Project Management: Taking Control of Projects

Program outcomes

As a result of this program, participants will possess:

• A confident and enlightened approach to controlling projects
• A clear understanding of what information they must have at the ready;
• A clear understanding of how to monitor projects, assess risks;
• The hard questions to ask and when to step in;
• Several checklists to refer to later.

Program content

• The fundamental principles of project management;
• Team structure, leadership and followership;
• What to look for at each stage of the project;
• Assessing risk and quality;
• Real world probability, the go forward plan, monitoring and control techniques;
• What to ask, when, why and how, in complex, high value and strategic projects;
• How to recognise a troubled project, how to take appropriate action, and what to do about key issues, particularly scope, resources and cash flow;
• How to address team member behaviour on projects under stress.