Description

Project Management

Project management, with its many tools, techniques, and activities, can be intimidating and complex. In this workshop, you'll learn the basics of project management and gain a solid foundation upon which to begin to (or continue to) build your project management skills. Topics include the project lifecycle; key tasks and tools for project initiation, planning, execution, and monitoring and controlling; and keys to project success. You'll also have an opportunity to assess your project management skills as well as practice using key project management tools.

Objectives:

• Define “project management” and describe different approaches to project management.
• Describe a project life cycle.
• List key activities/tasks in each phase of the project lifecycle.
• Describe key tools used at each phase of the project lifecycle.
• List best practices for managing a project.

Intended audience: Engineers, technicians, team leaders, and other personnel who have responsibility for managing projects; no experience in project management is required.

Workshop length: 8 hours