Successful Project Management


Good project management delivers a successful outcome, on time and to budget

Project management is often seen as the domain of engineers and software developers, and as such of limited value to non-techies. Nothing could be further from the truth! 
 
Whether its driving transformation across an organisation, creating and launching new products and services or building new systems and business processes, projects are a part of daily life for every business and organisation.
 
Project management is simply the successful delivery of the desired outcome within set constraints – usually cost and time.  At its heart, project management consists of the following three steps:

  • Developing a plan – knowing where you are now, where you want to be at ‘the end’, and mapping out how you are going to get there.
  • Tracking your progress – ever few steps forward, checking your progress and measuring it against your plan.
  • Managing change – if you are not where your plans says you need to be, then taking the necessary actions to get back on track.

 An organisation’s ability to enhance its capability and capacity to deliver products and services to meet customer expectations, on time and within budget, is often directly linked to the ability of its personnel to plan and manage projects successfully.

Learning objective
This two-day course will introduce this extremely useful capability in a structured manner, providing an overview of the discipline of project management, and giving participants a robust framework and proven techniques and tools to support them in planning and controlling a project in any area of application.

Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course, participants will:

  • Understand the fundamentals of project management
  • Be able to apply and tailor proven project management principles, frameworks and techniques to suit their environment, application and size of project
  • Understand the triple constraint driving force in project management
  • Understand the project life cycle and the project manager’s role of each stage
  • Be able to plan a project by defining objectives, work content and execution logic
  • Be able to determine a project schedule and prepare a project budget
  • Understand how to identify and manage key project risks
  • Understand the need for, and approaches to, the control of a project
  • Be aware of the expectations of the project leader
  • Be aware of success factors in project management.

Who benefits
The leader, manager, supervisor, team-leader, administrator, or frankly anyone who is currently managing, or will soon be managing projects, and requires a structured introduction to the field of project management. 
 
Business Owners and Leaders will understand how to value and leverage their team’s project management capabilities, to support the delivery of strategic objectives – for example, business growth, digital transformation, new product/ market development, etc. – while reducing the potential for micro-managing.
 
Managers and team members will understand how to successfully plan and control projects under their responsibility with confidence, often working with tight budgets, timeframes, limited resources, busy employees, and within a risky environment.
 
Engineers, IT, technology professionals, and other technical experts, will understand how to plan and manage their – often conflicting – roles as technical experts and project managers, to successfully deliver projects alongside their technical ‘business as usual’ roles.

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Duration
2 days 

Facilitator – Raiyo Nairman
With over 25-years of leadership and commercial experience, Raiyo Nariman has created, built and led numerous businesses across regions, in both entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial capacities.  Raiyo has invested, established, operated and led businesses in New Zealand, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, while servicing clients and engaging partners globally. 
 
Within the arena of project management, Raiyo has delivered training engagements and project management Diplomas for leaders and managers in both private and public sectors, for over two-decades.  Raiyo has also delivered numerous advisory engagements for clients seeking to enhance their project management practices, including the design, development and implementation of Project Management Offices (often from scratch), and the ‘rescue’ of failing projects & large programmes of work.  Clients have included some of New Zealand’s largest private companies, and government agencies responsible for taxation, land management, national infrastructure, research and innovation, education, and social services. 

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Regional Business Partner (RBP) Management Fund
An application has been made to register this course with the RBP Management Development Fund. To explore if your business is eligible for support contact your local Regional Business Growth Advisor at business@greatsouth.nz. Your Regional Growth Advisor will advise you on your eligibility for capability development funding. 
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This training programme may be delivered as an in-house training solution exclusively for your team. Please contact us to discuss. 

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