Course DescriptionThis workshop will focus on ways for managing small sized projects, using available project management tools and software packages for data organisation, defining scope, developing schedules, identifying the critical path for the project as well as cost estimation and monitoring and reporting progress. |
Main TopicsDay 1
Day 2
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Learning Objectives
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Course Description
This workshop will focus on ways for managing small sized projects, using available project management tools and software packages for data organisation, defining scope, developing schedules, identifying the critical path for the project as well as cost estimation and monitoring and reporting progress.
On Day 1, participants will be walked through the fundamentals of project management tools and techniques.
On Day 2, through a series of group workshops participants will work in groups to develop and deliver plans for small projects.
All materials taught are compliant with the guidelines established in A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, PMBOK®, 5th Edition, from the Project Management Institute (PMI).
Main Topics
Day 1
- Introduction to project management
- Project process groups and knowledge areas
- The context of small projects
- Level of detail for managing small project scopee definition, resource planning, Work Breakdown
Structure (WBS) - Estimating project costs and budgets
- Scheduling the work
- Identifying and managing risks
- Overview of the project plan
Day 2
- Designing the plan – a step by step approach
- Case studies – issue identification and resolution
- Finding and analysing options
- Putting the tools together
- Writing the initial draft of your project plan
- Presenting your project plan
Learning Objectives
- Learn key definitions and terms related to project management
- Identifying relevant project documents
- Design and organise the work breakdown structure (WBS)
- Understand what it takes to develop the project charter
- Gain exposure to planning and scheduling concepts
- Identify and develop options using available tools
- Group Presentations
In poorly run projects, problems can go undetected until the project fails. It’s like the drip … drip … drip of a leaky underground pipe. Money is being lost, but you don’t see it until there is an explosion.
Key Details
Trainer: Osama A.Wahid
Start Date: 28/11/2016
End Date: 29/11/2016
Timings: 8:30AM - 1:30PM
No. of Hours: 10
PDUs: 10
Fees: BD 150/-
Trainer
Osama A.Wahid, B.Eng. MPM PMP
Mr. Osama A.Wahid is a Canadian avid project management practitioner with more than 15 years of experience across multiple industries and projects including high profile mixed-use Real-Estate Development projects (Mag-Lev train project), Government Health Policies and training projects, Railroad Projects and construction management projects.
He has extensive experience in initiating, planning and executing projects with special focus on getting the scope right and scaling the project management tools to the project’s size and needs.
Over the course of his career, Mr. Osama has held several positions where he continued to be involved in technical project management and operational planning and problem solving. He filled several positions that required thinking out-of-the-box and delivering project solutions that had set a bench-mark for quality delivery in the organisation where he worked.
He received several recognition awards and continues to promote project management best practices to organisations and project teams.
He discovered that he had a passion for training when one of the challenges that he was faced with was to develop a comprehensive training programme for pharmaceutical scientific experts with an extremely limited budget. This is when he led the design, development and delivery of a training programme that was successfully delivered to almost 150 participants.
Mr. Osama speaks, reads and writes Arabic, English and French and he received his Masters of Project Management from the Université du Québec en Outaouais in 2004 and attained his certification as a Project Management Professional in 2006.
Trainer
Osama A.Wahid, B.Eng. MPM PMP
Mr. Osama A.Wahid is a Canadian avid project management practitioner with more than 15 years of experience across multiple industries and projects including high profile mixed-use Real-Estate Development projects (Mag-Lev train project), Government Health Policies and training projects, Railroad Projects and construction management projects.
He has extensive experience in initiating, planning and executing projects with special focus on getting the scope right and scaling the project management tools to the project’s size and needs.
Over the course of his career, Mr. Osama has held several positions where he continued to be involved in technical project management and operational planning and problem solving. He filled several positions that required thinking out-of-the-box and delivering project solutions that had set a bench-mark for quality delivery in the organisation where he worked.
He received several recognition awards and continues to promote project management best practices to organisations and project teams.
He discovered that he had a passion for training when one of the challenges that he was faced with was to develop a comprehensive training programme for pharmaceutical scientific experts with an extremely limited budget. This is when he led the design, development and delivery of a training programme that was successfully delivered to almost 150 participants.
Mr. Osama speaks, reads and writes Arabic, English and French and he received his Masters of Project Management from the Université du Québec en Outaouais in 2004 and attained his certification as a Project Management Professional in 2006.
