Project Management

Overview

Project Management is the process by which a manager executes and delivers positive change in an organization. It is the skilful use of techniques and methods to ORGANISE, PLAN, DIRECT and CONTROL a project, to achieve an agreed outcome within time and on budget. It involves "hard" skills, such as the ability to create gantt charts and undertake Earned Value Analysis and also "soft" skills, such as the ability to manage inter-group politics and conflict.

This course will provide a comprehensive presentation and discussion of modern project management principles and practices as they relate to design, procurement, construction activities and maintenance, and upgrade turnarounds at downstream facilities in the oil and gas industry. The specific training received in schedule and cost management, risk management, and the proper use of scarce resources (people and materials) will help the project manager make the best decisions possible.

Upon completion of this course, the participant will know what the nine project management process groups are. Participants will understand how project management process groups relate to one another, what tools are available for the project manager to use, what information will be generated, and what that information means.

The course is taught using a combination of instruction, facilitated discussion, and hands-on exercises using “real-world” project examples related to facilities design, procurement, construction, and turnarounds. The exercises will include both individual and group activities that will provide each participant with a visual application of the principles and practices discussed throughout the course. Each participant will receive a course manual containing all of the presentation material as well as each exercise.

Outcomes

Furthermore at the end of this course, participants will be able to appreciate the range of practical P.M. techniques available; be able to apply P.M. principles and techniques within their organizations; and be able to confidently undertake the management of a project and see it to a satisfactory conclusion on time and within budget.

Topics Covered

- Introduction to project management framework

- Four stages of project management

- Nine project management process groups:

Integration Management includes the processes required to ensure that the various elements of the project are properly co-ordinate.
Scope Management is the function of controlling a project in terms of its aims, goals and objectives through the process of conceptual development, full scope definition or statement, scope reporting and control, and project close out.
Time Management is the function of maintaining appropriate allocation of time to every element in the overall conduct of the project through the successive stages of its natural life-cycle.
Cost Management is the function of maintaining effective financial control of the project.
Quality Management is the composite of material attributes (including performance features and characteristics) of the product or service which are required to satisfy the needs for which the project is being undertaken.
Human Resource Management is the function of directing and coordinating human resources throughout the life of the project. It involves the application of the principles of behavioral science and administrative knowledge to achieve the predetermined project objectives of scope, time, cost, quality and participant satisfaction.
Communications Management includes the processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation, collection, dissemination, storage and ultimate disposition of project information.
Risk Management includes the processes concerned with identifying, analyzing and responding to project risk. It includes maximizing the results of positive events and minimizing the consequences of adverse events.
Procurement Management is the function of acquiring resources for the project in order to produce the end product.

Who Should Attend

People from all disciplines and backgrounds who have responsibility for managing businesses or managing projects of any kind to achieve successful results.

Examples of Project Management-type activities: