management as well as change management\nUnderstand the importance of tracking project progress and project review.\n\n\n\n\nDay 2: \nv  Work Breakdown Structure \nv  Estimating Task Durations \nThe Project Planning Process: \nØ  Scheduling – PERT Charts \nØ  Identifying the critical path \nØ  Assigning Resources \nØ  Calculating the Budget \nØ  Gantt Chart Overview \n  \nCase Study Part 2 \n  \nRisk Analysis Management: \nØ  Identification\, Assessment\, Tolerance and Management \nØ  Tracking Progress \nØ  Change Management \nØ  Post Completion Review \nØ  Course Summary & Close\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCourse Program: \nDay 1: \n  \nCourse Introduction & Overview \nProject Management Overview: \nØ  Definition of Project Management \nØ  The Project Lifecycle \nØ  The Devil’s Triangle \nØ  How Project’s Start –\nThe Business Case \nØ  Terms of Reference and the PID \nØ  Setting SMART Objectives \n  \nProject Teams: \nØ  Matrix Management \nØ  The role of the Project Management \n  \nProject Manager – Skills & Attributes \nTeam Selection & Team Building \nProject Communication: \nØ  Oral & Verbal communication \nØ  Projects Meetings \nØ  Communication Plans and Projects \nØ  Case Study – Part 1 \n \n\n\n\n  \nDuration: 2 days \nAvailable on our open schedule timetables in Edinburgh and Glasgow \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://pitmantrainingscotland.co.uk/event/project-management-principles-2-day-workshop-2/2025-01-08/
LOCATION:Glasgow\, 3rd Floor\, Tontine House 8 Gordon Street\, Glasgow\, G1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Glasgow,Personal Development Workshops,Project Management Principles,Seminar Courses
ORGANIZER;CN="Pitman Training Centre %E2%80%93 Glasgow":MAILTO:glasgow@pitman-training.com
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SUMMARY:Meetings and Minutes – 1-day Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Duration: 1 day \nWe can deliver this course onsite at your workplace or via virtual classrooms if preferred. \nObjectives: \n\nTo understand what meetings are and why we have them\nTo understand the importance of an agenda\nTo identify the key elements of an agenda\nTo introduce different styles of note taking\nTo understand what minutes are and why we need them\nTo learn how to produce appropriate minutes of a meeting\n\n\nWhat you will learn: \n\nThe difference between formal and informal meetings\nHow to set out an agenda\nTips and techniques for note taking\nThe role of the minute taker\nWhat minutes are and the different styles of minutes\nHow to use appropriate language for minutes\n\n  \nWho should attend? \nAnyone who organises and takes minutes at meetings; those who would like to do this role to a professional standard. \n  \nDuration: 1 day \nWe can deliver this course onsite at your workplace or via virtual classrooms if preferred.
URL:https://pitmantrainingscotland.co.uk/event/meetings-and-minutes-1-day-workshop/2025-01-09/
LOCATION:Edinburgh\, 4 Queen Street\, Edinburgh\, EH2 1JE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Edinburgh,Meetings and Minutes,Personal Development Workshops,Seminar Courses
ORGANIZER;CN="Pitman Training Centre %E2%80%93 Edinburgh":MAILTO:edinburgh@pitman-training.com
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