Limerick City

Before attending this course you need to be familiar with the basic functions of Excel and be able to open, navigate and print a worksheet. A basic knowledge of formulas is helpful. You should be able to generate a basic chart.

N.B. The course content is as listed – This course DOES NOT cover Macros or Pivot Tables.

**Time constraints plus the needs and abilities of the group members, may result in some of the less important items being covered in the notes only.

10:50am Coffee Coffee

11:00am
Integration Management
Cost / Resource Management
Managing Remote Teams

12:30pm Lunch Lunch

1:15pm
Scope Management Creating a Work Breakdown Structure
Communications Management

3:00pm Coffee Coffee

3:10pm
Time Management Estimation Scheduling
Stakeholder Management Negotiation 5:00pm Summary Summary
5:30pm Close Close

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confidentiality, learning objectives, participatory methodologies, and activities. Tailored case studies and knowledge retention tests are incorporated into each training course maximizing the opportunity for participants to learn by doing. Our trainers are adept at incorporating appropriate examples and information so that trainees will have a relevant frame of reference.

Considering that adults learn at different rates, we utilize a variety of teaching methods (accelerated learning, group work, individual exercises, encouraging participation) during delivery allowing us to stay true to the content while maximizing the experience for all learners. Our training personnel are highly skilled at listening effectively and endeavour to give constructive feedback when appropriate.

Learning Objectives:
• Understand the five process groups: Initiating, Planning, Execution, Control and Closing.
• Learn the ten knowledge areas of project management (Integration, Scope, Time, Cost, Quality, Human Resources, Communications, Risk, Procurement and Stakeholder Management).
• Get a detailed understanding of some of the key knowledge areas, including:
• How to put together a Project Charter – what’s important and what’s not
• Creating a Work Breakdown Structure and using it to make sure that you capture the full scope of the project
• Estimation – understand how to come up with reliable effort and duration estimates
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• Schedules – how to create and optimise a schedule so that you can have a realistic plan that can be achieved
• Learn how to identify risks to your projects success, and some techniques to minimise the impact of those risks to the project
• Explore some Project Communication methods that will help you get the right information to your key project stakeholders
• Learn how apply this learning to the participant’s own particular project/environment through use of case studies and working exercises based on realistic problems and real-life project scenarios and through completion of an assignment, including individual feedback and mentorship for each person.

Participants will:
• Understand and appreciate the full extent and importance of your role in managing people
• Improve your interpersonal skills to enable you to deal more effectively with people at all levels within the organisation and act with greater confidence
• Acquire the key tools for managing people through a practical approach to skills development in such areas as motivation, managing problem behaviours, counselling, assertiveness and negotiations.
• Develop an appreciation of grievance and disciplinary procedures and improve your effectiveness in handling issues in these areas.
• Gain an overview of the key areas of employment legislation and become more confident when dealing with queries in relation to these.

Hand-outs:
Each participant will receive a copy of the presentation with details of all sites and tools covered throughout the workshop and a list of tasks that need to be completed on their website to ensure it complies with best practice guidelines.