Project management basic

Course overview

In this project management training, you will get a good foundation for leading projects.

The training creates an understanding of what it means to lead a project and motivate project teams, as well as providing many practical tools that you can bring to your own business. You will gain methods and knowledge to be able to organize, plan and lead projects, as well as tools to apply your new knowledge directly.

Note: This training requires a minimum number of participants and is therefore not covered by Informator’s start guarantee. We will contact you well in advance if the course should not take place.

Course Objective

After the course, you can:

  • Structure and focus your approach as a project manager
  • Understand how roles and responsibilities are designed in a project organization
  • Set clear objectives and define project boundaries
  • Prepare and plan projects based on given conditions
  • Identifying and managing stakeholders
  • Identify and manage project risks and opportunities
  • Monitoring results and managing changes
  • Leading and motivating groups and individuals
  • Apply the basics of negotiation techniques
  • Describe what is required to be certified as a project manager

Target Group

The training is aimed at both aspiring project managers and project managers with little experience who want to acquire practical tools to use in the profession

Prerequisites

No special prior knowledge is required.

Certification

This project management training has no certification but is a certification basis for CAPM (PMI) and/or IPMA D certification.

Trainer

Meet Marie Bohlin, one of our project management trainers.

Marie is a civil engineer, communicator and coach with over 25 years of experience in project management, business acumen, customer focus and people drivers. She has worked as a manager in Swedish industry and with practical and strategic communication.

She currently works as a coach and develops and implements training programs in project management, leadership, negotiation and presentation techniques.

More about the course

Managing projects is about getting people with different skills to work together to achieve a common goal.

The main task of a project manager is to deliver results by creating and maintaining a structure and workflow that achieves objectives at the right cost and on time.

This is a very practical and workshop-oriented course. Short lecture sessions are mixed with many application exercises where we work together with realistic cases with examples from current work areas.

Projects as a working method

  • Project organization – roles and responsibilities
  • The project cycle – phases and decision points

Preparing and planning projects

  • Project initiation – how and why does the project start?
  • Background, purpose and objectives
  • The link between purpose and impact objectives
  • Requirements management and scope, including MoSCow technology
  • Analyze conditions and identify project stakeholders
  • Identify and plan activities and develop a timetable
  • Breaking down the project objectives into smaller parts – Work Breakdown Structure
  • Develop a project budget
  • Conducting a benefit analysis
  • Analyze risks and plan actions
  • Orientation in agile methods such as Scrum
  • Planning with a project tool

Implementing and closing projects

  • Develop a communication plan
  • Continuous monitoring of results and costs
  • Managing changes and additions
  • Handing over the project results
  • Closing the project and compiling experiences – achievement of objectives, post-calculation, methodology

Create and develop the project team

  • Composition and development of the group
  • Standards and rules for cooperation
  • Motivate and encourage the group

Lead and work in projects

  • Negotiation techniques
  • Effective meetings
  • Giving and receiving feedback
  • Techniques for effective communication
  • Self-awareness – the personal leadership
  • Situational leadership – guiding or supporting project managers?
  • Conflict management – how to prevent and resolve potential conflicts in the group?

Course overview

19900 kr

3 days

Basic

Can’t find a (suitable) date, but are interested in the course? Send in an expression of interest and we will do what we can to get an opportunity that suits.

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Company-adapted course

The course can be adapted from several perspectives:
  • Content and focus area
  • Scope of application
  • Structure

In collaboration with the course leader, we make sure that the course meets your wishes

Send an expression of interest for the training

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