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Overview Webinars Webinar Recordings Courses Calendar of Events IHRIM Home	IHRIM's Essentials for Successful Project Management This one-day course focuses on the skills, tools and techniques that project managers or project team members should know to effectively define, plan and manage projects and project assignments. Course Overview • Project planning, including stakeholder analysis, domains of change, communications, and work breakdown structure • Project management approaches, and how to select the approach best suited to your project type, needs, and constraints • Assembling the project team and defining roles and responsibilities • Team building, covering team dynamics and barriers to teamwork • Project management skills, the key competencies and traits for success • Estimation and justification, including cost/benefit analysis and risk assessment • Project scheduling and control, tracking methods, the use of project management software, progress reporting, meetings, and final post-completion audit Teaching methodology: Mix of lecture, class interaction and class assignments Who Gains the Most from Attending? This seminar is designed for both the beginning project manager who wants a good foundation and the experienced project manager who wants a refresher course. It would benefit whole project teams by providing them with an understanding of the overall process and their roles. Any HR or HRS professional requiring a sound knowledge of project management will benefit from this course. What You Will Learn Project Management Overview • Definition of Project Management • Importance of Project Management • The Project Pyramid • Key Terms Project Structure - roles and responsibilities • Project Manager • Project Team • Stakeholders • Sponsors and champions Project Scope • Project Objectives • Defining Scope • High Level Requirements • Project Critical Success Factors Project Justification • Cost Analysis • Benefit Analysis • Risk Analysis Project Planning and Scheduling • Constraints • Deliverables • Tools Project Communications • Meetings • Status Reporting Scope Management Project Assessment

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IHRIM's Essentials for Successful Project Management

This one-day course focuses on the skills, tools and techniques that project managers or project team members should know to effectively define, plan and manage projects and project assignments.

Course Overview
• Project planning, including stakeholder analysis, domains of change, communications, and work breakdown structure
• Project management approaches, and how to select the approach best suited to your project type, needs, and constraints
• Assembling the project team and defining roles and responsibilities
• Team building, covering team dynamics and barriers to teamwork
• Project management skills, the key competencies and traits for success
• Estimation and justification, including cost/benefit analysis and risk assessment
• Project scheduling and control, tracking methods, the use of project management software, progress reporting, meetings, and final post-completion audit

Teaching methodology: Mix of lecture, class interaction and class assignments

Who Gains the Most from Attending?
This seminar is designed for both the beginning project manager who wants a good foundation and the experienced project manager who wants a refresher course. It would benefit whole project teams by providing them with an understanding of the overall process and their roles. Any HR or HRS professional requiring a sound knowledge of project management will benefit from this course.

What You Will Learn
Project Management Overview
• Definition of Project Management
• Importance of Project Management
• The Project Pyramid
• Key Terms

Project Structure - roles and responsibilities
• Project Manager
• Project Team
• Stakeholders
• Sponsors and champions

Project Scope
• Project Objectives
• Defining Scope
• High Level Requirements
• Project Critical Success Factors

Project Justification
• Cost Analysis
• Benefit Analysis
• Risk Analysis

Project Planning and Scheduling
• Constraints
• Deliverables
• Tools

Project Communications
• Meetings
• Status Reporting

Scope Management

Project Assessment

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