Time & Project Management
Duration: 2 days
24 hours, 1,440 minutes, 86,400 seconds - we all have the same time allocation each day. How we use it depends on our lifestyle and personal preferences. One thing, which is clear, however, is that some people seem much better than others at using their time and resources well.
Effective time management is the difference between functioning and achieving. Essential to individual and organisational productivity, time management is the identification of the achievement criteria and progression towards this through effective prioritisation and organisation.
Time management is a discipline of the mind, based on achievement, through making the right choices.
Modern business increasingly relies on the individual's ability to manage different projects. Project management techniques are becoming morewidely used across many different industries. Having a good understanding of the essential techniques can only be a tremendous benefit to individuals and companies who wish to develop project management capability.
- How to proactively manage how we spend our time.
- Utilising project management skills.
Objectives
By the end of the programme delegates will be able to:
- Describe what time management is, its key components, and the benefits personally and organisationally of better time management.
- Prioritise and organise their workload in a more efficient way.
- Identify all obstacles preventing them from using their time effectively.
- Set and carry out specific and measurable objectives enabling them to perform their priority tasks.
- Analyse how they currently spend their time and identify how they will use their time differently.
- Highlight the key tasks they must perform to achieve their priority objectives.
- Define a project.
- Explain the roles of all those involved.
- Plan for a project.
- Use tools and techniques that make projects more likely to succeed.
- Develop a ‘Terms of Reference'.
- Structure a project team and manage tasks.
Programme Outline
Pre-programme
For 3 days keep a time log per each half hour and bring to the programmen Time as a key resource.
- Time Log analysis
- A Day in the Life of Peter Frantic
- Time Management tips.
- What is Project Management?
- Defining a Project
- Selecting key people or the right team
- Introduction to key tools.
- Over viewing the project - 8 key areas
- How to build clear ‘Terms of Reference'.
- How to manage a project.
- Project Life Cycle.
- Success factors and typical causes of failure.
- ‘Forest of Time' - Journey of Discovery'.
- Reporting of progress.
- Action Plans
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