:: DEFINE | Management Consultancy & Training Provider In UAE, Abu Dhabi,Dubai,Saudi Arabia ::

PROJECT PLANNING, SCHEDULING, ESTIMATING AND COST CONTROL TRAINING

Location

Dubai, UAE

Date

From Date: 17-Feb-2025
To Date: 21-Feb-2025

Duration

5 days

Language

ENGLISH

Discipline

PROJECT MANAGEMENT & CONTRACT MANAGEMENT

Introduction

The practice of project management is now widely applied in business, industry, and all levels of government to meet organizational goals, increase productivity and optimize resource utilization. Supervisors, middle managers and executives in mature organizations are now actively involved in program and project management.

In recognition of this significant business trend and the highly specialized conceptual and managerial skills it demands for success, this intensive course is designed to provide professionals involved in project management with a powerful background and experience. Course content integrates the latest in academic and research findings, state of the art practices and technologies, along with valuable practical lessons and insights. Participants will learn in an open and participative environment advanced techniques applicable to each stage of the project life cycle including initiation, planning, execution, and control. They will apply the tools and techniques presented to case studies that simulate real projects.

Objective

Providing the participants with advanced knowledge and skills necessary to:

1. Recognize and manage the phases of project life cycle

2. Analyze the project content

3. Accurately estimate activity durations and costs and develop activity schedules

4. Mange project resources

5. Manage project risk

6. Develop and manage the project team

7. Communicate effectively with project stakeholders assure quality in project

Deliverables

Audience

All professionals involved in project management need to update their knowledge of project management best practices. The program is beneficial for project management staff from all industries and all disciplines including Engineering, Research and Development, IT, Construction, Maintenance and Overhauls, and all long-term service projects.

Content

How to evaluate project feasibility to build a winning project business case.
Discounted cash flow calculations to estimate the value of the project.
Scoring models to quantify project intangibles.
Risk assessment tools.
Network diagram and critical path method to estimate project schedule.
How to overcome real-world obstacles and compress project schedules.
How to estimate the probability of completing a project within a specified time period and budget, and, conversely, the time/budget needed to complete a project for a specified probability.
Earned Value Management technique to track, control, and manage costs.
Effective techniques to adjust current plans by forecasting future resource and budget needs based on to-date project performance.
Management tools that help project managers analyze and quantify cost and schedule variances for appropriate corrective action.
How to apply quality assurance techniques in project management.
CASE STUDY
Last Day Review & Discussions will be carried out.

TRAINING OUTCOME

By End of the training participants will be able to:

1. Recognize and manage the phases of project life cycle

2. Analyze the project content

3. Accurately estimate activity durations and costs and develop activity schedules

4. Mange project resources

5. Manage project risk

6. Develop and manage the project team

7. Communicate effectively with project stakeholders assure quality in project

Deliverables

NOTE:

Pre & Post Tests will be conducted.

Post tests will be with minimum pass marks.

Case Studies, Individual & Group Exercises, Project works (making into groups), Role plays, Group Discussions, Last Day Review & Assessments will be carried out as applicable.

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Certificate

Define Management Consultancy & Training Certificate of course completion will be issued to all attendees.

Methodology

A highly interactive combination of lecture and discussion sessions will be managed to maximize the amount and quality of information, knowledge and experience transfer. The sessions will start by raising the most relevant questions, and motivate everybody finding the right answers. The attendants will also be encouraged to raise more of their own questions and to share developing the right answers using their own analysis and experience.

All attendees receive a course manual as a reference.

This interactive training workshop includes the following training methodologies

30% Lectures
30% Workshops and work presentation
20% Group Work& Practical Exercises
20% Videos& General Discussions

Course Details