Practical Project Management
Course Dates:
28 September - 10 October 2009
Course Description
Project managers are expected to bring together resources, skills, technology and ideas to delivery business benefits or achieve project objectives. Good project managers ensure that these benefits and objectives are delivered to an appropriate level of quality and within the constraints of time and cost, while at the same time managing the risk inherent in change and innovation. The aim of this course is to build the competencies of senior and middle level managers in efficient and effective project management.
Course Objectives
By the end of this course the participants should be able to:
* Use appropriate project procurement techniques;
* Apply project management fundamentals in managing ongoing and new projects;
* Plan projects through estimation and scheduling techniques;
* Use the appropriate methods and techniques to efficiently initiate, plan, control and report on projects;
* Plan for, identify, quantify and respond to risks throughout a projects lifespan;
* Acquire skills and knowledge to undertake recovery of troubled projects;
* Acquire working knowledge in project monitoring and evaluation techniques to track project performance;
* Acquire working knowledge in Project Appraisal and Selection;
* Plan, build and manage project schedules and budgets using
Microsoft Project Professional;
* Build a project plan, enter tasks and develop calendars;
* Establish task constraints and deadlines, and create task dependencies;
* Forecast and allocate human and material resources;
* Track progress, update plans and monitor variances between target and actual project deliverables;
* Create dynamic reports and custom views to communicate project information;
* Acquire working knowledge in projects implementation tracking techniques i.e. design and development of Logframe Analysis Matrix.
Content
* Basic Project Management Concepts
* Project Risk Management
* Estimating and Scheduling Projects
* Project Management Team Members
* Designing and Constructing Logical Frames
* Recovering Troubled Projects
* Project Selection and Appraisal Techniques
* Microsoft project
Target Group
Senior and middle level managers in strategic leadership of health and development programmes.
Fees: US$ 600
Apply Online on the link;
http://www.amref.org/info-centre/short-courses-application-form/
Download the short courses application form on link;
http://www.amref.org/silo/files/amref-short-course-application-form.doc
OR Contact the following persons:
Lydia
mailto:Training@amref.org
Nicholas Kiambi
mailto:Nicholas.Kiambi@amref.org
WEBSITE: http://www.amref.org/