AUDIENCE:   This course is for business professionals engaged in the management of IS or IT development projects. Experienced IT professionals taking on project management or leadership responsibilities. Established project managers who have not had the benefit of formal training and who now wish to build on their experience with specialised skill development. DURATION:   5 days. OBJECTIVES:   On completion of the course delegates will be able to: ·Understand the concept of programme and project management. ·Know how the basic concepts of project management can be applied to manage and control programmes COURSE CONTENT:   Background The nature of programmes and projects Business strategies Project justification The project environment Risk and uncertainty Making decisions Projects and People Management of change Role of project manager Leadership Team building Managing stakeholders – Theory – Management Management of human resources Dealing with people Motivation Organising the Project Project organisation Benefits of a systematic approach - A project management method Setting up a project Project organisation Client/contractor relationship Project lifecycle approach · Code and Fix · Waterfall · Spiral Communicating and reporting Project Initiation Project Estimation Project planning Identifying activities and dependencies Project deliverables Cost breakdown structure Product breakdown structure Management of risk Product and activity based planning Using automated tools Project Management and Control Scheduling · Gantt charts · Network analysis Controlling a project Managing with stages Time boxes Managing product delivery – work packages Progress measurement Earned value analysis Taking corrective action Maintaining the schedule Controlling progress and cost Project recovery Managing Quality and Change Change control Configuration management Quality management Software quality Test strategies Productivity tools Introduction to best practices The Business of Projects Financial project appraisal Tendering and contracts Contract contents Outsourcing Managing the business case Project Completion Decommissioning a project Identifying follow-on actions Project evaluation review Post-implementation review Exercises, Case Studies and Solutions Case study scenario: Project organisation Project brief Project business case: Project justification Evaluating proposals Risk management Product breakdown structure Product flow diagram Network analysis Earned value analysis Team building Management of change