IT Project Management Course in UK

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The project management course in UK is for project managers, team leaders and others involved in IT projects. The course shows how IT projects should be set up and run. The course is for both IT and non-IT people. No IT knowledge is needed.

People who attend the course range from complete project management novices through project leaders and project managers who have some experience of projects, to senior managers who come along to find out what their project managers should be doing. Past attendees have come from as far afield as the Middle East, Norway, Bermuda and Aberdeen - though most don't travel quite so far! Most attendees stay at the hotel in which the course is run, those who live close enough commute each day. All will feel welcome.

Project Management Course Contents:

Project Management Principles
Why projects require a different style of management and team ethos from day to day operational activities. Factors that contribute to project success.

Project Structure and Stages
Breaking large projects into more manageable ones; planning total project resources.

Project Organisation and Roles
Project Organisation chart and a description of project roles. Your responsibilities if you are a project manager. Your responsibilities if you are a team leader, etc.

Project Definition
Getting from the idea to a defined project with a Project Definition Document (or Project Initiation Document if you prefer). Producing the Business Case.

Project Lifecycle
Key aspects of the software development lifecycle with emphasis on business user activities.

Estimating
Estimating project costs.

Planning and Scheduling
Building the task by task project plan (schedule). Pros and cons of tools like Microsoft Project.

Risk Management
Assessing, reducing, managing and reporting upon risks.

Getting Resource Commitments
Getting senior management buy in and getting commitments of resources.

Quality Management
Managing quality rather than just hoping for it!

Change and Issue Management
Managing issues that arise during the project and managing project change requests.

Tracking and Controlling
Tracking progress versus plan and taking corrective action.

Status Reporting
Team reporting to team leader, team leader to project manager, project manager to project sponsor.

Independent Project Assurance
Assistance to and policing of projects and project managers.

Stage and Project Completion
What to do at the end of each project stage and at the end of the project.

Consideration of participants' own projects
Consideration of how participants' projects could be improved.

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We regret this course is not running at the moment. However, a version of the course is available free in the form of this online project management course