Project Management: Master Advanced Planning And Resource Skills To Deliver Projects Successfully

You Will Learn To

• Understand how conducting data analysis can provide you with a bird's eye view of your progress
• Use a RACI chart to set clear expectations about your project's roles and responsibilities
• Estimate your project's duration using PERT and Gantt charts
• Determine the critical path of your project
• Prioritise tasks based on importance and urgency
• Identify common project risks and deal with them accordingly

Who Is The Course For?

• Professionals who wish to achieve buy-in by building strong stakeholder relationships
• Project managers who want to understand how inefficient resource allocation can cause bottlenecks and cost overruns
• Schedulers looking to use task dependencies to create a realistic project timeline
• Team leaders conducting regular risk assessments and quality reviews to identify risks and mitigate their effects
• Business analysts wishing to learn project monitoring and controlling strategies to better evaluate progress

About The Course

Would you like to mitigate the negative effects of scope creep to ensure that your project is completed on time and within budget? Do you want to understand how effective stakeholder management can help you prevent delays and improve engagement? Are you interested in learning how proper resource management and allocation can help you boost productivity, enhance efficiency and run your project smoothly? If so, then this is the course for you!

Project planning involves creating a blueprint of how you'll complete a project, the resources you'll need and the timeline within which it will be done. A report indicated that 46% of organisations listed project planning as a top priority. Another report found that high-performing companies complete nine out of 10 projects on time, on budget and on scope. This statistic highlights the benefits of taking the time to plan your project and set the foundations for successful implementation. To plan your projects properly, you need a thorough understanding of key techniques and strategies you can use to ensure that your next venture meets stakeholder expectations and is completed on time and within budget. That is exactly what this course will help you to do!

Over a series of short video lectures, you’ll delve into a wide array of project management tools and techniques designed to help you navigate every stage of a project with confidence. We'll begin by diving into the RACI chart, where you'll learn how to define and assign roles and responsibilities, ensuring all team members are aligned and accountable. From there, you’ll uncover how to estimate project timelines using PERT and Gantt charts. These essential planning tools will enable you to visualise your project schedule, track progress and set realistic deadlines. You'll also explore the critical path method (CPM), where we'll break down how to identify the tasks that are crucial to project completion, ensuring you know where to focus your efforts for timely delivery.

Additionally, we’ll guide you through prioritising tasks based on their urgency and importance, helping you manage competing demands and avoid bottlenecks. Risk management will be another key focus. You’ll look into identifying common project risks, from resource shortages to unforeseen delays and learn how to assess their impact and develop strategies to mitigate them. Throughout the course, you’ll engage in practical exercises and real-world scenarios, giving you the opportunity to apply what you've learned and develop solutions for potential project challenges.

By the end of the course, you’ll be equipped with a robust skill set to manage roles, timelines, risks and priorities effectively - ensuring the successful delivery of your projects. Enrol now to learn more!