Concepts of Project Management

 

• Project–Definitions, Attributes
• Project Life Cycle
• Use of Project Stage Gates

 

Project Context

 

• Identify contextual factors that can impact upon the project
• Understand who stakeholders are and how they may impact upon the project

 

Starting with the End in Mind

 

• Understand the Project Charter or Business Case
• Identify Success Criteria, Success Factors and project KPI's
• Recognise Project Management Plan, defining and coordinating all subsidiary plans
• Understand offshore scope through decomposition

Project Stakeholder Engagement

 

• Identify Stakeholders and analyse their expectations
• Managing stakeholder engagements - Consider best methods to increase support and minimise resistance

 

 

Project Management Integration

 

• Need for team approach
• Importance of communication
• Using team development models
• Importance of leadership
• Using collaboration as a communication and motivation tool

 

 

Quality Management

 

• Developing a Quality Strategy
• Understanding what is to be assessed
• Testing & Reporting

Project Risk Management - Assessing and Managing Project Risks

 

• Identifying risks in relation to project operations
• Understanding qualitative and quantitative risk analysis
• Implementing / developing threat/opportunity response strategies
• Reassessing and controlling risks

 

 

Decision-making

 

• Working with Project Information to support decisions
• Decision-making techniques
• Negotiation techniques
• Conflict Management

Updating and Maintaining Project Plans

 

• Monitoring schedule progress
• Controlling schedules and cost
• Earned Value Management overview

 

 

Monitoring & Evaluation Management - Ensure Delivery as Planned

 

• Working with Project Reviews
• Earned Value Management
• Job-Site Management & Reporting
• Validate Scope – to ensure its appropriateness

Managing Project Changes

 

• Change management and planning
• Updating schedules
• Critical points to consider in updating plans
• Project dashboards and reporting

 

 

Handover & Close-out

 

• Preparing for Handover
• Project Closure activities

 

 

Preparing for Standard Operations

 

• Identifying SOP’s
• Where is Commissioning?
• Preparation for Initial Start-up
• Start-up Procedures