Course Introduction:                                                                                 

 

When your company is expanding, it’ even more crucial to have enough projects. However, you must be careful before signing multiple contracts at one time because once you do you are binding yourself to those projects. It is important that you allow yourself and your team enough time to provide quality work, otherwise, you might land yourself in a sticky situation. One must learn how to manage multiple projects in construction.

 

Project managers juggle many projects simultaneously in today’s fast-paced environment. Managing multiple projects and prioritizing competing demands requires effective delegation and strategies for monitoring and controlling.

 

By attending this course, you will gain insight into the challenges associated with balancing numerous projects, acquire the tools and techniques that support project success, and learn how to prioritize project work. You will also learn to multitask, plan and schedule projects, analyse schedules, and more through hands-on, project-based exercises.

 

Course Objectives:                                                                                 

Upon successful completion of this course, the delegates will be able to: 

• Explain Multiple Project Management specifics and how it differs from the Traditional Project Management.
• Identify the benefits their organization will gain from implementing Multiple Project Management techniques.
• Obtain a systematic approach for implementing Multiple Project Management techniques at their organization.
• In addition, there will be a case study on implementing Enterprise Project Management at an organization

 

 

 

Who Should Attend?

This course is intended for Project directors, engineers and planners, chief executive officers, finance managers, human resources, project managers, information technology managers, consultants, contractors and suppliers’ organizations. Policymakers responsible for developing and implementing national and international sustainable development strategies and researchers and academics involved in the construction and building industries as well as site engineers and assistant engineers in the sites in the supervision and the execution domains in construction sites.

Course Outline:                                                                                 

Day 1:

Project Management Key Concepts

• Projects and Operations
• Current Trends
• What Projects Exist Within an Organization
• Why Projects Fail?
• PM Key Concepts

Project Life Cycle and PM Phases

• Project Phases
• Project Life Cycle
• Project Management Processes

Day 2:

Initiating Projects and planning Projects

• Purpose of initiating Projects
• The Project Charter
• Project Kick Off Meeting
• Propose of Planning Projects
• The Work Breakdown Structure
• Develop the Project Plan
• Develop the Resource Plan
• Cost Estimating and Cost Budgeting
• Establishing The Project Team
• Communication Plan
• Procurement Plan
• Risk Management Plan
• The Project Management Plan

Implementing Projects

• Executing Projects
• Purpose of Executing Projects
• Scope Verification
• Distributing Project Information
• Project Team
• Quality Assurance
• Contract Administration
• Purpose of Controlling Projects
• Updating The Project Schedule
• Performance Measurement Using Earned Value
• Change Control

Day 3:

Closing Projects

• Purpose of Closing Projects
• Identify Inputs and Outputs, Tools and Technique

Organizational Impacts of Project Management

• HR Requirements
• Functional, Matrix and Projectized Organization

Role of Project Manager

• Project Manager Roles
• Project Manager Responsibilities
• Project Manager Skills

Day 4:

Multi-Project management and Single Project Management

• Difference Between MPM and SPM
• Criteria for selecting Projects in MPM Grouping
• Benefits of MPM
• Portfolio Management
• Resource Management
• Collaboration
• Organization Wide Planning
• Process Management
   

The Project Management Office

• PMO Functions
• PMO Positions
• Keys To Successful PMO Deployment

Enterprise Project Management Solutions

• EPMS Functions
• Objectives of EPMS
• Can EPMS Save On Project Spending?
• Selecting An EPMS solution

Day 5:

Project Management Maturity

• Level 1: Ad Hoc
• Level 2: Consistent
• Level 3: Integrated
• Level 4: Comprehensive
• Level 5: Optimizing

Implementing Multi-Project Management Information System

• Creating MPM Database
• Creating Project Templates
• Create A New Project
• Single Project Reporting
• Multi- Project Reporting
• Updating the Project Plan

Course Methodology:

A variety of methodologies will be used during the course that includes:

• (30%) Based on Case Studies
• (30%) Techniques
• (30%) Role Play
• (10%) Concepts
• Pre-test and Post-test
• Variety of Learning Methods
• Lectures
• Case Studies and Self Questionnaires
• Group Work
• Discussion
• Presentation

Course Certificate:

International Center for Training & Development (ICTD) will award an internationally recognized certificate(s) for each delegate on completion of training.

Course Fees:

This rate includes participant’s manual, Hand-Outs, buffet lunch, coffee/tea on arrival, morning & afternoon of each day.

Course Timings:                                                                                 

Daily Course Timings:

08:00 - 08:20       Morning Coffee / Tea

08:20 - 10:00       First Session

10:00 - 10:20       Coffee / Tea / Snacks

10:20 - 12:20       Second Session

12:20 - 13:30       Lunch Break & Prayer Break

13:30 - 15:00       Last Session