Years ago, Tom Peters the management master said: 50% global white-collars’ work is completed by project management; months ago, he said: 100% of that will be accomplished by project management. Project management is applying to more and more fields, such as research and development on new products, attracting new clients, and opening new markets… All these are projects. More and more transnational corporations are introducing project management as the solution to increase companies’ operation efficiency; they also believe it’s essential for companies’success.
It is said that project management is like decathlon, requiring participants to be versatile. Indeed, decathlon athletes need to achieve extraordinary results in almost all projects before winning the championship. The same is with project management. The project management staffs need to solve all kinds of problems when dealing with projects and finish every step before declaring the consummation of the project.
Based on the above-mentioned experiences, we know that project management is necessary and project management staff is very important. The project management relatively starts late in China, so AMA (China) introduced basic principles of advanced foreign project management. By combining China’s actual situation, the design developed basic courses for project management – “Project management I: “Principles and skills”, laying out a solid foundation for various circles in the initial phase of project management to succeed.
The course will help you experience each phase in project management:
Phase I: Project’s Start
Based on such information as project introduction, strategy planning, project selection standard and history information, etc., it is official to start determination of the initiation of some new project or the next phase of some existing project, and also determine such contents as project chapter, project manager, key duties, obligations and assumption information, etc.
Phase II: Project’s Planning
According to the determined content of the project start, determine the project scope, analyze tasks, analyze task relations, evaluate resource status, calculate key paths, prepare for project progress, balance resource loading, produce project budget and perfect action plan.
Phase III: Project’s Implementation
According to specific and feasible project plans, implement various tasks and activities.
Phase IV: Project’s Control
To make sure the sequential implementation of the project, conduct timely supervision toward the deviations of reporting project; conduct strict control toward the changes of project scope, amendment of project progress, strict control over project costs and quality and various risks in the progress of the implementation of the project.
Phase V: Project’s Termination
This includes: the official inspection and acceptance of products, the termination of contract, the filing of project information and the summarization of experiences and mistakes.
Effective control of various phases in the project, and you will be able to create extraordinary performances with the same time, same resources and same employees.
Project process
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How you will benefit
- Acquire professional knowhow and skills
- Know where to start with project management
- Realize the importance of “clarifying needs” and “planning ahead”
- Plan well, reduce change and uncertainty, increase success rate
- Learn to use tools to manage project, coordinate team members, and improve project efficiency
What you will cover
Project and project management
- Three key areas of project management
- Project management principles
- Project life cycle
Project process
Project initiation
- Significance of the initiation phase
- Restrictive factors of a project
- Initiation documents and proposals
Project planning
- Project range
- WBS structure
- Project schedule, resource, cost and budget
Project execution and control
- Management issues
- Progress control and change control
Project closing
- Project check and acceptance
- Document archiving and analysis
“Straight-to-the-point, easy to understand, very applicable”
“Short and concise, covers a lot of materials”
“Deliver core concept of project management in a limited time frame.”
“All around understanding for procedures in project management.”
“We can easily relate to every steps and procedures.”
“Offer work guidance, logically presented”
“Every theory has the possibility to apply, combining theory and application.”
“After working for five years, one should definitely take this course. Even though a lot of work is not classified as project, same principles apply.”