Quote to deliver a 2-day Project management Training Course
This proposal is for the preparation and delivery of Project Management Training material in the form of a Two-day Training Course, targeted at approximately 10 employees of Pharmachem Skillnet client companies.
AspiraCon Ltd/ is ideally suited for this engagement:
• AspiraCon is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and a Registered Education Provider certified by the Project Management Institute. This means our Project Management Training has been audited by the PMI International organization and meets their strict quality requirements.
• AspiraCon trainers all have the PMP certification, but just as importantly they have the battle scars and lessons learned from delivering complex real-life projects. Each of our trainers is a Senior Project Manager, with experience of managing multi-million dollar projects with teams all over the globe. Our proposed speaker for this Training Course is Pat Lucey, winner of the Institute of Project Management of Ireland’s National Project Manager of the Year in 2005.
• AspiraCon has been selected by the PMI Ireland Chapter to deliver Project Management training to its members in Ireland. We see this vote of confidence by the PMI Ireland Chapter as a tremendous endorsement of the quality of our offering.
•AspiraCon provides a flexible service, tailored to the specific needs of the client. We are happy to add or modify material as required by Pharmachem Skillnet to ensure the Training Course resonates with the participants.
Client Feedback
The following feedback came from Colin Curran, Training & Development Manager of Schering Plough, following an in-house Project Management training program delivered by AspiraCon in 2010:
“The AspiraCon PM training program has proved itself to be excellent. It was very practical and helped people immediately to improve how they tackle their day-to-day job and to deliver projects better. It has also provided us with a strong foundation to improve our framework for running projects in the organization. I cannot recommend AspiraCon PM Training highly enough.”
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Project Management Framework (2-Days)
Project ManagementFrameworkisan interactive Project management Training Course that establishes a good working knowledge of project management terms, concepts and methodologies. Delivered by an experience Project manager, the material covers the latest Project Management Best Practices, augmented by the real-time experience of using the PM tools methodologies to deliver complex projects. By focussing on real-life environments, participants begin to gather the detailed knowledge required to apply the training to their own work environment.
Learning Objectives:
•Understand the purpose, inputs and outputs of the core processes in each of the five process groups: Initiating, Planning, Execution, Control and Closing.
• Learn about some key knowledge areas of Project Management (Scope, Time, Cost, Communications and Risk). Understand how each knowledge area contributes to the progression of a project from start to finish, and know how to create the key deliverables at each stage.
•Become familiar with some key project management techniques, together with how and when to use them. Examples of such techniques include Three-Point Estimation, Project Scope Capture and Scope Change Control, Risk Analysis, Generating a Schedule and methods to identify and manage Stakeholder Expectations.
Training CourseDelivery
AspiraCon propose that Pat Lucey will deliver this Training Course, subject to availability. Pat’s details are:
Pat Lucey, M.Eng, B.Eng, PMP, IPMAb, Lean/Six Sigma Certified Green Belt
Pat is recognized as a strong advocate of the value of Project Management both within Ireland and internationally. Overall Winner of the Institute of Project Management of Ireland Project Manager of the Year in Ireland for 2005, Pat was subsequently invited to join the elite faculty of the Institute of Project Management in Ireland to lecture on Risk Management and Project Governance.
After working with Analog Devices and Siemens, Pat filled a number of senior roles within Motorola, including the role of Director of Program Management responsible for managing global projects, before going on to found AspiraCon, an Irish-based Project management company. Pathas published a number of international publications on aspects of Project Management and has featured as keynote speaker at Project Management Institute Training Courses.
Training Course Schedule
The following is the proposed running order schedule for the course with the topics covered listed. The assumption is that the Training Course will take place at Pharmachem SkillnetClient Premises and that all start/finish times can be adjusted to meetPharmachem SkillnetClient needs.
Time / Day 1 / Day 209:00am / What is Project Management
Framework
Introducing PM Concepts / Creating a Project Budget
Controlling Your Costs
Managing Resources
10:50am / Coffee / Coffee
11:00am / How the elements of
Project Management fit together
How projects change over time / Communication – the lifeblood of Project Management
12:30pm / Lunch / Lunch
1:30pm / How to Define a Project’s Scope
How to Manage changes to Scope / Negotiation styles
How to work with a Multi-site team
3:00pm / Coffee / Coffee
3:10pm / How to Create Reliable Estimates
How to Create a Schedule
Managing Stakeholder Expectations / Understanding and Managing Project Risks
Deciding upon Responses to Risk
5:00pm / Summary / Summary
5:30pm / Close / Close