About
Projects are delivered by people and their attitudes and skills can make a massive difference to the success of project. The major difference between a project manager and a ‘Master’ project manager lies in the ability to understand that successful Project Management is about the effective utilization of both Hard Skills and Soft Skills. It goes without saying that ‘what’ you do as a project manager is important, but ‘how’ you do it is absolutely critical.
This seminar demonstrates the practice of project management hard and soft skills. It provides a range of tools and techniques that project managers can use to reduce risks and overcome interpersonal hurdles. The seminar presents a number of ‘critical’ habits related to how you manage projects through, and with, people. Issues such as time management, personality types, how to understand and develop your team members, developing your leadership skills, conflict management, negotiation skills, building and motivating your team are comprehensively covered.
This seminar presents insights into:
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Preparing and executing a project plan
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Identifying and analysing project risk
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Selecting and leading project teams
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Determining project health
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Measuring and presenting results against initial goals
Seminar attendees will fully understand:
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What makes a person a ‘Master’ of Project Management
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The importance of knowing your outcome before you start a project
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The importance of planning and how to manage the Planning Process
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The importance of and how to take massive action
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How to keep the team focused on the delivery goal
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How to set up and operate disciplines required to monitor and control projects
The seminar is designed to be taught interactively with syndicate and personal exercises, facilitation of group discussions, training videos, and discussions of real life examples.
The organisation will benefit by:
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Increase project managers’ personal effectiveness
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Better production of project outcomes
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Mastering project management soft skills
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Alignment of project and corporate goals
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Understanding Conflicts and resolving them
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Development of robust project teams
Attendees will gain by participation in this program through:
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Mastering skills in managing project activities
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Learning skills necessary for mastering the art of project management
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Developing a more effective approach to interacting with project stakeholders
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Learning Negotiation Tactics
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Ways for building effective plans
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Better overall management and control of projects
This seminar is intended for project professional, team leaders and team members who are engaged in project work from simple to complex. Because of the universality of the principles and techniques covered, the seminar will also be of value to anyone managing or involved in projects regardless of their professional background or industry they operate within.
Day 1 – Introduction to projects
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Day 2 – Scoping and laying the foundations
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Day 3 – Organising for success and gaining & maintaining commitment
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Day 4 – Monitoring and controlling projects
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Day 5 – Staying focused, delivering and closing your project
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Training Methodology
Pathways Training and consulting adopts the newest techniques of human resources Training and consulting and, with the following:
- Theoretical lectures are delivered via PowerPoint and visual displays (videos and short films)
- Making scientific evaluation to the trainee (before and after)
- Brainstorming and role-playing
- Using case studies related to the scientific material being delivered and the trainees' work.
- The participants get the scientific and practical material printed and on CDs and Flash memories.
- Preparing records and reports of the participants' attendance and results, with a general evaluation of the training program.
- A group of the best trainers and experts in all fields and specialties professionally prepares the scientific material.
- After finishing the course, the participants get certificates of attendance signed, certified, and issued by pathways Training and consulting.
- Our training programs start at 9:00 o'clock in the morning and end at 2:00 in the afternoon, with snack buffet during the lectures.
- Providing a lunch buffet during the training program period, with organizing a lunch party on the training program final day for taking some photos and certificate awarding.
