Working at Pace - How to use Project Management Tools & Techniques in your Daily Work

Working at Pace - How to use Project Management Tools & Techniques in your Daily Work

We all have things we need to deliver, both at work and at home, even if they’re not “official” projects. Even a basic understanding of and knowing a few simple project management tools, can make it a lot easier to deliver exactly what people want without costly re-work and the headaches that go with it.

As an outcome of attending this session you will:

• Understand how projects are both different from and yet similar to day-to-day work
• Learn how adopting a “project-centred mindset” can help you with everything you need to get done
• Learn how to capture what people want in a way that honours their needs but also makes clear what is possible within the time/money available
• Be able to use a simple documenting approach (project charter) to define up front what the scope of the effort is
• Learn a few simple and effective planning techniques
• Understand how crucial it is to involve the customer and all those who can affect or are affected) by what you’re doing (stakeholders)
• Understand how to plan for things that could go wrong (risks) and manage the things that actually do go wrong (issues)
• Learn why 80% of success in delivery is down to communication and what are the best ways of communicating progress