In today’s dynamic and demanding markets, organizations that want to lead and achieve growth that far exceeds what their competition is planning for as well as what they have been used to in the past, cannot afford to be just a good organization, but rather a Great Organisation. Great Organisations need to adopt aggressive, well-balanced, and coordinated strategies to achieve their desired vision. Those strategies need to identify attainable and measurable goals for which the organization can assure that their strategies will be deployed as planned. What does this mean? Organizations that want to become Great Organisations need to shift their strategy from “Running the Business” to “Growing the Business”. This would require those organizations to initiate, strategically align, prioritize, plan, and successfully deliver hundreds of projects to achieve their desired vision. Those will include strategy, operational, new products, new services, and capital investment projects. Projects that will require individuals from the different functional divisions to be set accountable for delivering their scope as well as manage resources, labor, and non-labor, collaborate with other team members, and communicate with external and internal stakeholders. Having a project management methodology will strongly help organizations to achieve their strategic objectives.
The ISO 21502 Lead Project Manager training course aids in the development of the skills required for starting, planning, overseeing, controlling, and concluding a project in accordance with ISO 21502. The training course not only gives you a theoretical foundation in project management, but it also includes exercises and quizzes that will allow you to put what you've learned to use. You can apply for the exam once you've finished the training course. You can apply for the "Certified ISO 21502 Lead Project Manager" credential if you pass the exam. An internationally recognized "ISO 21502 Lead Project Manager" certificate verifies your talents as a professional and shows that you have the knowledge and skills required to manage a project in accordance with ISO standards.
The late delivery of projects has become the scourge of project professionals worldwide. Countless numbers of projects undertaken by organizations in the private and public sectors significantly overrun the project schedule and budget, and as a consequence fail to achieve the organization's financial and strategic objectives, often with sizable increases in costs and with substantial financial losses to the organization. Why? This is due mainly to the failure of many project professionals to successfully apply the tools and techniques of modern project planning, scheduling, and control to their projects. Likewise, the development of reliable cost estimates during the design and early conceptual stages of a proposed project is of critical importance to the success of the project. The decision to proceed with a project is often based almost exclusively on early conceptual cost estimates, and these estimates provide the basis for the cash flow projections and forecasts used during the project feasibility study. Unreliable cost estimates can result in significant cost overruns later in the project life when it is too late to contain them. In addition to the potential financial losses suffered by the organization, many such projects subsequently fail to deliver the required quality of outcomes intended for the project as a direct consequence of poor estimating. Budgeting inaccuracies inevitably result in lower quality workmanship and materials. The estimating techniques and processes covered in this conference will provide delegates with the necessary skills to forecast accurately the anticipated costs of projects with a focus on budget estimates, estimates for pre-construction services, estimating contractor and sub-contractor work, estimating general conditions, pricing self-performed work, estimating negotiated contracts, and performing lump sum and unit-price estimates. This conference will significantly enhance the skills and knowledge of delegates and improve their ability to properly plan and schedule their projects, as well as perform estimates at both the conceptual and detailed levels, and to compare feasible alternatives quickly and efficiently.
This course aims at equipping the hiring (line) managers, procurement, and recruiters to maximize the return on investment in the “recruit to contract termination” process of external consultants and contractors for the hiring organizations. Organizations want to enjoy the flexibility of a contractor’s workforce instead of internal staff, but would there be conflicts when contractors and internal staff have to work together? How to ensure seamless team effort among contractors and internal staff? The trend of outsourcing and the continuous interest of shareholders to want organizations to have fewer and fewer headcounts and governments should become smaller and smaller; the importance and popularity of external consultants and contractors keep increasing. How to identify and attract the best contractors/consultants? How to accelerate the onboarding time for contractors/consultants? How to retain them? How to get the most out of them within a flexible contract period? It is quite similar to the case with internal employees, yet there is a significant difference too.
Agile project management, widely used for software development, is increasingly recognized as having much more general application. Continuous improvement programs, business change projects, new technology development, research and development and a variety of other scenarios characterized by rapid change and high uncertainty can all benefit from an Agile approach. This program will present the concepts and methods of Agile project management generically, and show how to apply them to a range of project and change management situations.
Earned Value Management (EVM) is a project planning and control approach that provides cost and schedule performance measurements. It compares the actual accomplishment of scheduled work and associated costs against an integrated schedule and budget plan. Its benefits include visibility into the actual progress of the project work against the budget, projections of anticipated project schedule and cost trends, and the ability to take timely corrective actions for undesired variances. EVM is considered one of the most potent and productive concepts utilized in managing today’s complex projects in private, commercial, or government environments.
One of the critical outcomes of contract and project management is to ensure that risks to owners and contractors are identified and controlled in a proactive way so that both parties are satisfied with the project outcome. While world-class project and contract management cannot, of itself, make risk “go away”, it can, and should, identify the risks and opportunities, determine who is responsible for managing each individual risk, and for the consequences should the risk occur.
In today’s competitive global economy, virtually all organizations are project-based. Whether they are governmental, industrial, or commercial, these organizations supply products or services intended to satisfy the needs and requirements of their clients by applying the principles and methodologies of project management to implement their projects. Consequently, this program is designed to: Assist organizations in developing professional project managers who are aware of the strategic importance that project management plays in the achievement of the mission of their organizations. Provide the knowledge and skills project managers need to successfully complete a project. Increase the capability of organizations to deliver projects successfully by using appropriate processes and best practices. Understand the project manager’s role in leading the way to better project performance and profits.
PPP projects are very `involved with large financial outputs and results. The projects cover infrastructure, power generation, utilities all of which should be performed efficiently and in a sustainable manner. Hence these projects involve major challenges that need to be overcome to deliver a successful project. The achievement or failure of a project will depend on many determinants and the study of case studies included in this training will help guide participants on the dos and don’ts of successful PPP project performance and implementation. Good project development is fundamental to a successful PPP project. The concept of PPP obligates a more collaborative connection between both sectors, fostered by openness and trust. This presents a major shift from the traditional arms-length approach to procuring services and executing projects. Well designed, feasible projects attract greater interest amongst potential investors and demonstrate the potential benefits of taking the project forward to the procurement phase. Therefore, PPP projects critically require specially trained personnel who possess a deep understanding of the many different constraints involved and who display extensive knowledge of how to prepare and commence a PPP project.