How to Successfully Apply Project Management Principles

Facilitators
Sharon De Mascia and Diane Shackleton

Who should attend
This workshop does not require any prior experience or knowledge of project management. It will be useful both for those who are just moving into a consultancy or project management role, or more experienced consultants wanting greater understanding of the principles of project management and underpinning methodologies. More broadly the workshop will help anyone wanting to more effectively manage complex tasks, for example, assessment centres, delivering any project where resources are important or limited.

Workshop overview
This highly participative workshop is about managing projects and will include information and hands-on practice in project management. The workshop aims to demonstrate the usefulness of project management techniques as a discipline for approaching any piece of work, e.g. delivering an assessment centre, organising a series of therapy sessions, carrying out a PhD, and managing a recruitment campaign. In essence, the principles of Project Management can be utilised by anyone, regardless of specialism, to improve the way in which they carry out their work.

Participants will be made aware of and practice Project Management principles and the tools and techniques that can be used to facilitate a successful project, e.g. Gantt charts, stakeholder analyses, communication planning, project planning.

An understanding will also be developed of some of the organisational behaviours that must be taken into account when managing a project, such as matrix management, leadership, conflict resolution, problem solving, etc.

The event will be structured into three sections:1. Project management per se.
2. Project structures and governance.
3. Organisational behaviours associated with project management.

Aims of the workshop

• To provide participants with the knowledge and skills to apply Project Management principles to their work.
• To provide participants with an understanding of Project Management methodologies.
• To provide participants with an understanding of the wider organisational behaviours, which need to be taken into account when managing a project.

Projected outcomes and benefits of attending

• Participants will be able to design and carry out a project/assignment using Project Management principles.
• Participants will be able to carry out a stakeholder analysis.
• Participants will be able to produce a project plan and a communication plan.
• Participants will be able to use a range of project management tools and technologies to facilitate more effective project management.

Psychological theory underpinning the workshop
This workshop draws on a wide variety of underpinning psychological theory. For example, goal setting/motivation theory (Locke, Maslow, Hertzberg, and McGregor); Prince2 methodology; conflict resolution theories; organisational change; theories of leadership; game theory and organisational communication theories.

Pre/post work required
N/A

Dates and venues
10 July 2008, 09.30 - 17.00.
The British Psychological Society, 30 Tabernacle Street, London, EC2A 4UE.

Facilitator Details
Sharon De Mascia is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist and member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development with fifteen years experience of delivering people-related projects in a variety of organisations. She has extensive experience of delivering change/OD interventionsas well as organisational level IT related projects and Business Process redesign. She is Prince2 qualified and she is a member of the ‘Office of Government and Commerce’ Programme and Project Management network.

Diane Shackleton is a graduate member of the CIPD and has worked in the HR arena for approximately 15 years. Her experience to date has been within the Public Sector where she has worked on a variety of large and small projects, in the capacity of both project and stakeholder/communications manager.

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