The Project Management is a 2-day basic course based on the manufacturing methodology and formats. It is intended to provide participants with the knowledge and skills to execute a project successfully in support of business needs. This seminar focuses on improvement projects in operations, administration and production that might be implemented by cross-functional teams (CFTs), productivity improvement teams or quality circles. This same seminar will be applicable to engineering/maintenance and other technical projects. The course hand out doubles as guide that can be used as reference by the project team members when executing an actual project.

Objectives: Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to:

1. Describe the Program methodology
2. Describe the role and responsibilities of a project team member, project leader, sponsor and extended team members.
3. Describe the process steps for project planning.
4. State the deliverables of the project.
5. Develop a Flexibility Matrix and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Sketch out a Schedule and Gantt chart for the project.
6. Determine a Risk Management Plan for the project.
7. Describe the methodology for monitoring a project to schedule.
8. Apply project management methodology to existing and upcoming projects.