Managing the projects schedule cost and resources (2 days)

Content

One of the most important responsibilities of a project manager is to manage the schedule, costs and resources when carrying out the project.

Small projects can be managed using fairly simple reporting techniques, while large projects require more formalised procedures and the use of professional software applications.

But no matter if your project is small or big, if you manage everything your self or have a team to support you, the important thing is to know WHAT to do!

Benefits from participating

After participating in this course you are likely to improve in areas such as:

• Your ability to act professionally when managing your project
• Your ability to show strength and resilience when facing the challenges to your planned schedule, costs and resource utilisation
• Your knowledge of the tools and techniques used for managing projects
• Understanding how you are perceived as a project manager by sparring and getting feed back from instructors and the other participants

Content

• The elements of a project plan
• Creating a project plan
• Scheduling a project plan
• Project structures
• Resource planning
• Estimating the need for resources
• Establishing a budget for the project
• Project accounting
• Handling invoices
• Corporate finance and financial systems
• Cash flow
• Where to get information
• Learning from best practice
• Optimising the schedule
• Baselines
• Tracking progress
• Reporting to stake holders
• Earned value
• IT tools
• Making the move to portfolio management

The road from class learning to real life application will be short. The course largely consists of "real life" exercises that are backed by theory and reflection and dialogue.

We will work in small teams during the course to give you the best conditions for developing your skills. As a consequence the number of participants is limited to a maximum of 8.

Target group

The course is designed for new or less experienced project managers and other people that are about to start working with project schedules, costs and resources, and need to improve their basic skills. The course also provides the theoretical foundation for understanding why, when and how to use IT tools for managing projects.

Preconditions

There are no preconditions for participating in this course.

Please note that no IT-tools are used on this course – all planning is conducted using only pen and paper.

Fee

The fee is DKK 8995 (VAT not included) per participant for two days including course materials and catering.

No current course dates are set. Please contact us if you want to hear more or sign up.