Project Management Advanced Focused

Deliverables and learning objectives

This course is for providing advanced project management skills – the next step after learning the basics.

What benefits you will get from this course?

• enhance your know-how to set up a project with respect to PMI standards

• have an in-depth knowledge of modern project management.

• be able to build up a project management plan by integrating and coordinating all subsidiary plans into one common document

• be able to execute an efficient resource allocation

• be able to develop a target group oriented communication strategy

• be able to take all necessary steps for a professional risk management

• be able to combine different goals and interests in order to facilitate the forming of high performance teams

• learn how to avoid typical pitfalls in project initiation and project planning and execution

For which ideal customer is this course designed?

Program/ project managers or team member with basis PM knowledge who are executing and leading projects and need a more detailed understanding of the several PM processes

The course content and structure

• Project and business case

• The project life cycle and the connection to the project management   knowledge areas and process groups

• Project management and Business Case Management  – the business case as the driving instrument to initiate and approve  a project ?

• How to identify, plan and manage the project and the business case

• Project initiation

• The project initiation, approval and start – crucial issues to have success

• Project HR planning

• Project Stakeholder plan/ communication planning

• Team stuffing – how to combine requests and availability esp. in the matrix organization

• Project Cost planning

• Cost estimation (methods and techniques)

• How to plan the costs and overcome conflicts with the matrix organization

• Project Risk management

• Quantitative and qualitative risk analysis ,managing identified risk, the human factor within risk management 

• Project procurement management

• How to ensure quality with internal and external suppliers, HR Management

• Acquire, develop and manage the team performance  -what do we have to consider to get the RIGHT team?

• Conflict & personality issues  in a team

• Project Integration Management

• How to handle changes in the project

• Project closure

• typical but avoidable conflict with the customer

Methodical and didactical hints for the course

Orbitak utilizes a variety if methods in order to emphasize the importance of the learning objectives for participants. Methods include:

• Trainer input
• Discussion
• Group exercises
• Role plays
• Real life cases

Additional helpful information

orbitak is working in close cooperation with leading scientists in the area of neurosciences, who constantly provide new consolidated findings concerning knowledge transfer, effective learning as well as methods of behavior. All orbitak courses are designed in accordance with these latest findings to ensure the best possible transfer of knowledge to you.

Course facilitator

Thomas Baumann

Next scheduled training dates and locations?

This course can be held in your company upon request.