Directing a Project

Target Audience

This course is designed for individuals who are interested in understanding the roles and responsibilities within a Project Board. It is ideally suited to those currently performing a Project Board role or are about to.

Approach

This is an interactive course where participants are encouraged to learn though a mixture of lectures, exercises and group discussion.

Instructors

All of our instructors have real world experience of working as project managers and are not just ‘training specialists’. Whilst our emphasis is on practical knowledge and skills, all of our instructors are also accredited to teach qualification based courses in project management.

Course Objectives

The aim of this course is to equip delegates with a detailed knowledge of the various roles within a Project Board and the key responsibilities of those roles. The course will also provide an overview of the project management life-cycle and how the Board is involved at various points throughout

By the end of this course delegates will be able to:
• Understand the key roles of the Project Board such as the Project Sponsor, Senior Supplier and Senior User
• The specific responsibilities of these roles and potential conflicting interests
• The role of Project Assurance
• The overall Project Management Team hierarchy
• Responsibilities that can be delegated
• The overall project life-cycle and key project components

Course Information

Pre-requisites:
• None

On-Going Support:
• 90 days post-course support via email or telephone

Duration
• 1 day

Participants
• Maximum 10 delegates per course

Delivery Method
• On-site

Venues
• London or your own

Course Content

1. Introduction

1.1 Characteristics of a project and common reasons for project failure

1.2 The overall project life-cycle

1.3 The key components of a project

2. The Project Management Team

2.1 The hierarchical project management team structure

2.2 The roles and responsibilities of the team outside of the Project Board

2.3 General roles and responsibilities of the Project Board

2.4 The use and responsibilities of Project Assurance

2.5 Setting up a Change Authority

3. Controlling Project Progress

3.1 Specific Project Board ‘Decision Points’ and authorisations

3.2 Dividing the project into stages and balancing too few with too many

3.3 Creating a suitable reporting structure

3.4 Setting up a communications plan

3.5 Managing by exception through the use of tolerances

4. Key Project Board Information Needs

4.1 Business Case content and responsibilities

4.2 Scope and quality definition

4.3 Typical contents of a PID/PDR

4.4 Change Requests

4.5 Exception reporting

4.6 Highlight Reports
 

Available Courses

This is available as an on-site course only, no public courses are scheduled.



If you would like further information on our courses, or would like to discuss how we can build a course for your organisation using our training modules, please contact us.