Practical Project Management

How to get things done!
. . . from the simplest task, to a full-size project

“Excellent presentation.
I have been in management for over 30 years but
this seminar gave me an understanding of modern terminology and processes.”

Mike will be presenting this powerful three-hour seminar on:

• 14 May 2013 – Guildford - Ramada Hotel
• 16 May 2013 – London – RIBA in Portland Place
• 21 May 2013 – Manchester – Park Inn Hotel
• 22 May 2013 – Birmingham – Copthorne Hotel
• 23 May 2013 – Reading – Crowwne Plaza Hotel

• 17 October 2013 – London – RIBA in Portland Place
• 22 October 2013 – Manchester – Park Inn Hotel
• 23 October 2013 – Birmingham – Copthorne Hotel
• 24 October 2014 – Guildford – Ramada Hotel

Click here to download my 2013 Schedule of open 3-hour Bite Size Seminars.

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All events are 9:00 am registration and coffee for 9:30 am start, and 12:30 pm finish.
Refreshments provided.
The event is followed by How to Read People in the afternoon.

“without doubt a half day well worthwhile and good value for money”

The seminar will be presented by Bite Size Seminars.
You can book your place on this seminar or find out more, using the Bite Size Booking and Information Line: 01227 25 21 00

… how about an armful of practical tools and techniques to help you deliver your projects effectively?

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Practical Project Management

How to get things done! . . . from the simplest task, to a full-size project

MANCHESTER – BIRMINGHAM – LONDON – GUILDFORD – READING

“Excellent presentation.  I have been in management for over 30 years but
this seminar gave me an understanding of modern terminology and processes.”
Alan Ellicott – Kodit Database Ltd

BiteSize is a Corporate Affiliate of The Institute of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
This course worth three CPD points

In today’s changing world, projects are a vital part of your life. More of your working time is being spent as part of a project team and managing your own projects. Project management is as much an essential skill as time management, marketing, selling or presentation. Your success – and that of your organisation – depends upon project skills

“Lots of good advice, enjoyed the way it was presented”
Ashley Bijster – Imperial Business Systems

When you want to get things done, the job can sometimes seem overwhelming. With different people to satisfy and deadlines to meet, how can you set yourself up to succeed? Practical Project Management is a powerful three hours of practical tools, skills and advice to help you deliver your project on time – and on budget.

“The seminar has been excellent and fitted a lot of good and useful ideas into a morning … thank you.
Very practical ideas”
Rachel Parsons – Music Leader North West

Practical Project Management will arm you with a host of tools and techniques from the established expert on getting things done. You will learn how to pin your project down from the outset, how to plan and schedule your project, how to spot risks, and the essential six strategies to manage your risks

“Realistic, essential basic tools and concepts that are easy to apply, very good speaker”
Phillip Ashcroft – Corus Group

With Practical Project Management you will learn an effective five-step process that takes you from the first concept for your project; through to day-to-day delivery; to finish with the essential tasks needed to close your project down in a structured way. will show you how to manage the people on your project team – giving you the vital four most important factors in building and leading an effective team, and one of the most powerful resource management tools available.

“An informative, entertaining and very useful overview of its subject.
Simple practical advice – not bogged down by too much theory”
Tony Borman – BNB Tax Consultants

Practical Project Management will give you the low-down on project delivery, explain clearly the essential roles of the project manager when all around you is in change. You will learn about the two types of project report and how to control the inevitable changes that will come along.

Practical Project Management …
because shift happens!

Key learning areas:

• Define the job for your benefit – and everyone else’s
• Setting powerful goals and objectives
• Establishing a clear scope, and combating the dreaded “scope creep”
• How to put time scales on getting the job done using Milestone Planning
• Activity planning using the world’s favourite project planning tool: the Gantt Chart
• Make the most of your personal time using Mike’s famous “Getting your OATS” time planning process
• How to plan and allocate project responsibilities
• Effective task and job delegation
• How to get the most from your Team, four vital factors in building and leading an effective team
• If it can go wrong, it will go wrong – how to predict the problems and plan your responses
• Establishing priorities among your risks using the Triage approach
• The six essential strategies for action on risks
• How to deliver the job to time, to cost and to specification
• The two principal ways of reporting progress
• How to handle changes when what you really want is constancy
• The three key tasks to finally close down your project

Places are strictly limited, the delegate rate for this half day seminar is £149.00 (plus VAT)

Discounts are available for multiple bookings – including booking this with the accompanying afternoon seminar: How to Read People

Booking Line and Information 01227 252 100

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