Project Management Fundamentals Doha, Qatar:

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1 Project Management Fundamentals Doha, Qatar: 7-8 May 2017 Who for The course is primarily aimed at: Middle management with or without existing project management experience Junior management with or without existing project management experience Those who wish to refresh the knowledge and skills related to project management Project Managers in any field Project Management Office personnel Team leaders who work in project teams Introduction In the current radically changing business environment, the well-equipped manager is one that leads and directs project teams, even if they do not formally have the project manager role. Almost all modern businesses are characterized as project-driven, or projectized, and you need to manage endeavors across many diversified, geographically distributed teams. To be effective in this capacity, you need to acquire the theoritical knowledge and build the skills that extend beyond the formal role of managers. There is massive research proving that Project Management is the science of getting things done. Trillions of US Dollars are spent worldwide on projects, and by research only three out of ten projects are completed on-budget, on-time, and with pre-defined quality standards. Could we do better? There is no simple answer, but this project management course should equip you with the tools to anticipate and cope with some of the problems that you may encounter.

2 Programme Description This course enables Participants to establish, systematize and refresh the knowledge, develop skills and understand the tools and techniques used in the practice of project management to improve their day-today management of projects. Success in practical project management is based on the following principles: Choosing the right project management approach to the actual situation Understanding the value of having a professional project plan by using a predictive methodology Understanding the flexibility of an adaptive (Agile) mindset Establishing rules of efficient monitoring of project execution in both approaches This three-day workshop is designed to offer to an organization s Middle and Junior management the knowledge of the principles of Project Management. The course aims to provide the Participants the tools enabling the implementation of these rules in practice and working out a proper attitude of each project team member. The course introduces case studies that connect the principles to the practical approach of managing projects, and uses exercises to verify the capability of the participants to apply the learnt techniques and tools in real-life situations. The methodologies provided in this training programme are based on PMI standards. Training Objectives Prepare the participants to plan and supervise project execution on their own. Establish a common language and tools deployed for planning and supervising project execution. Discuss practical experience in different planning techniques Collect, analyze and distill requirements into clearly defined project statements Decompose scope into small, manageable components Create a schedule by sequencing the activities related to those components Create a budget by estimating and analytical techniques Take care of communications and stakeholder management planning and maintain engagement Plan, measure and control quality requirements Handle positive and negative risks in a project environment Understand team-related techniques Set and evaluate success criteria for projects and collect lessons learned throughout Manage multiple projects while maintaining daily workload All Rights Reserved Project Management Fundamentals 2

3 Course duration 2 days Course contents The Project Management Framework - Introduction What is a project and what makes it different from of the other activities undertaken in the company? What are the prerequisites and necessary conditions of effective project management implementation? How to deploy project management rules in the company? What are the phases of planning a project? Which of them is the most difficult and which one is the most important? Project management efficiency and effectiveness. Basic principles of the project constraint management Defining a project Why is project definition the most difficult area in project planning? How to write clearly defined project statements How to create project objectives with measurable outcomes What are project goals? What kinds of goals should be considered? Why is the discussion about defining targets one of the most difficult discussions while planning a project? Project scope definition and verification. How to design the project management triangle What are project deliverables and how do they differ from project goals? How to set priorities in a project? Why is it necessary to set them before commencing the detailed planning of a project? Scope planning and management: How to break a project into manageable tasks What is WBS (Work Breakdown Structure)? Why efficient implementation of WBS is important during the project planning phase? How to track and manage changes to the scope during execution? Time planning and management: How to estimate the tasks duration during the planning phase? What is a network diagram and what is it created for? What advanced networking techniques are there to use in different situations? What does the standard approach to preparing a schedule consist of? How to maintain and control the project schedule?

4 How to use project management software to get more insights into the sequencing of the task in the project How to use Kanban Board to visualize the work flow at the level of sub-tasks? All Rights Reserved Cost planning and management: What are the methods of estimating costs and resources and when should they be applied? How to define who is needed for project execution and managing work in a project? How to establish the accountability for project and task accomplishment and managing work? What are the methods of estimating costs in the project? How to prepare the project budget? Quality planning and management How to plan quality related requirements in a predictive project? How to measure and control quality? How to create a continuous quality improvement plan? Risk planning and management: How to identify and assess the risk during project management? How prioritize the risks in the project? How to action on project risks? Communication and stakeholder management and planning: How to identify and analyze stakeholders? How to create a communication management plan? What is stakeholder engagement and how to build it? How to maintain efficient communication throughout the project? Project team development and skill management in practice: What stages teams go through? How to implement the project skill management/skill property value in the company? What are the key necessary conditions of the effective Resource planning in project? What are the most important team acquisition and team development rules and how to embed them in the company? Project Management Execution and Control Project execution plan and rules. How to deploy and embed the project evaluation and escalation rules in the company? What is and how to implement Project buffer management (Critical Chain Project Management) framework in the company? How to use the project management execution tools? Project management IT software review Collection of lessons learned and project closure Project Management Fundamentals 4

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6 Project Management Fundamentals : 7-8 May 2017 Please fax this form to EY Training, Qatar: or to: ey.training@qa.ey.com. For more courses please visit our website: Registration form For further details please contact Prabhu Gudavalli: or Marilou Espano: Person nominating: I wish to reserve place(s) for the above course. Name:.... Telephone no:..... Position: Company:. Address:. Names of participant(s) Mobile no. Designation Registration fee (per participant) USD 1,650 which includes: Course venue: W Hotel Date: 7 8 May 2017 Daily participation Lunch and other refreshments Course material Time: 8:30 am to 5:30 p.m. Cancellation policy EY training certificate Special group discount rates: Book three places and get a 10% discountfor Book six places and pay for five A full refund less an administration fee of USD 250 will be given for cancellation requests received up to 5 working days before the event. Cancellations must be made in writing (letter/fax/ ) and reach our office before the 5 working days deadline. Delegates who cancel less than 5 working days before the event, or who don t attend, are liable to pay the full course fee, and no refunds can be given. However, if you wish to attend a subsequent scheduling of the course, and you have paid your course fee in full, you will only be invoiced for 25% of that course fee. Replacement participants are always welcome. Ernst & Young - Doha 24 th Floor Burj Al Gassar Tower, West Bay, Al Majilis Al Taawon St., P.O. Box 164, Doha, State of Qatar Phone: Fax: EY Assurance Tax Transactions Advisory 2016 EYGM Limited. All Rights Reserved. ey.com/mena