Fundamentals of Project Management with MS Project Training conducted during November 2022 in Dar es Salam delivered by a PMP certified Risalat Consultants with years of practical experience in delivering capacity building programs on a wide range of topics in the field of project management. The program had more practical sessions which made the overall training to be delivered on basis of 30% theory and 70% practice.
The delegates came from GIZ Ethiopia, all the participants worked for various GIZ projects, each participant was required to select or design their own project from the very first day, and all practical sessions were based on the participant’s selected projects. The delegates were introduced to the best practices of planning and management of all aspects of a project by integrating MS Project. Simultaneously, they learned fundamental skills essential for engaging, communicating and interacting with stakeholders.
Major Topics Covered in the Program:
- Visão Geral da Gestão de Projetos
- Grupos de Processos de Gestão de Projetos
- Papéis dos Projetos e dos Gestores de Projeto
- Ciclo de Vida do Projeto e Calendarização
- Project Stakeholder Analysis
- Power/Interest Grid
- Início e Planeamento do Projeto
- Plano de Gestão do Calendário
- Resultados a entregar
- Estrutura de Decomposição do Trabalho (EDT)
- Medição do desempenho
- Estado do Calendário
- Análise de Impacto e Desvios
- Controlo de Alterações
- Análise de Cenários Hipotéticos
- Compressão do Calendário
- Projetos Mestre
- Modelos de Calendarização
- Criar Tarefas
- Dados das Tarefas
- Ligar Tarefas
- Método do Caminho Crítico
- Caminhos Quase Críticos
- Resource Planning Process
- Disponibilidade de Recursos, Análise e Impacto no Calendário
- Conceitos de Nivelamento de Recursos
- Execução do Projeto, Linha de Base e Comunicações
- Plano de Gestão das Comunicações
- Reuniões de Revisão do Calendário
- Análise Orçamental e Controlo de Custos
- Creating the project
- Reporte de projetos
During Fundamentals of Project Management with MS Project Training the practice was delivered in terms of the use of the Microsoft Project and in terms of mathematical equations within the topics that required some calculations. The topics without calculation were practiced directly in the software sessions. Some mathematical topics were covered through both live calculations and through the software.