Project Management Foundation Course

London and UK wide

1 day instructor-led. Courses never cancelled: Guaranteed. From £199 (list price £445)

Training formats available

• on a public schedule at one of our London training venues
• on-site at your company office UK wide
• closed group at one of our London training venues
• near-site at a location close to you
• bespoke one-to-one basis
• tailored training courses to your requirements

The UK's Market Leader in MS Project training

Who is this training course suitable for?

This course is designed for delegates with basic/no knowledge of project management tools or techniques, and who are now looking to be involved in projects.

Typical backgrounds will include new project managers, project administrators or support staff, requiring the fundamentals of Project Management.

Benefits

This course will benefit both you and your organisation, introducing you to important project management techniques, key terminology and current methodology. This 1 day workshop will also provide the ideal preparation for more advanced Project Management courses.

Course Syllabus

Fundamentals of Project Management Identify the features and characteristics of a project Identify the steps and variables of the project management process Characteristics of a project Internal/external environments, influence of stakeholders, functional, project and matrix project structures Identify functions, skills, responsibilities of the project manager Elements required to staff a project team, benefits of team building Project initiation and scope planning Process of selection and initiation. Components of a project charter Understand the scope statement and statement of work, understand how scope documents prevent scope creep Scope definition, verification, and change control Process and benefits of scope definition and verification. How to develop a work breakdown structure (WBS) and work packages Identify information required to verify a project's scope, and determine the timing of the scope verification Understand how and why to use a scope change control system The importance of creating a project database

Time management Identify the purpose of activity definition and sequencing Identify techniques for estimating activity duration Schedule development and control Describe the schedule development process List the different ways project schedules and be presented Implement schedule control, level resources, and calculate schedule variances Resource identification and cost approximating Use WBS to assign the best resources to project activities Understand how to assign resources and their types Determine methods for estimating costs and use risk and activity duration to modify cost estimates Budgeting and cost control Describe how to use an S-curve chart Understand when and how capital budgeting and depreciation methods are used Identify methods of using cost and schedule variance to track performance

Public Schedule - Pricing and Availability

Project Management 1 day course
Version	Date	Location	Places available	Book	Next place rate (£)		List price
					Pay by Card	Pay by Invoice
Standard	Thu 23 Sep 2010	Southwark	4		£300	£305	£445
Standard	Tue 26 Oct 2010	Bloomsbury	6		£275	£280	£445
Standard	Wed 24 Nov 2010	Southwark	8		£199	£204	£445
Standard	Tue 7 Dec 2010	Bloomsbury	8		£199	£204	£445
Standard	Tue 4 Jan 2011	Limehouse (Docklands)	10		£199	£204	£445
Standard	Wed 30 Mar 2011	Bloomsbury	10		£199	£204	£445
Standard	Tue 26 Apr 2011	Southwark	10		£199	£204	£445
Standard	Tue 24 May 2011	Bloomsbury	10		£199	£204	£445
Standard	Thu 23 Jun 2011	Bloomsbury	10		£199	£204	£445
Standard	Mon 25 Jul 2011	Southwark	10		£199	£204	£445
Standard	Tue 23 Aug 2011	Bloomsbury	10		£199	£204	£445
Standard	Thu 22 Sep 2011	Southwark	10		£199	£204	£445