PROJECT MANAGEMENT COURSE

COURSE SUMMARYThis course teaches the fundamental principles of good project management (i.e., project management wisdom), and the effective tools, methods, and techniques in this field. Delegates will learn how to identify and schedule project resources, create project flow charts, and produce critical path planning and evaluation reports. This workshop provides an introduction to the essentials of project management. It is based on the well-proven and widely recognized Project Management Body of Knowledge (6th Edition, 2017) from the Project Management Institute. Important issues of staff selection and team management are also covered. These learning objectives shall be reinforced by a course that allows delegates to apply the principles and use the tools on familiar projects. Delegates shall be provided with case studies describing recognizable project management problems and their solutions. Computerized Project Management, including project documentation and tracking using MS Project and other tools, shall also be covered.

International methodologies for project management (e.g., PRINCE2) will be compared and contrasted to give candidates a broad view of state-of-the-art in this field.

ADDITIONAL BENEFITS OF ATTENDING THE TRAINING INCLUDE:The course will benefit all staff members interested in learning the principles of good project management. Because of the cross-functional nature of many projects in organizations, most staff members working on projects would benefit from the knowledge gained from this course.

KNOWLEDGE GAINEDUpon completion of this course, delegates should be able to define, plan, manage, execute, and close projects successfully and professionally. Delegates will also have information for assisting self-learning and research in various aspects of Project Management (e.g., software tools and international methodologies).

WHO SHOULD ATTEND· Project Sponsors · Project Managers· Project Team Leaders· Project Team Members

Dr. Sefika holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urban Champaign, USA, with specialization in Software Engineering. He further holds an MSc. in Computer Science and a BSc. in Mathematics.

Professional Membership - Institute of Directors in Southern Africa.

Dr. Sefika poses over 30 years in the software engineering industry, assisting a large number of customers in building technology capacity and skills, and improving efficiency through innovative software solutions and digitization. He has delivered and spearheaded numerous software and ICT infrastructure solutions both in the public and private sectors. Some of the big projects he has managed include the IEC Elections Results Publishing System, Brandbook Business intelligence Solution (RSA tech start-up), the Lesotho Revenue Authority Declaration and Cashiering System, and Old Age Pension Payroll for Lesotho.

He is the current Managing Director of Computer Business Solutions, often managing multi-million commercial Projects where his firm is engaged.

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. M. SEFIKA

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Dr. Tobin has extensive experience in Project Management field as a practitioner, consultant, researcher, conference speaker, educator and coach. He has delivered numerous Project Management workshops to clients across the Southern Africa region. His work in the Project Management field has been funded by the European Union in South Africa and Botswana and the World Bank in Zambia.

In 2004 Dr. Tobin became one of a small number of South African PMP holders to complete the challenging Foundation and Practitioner Examinations of the UK-sourced PRINCE2 methodology. Dr. Tobin is a graduate of four universities, gaining his first degree at the University of York (England), following this with a Post-Graduate Diploma in Management Studies at the University of East London (England). He later completed his Doctorate in the field of Knowledge Management at the University of Pretoria. Whilst with IBM (SA) he qualified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) with the US-based Project Management Institute in 1998. He has maintained his PMP status, having already recertified to 2020.

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. P. Tobin

Dates: 12 - 14 Nov, 2019

Address: 4th Floor, Post Office, P.O. Box 10659, Kingsway, Maseru 100Hours: Closes soon: 5PM | Opens 8AM Mon - FriPhone: 2232 2254 | Web: www.cbs.co.ls

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DETAILED COURSE DESCRIPTION

INTRODUCTION / GETTING STARTED·Defining project characteristics and properties·Example projects ·Examples of activities that are not projects·What is the role of the project manager? ·What is project management? ·Common project stages and phases in all methodologies·Project effort estimation per stage ·Scope, Quality, Time, Cost, and People considerations

PROJECT DEFINITION·How to Define and Select Projects·Characteristics of project objectives·Project proposal structure·Economic justification models for project selection·Break even analysis·Payback period model·Net Present Value (NPV)·Feasibility assessment·Sample project proposal (case study)·Project contracting (the do's and don'ts)

PROJECT PLANNING·Developing the Project plan·Detailing what the project will entail·Assigning team roles and responsibilities·Establishing quality standards·Scheduling resources and resolving conflicts·Calculating the critical path·Establishing concrete milestones and interim results·Risk Analysis·Detailing Who, What, When, and How·Determining project constraints·Determining project costs·Documenting the project plan and setting baselines

PROJECT EXECUTION AND MONITORING·How to start a project on track and keep it on track

·Monitoring, Control, and Evaluation·Status tracking and reporting

·Comparison with baseline·Setting multiple baselines

·Financial tracking·Handling project variations

·Problem and issue resolution·Project Documentation

·Comparison with baseline

PROJECT CLOSURE AND AUDITING·Project acceptance process

·The Project audit process·The Project auditing report

·Team, Team member, and Project Manager evaluations

·Reallocation of resources

PROJECT MAINTENANCE AND SUSTENANCE·Service Level Agreements·Documentation Management·Project Lifecycle Repeat·Management of Supplier / Customer relations

COMPUTERIZED PROJECT MANAGEMENT·Project Management databases

·MS Project 2013 unleashed·Defining the Project in Software

·Entering all tasks and scheduling them·Entering all resources and their costs

·Assigning resources to tasks·Analyzing and resolving scheduling conflicts

·Analyzing and resolving resource conflicts·Updating and tracking project progress against its

baseline(s)·Very rich set of reports

Current activities Cost reports Assignments

Workload Customized reportsVery rich set of views

Calendar, Gantt chart, Network diagram, Resource sheet, etc.

Address: 4th Floor, Post Office, P.O. Box 10659, Kingsway, Maseru 100Hours: Closes soon: 5PM | Opens 8AM Mon - FriPhone: 2232 2254 | Web: www.cbs.co.ls

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