Managing a Project with Your Team

Overview/Description
 You'll review the characteristics of a project, five phases of a project life cycle, and project team roles and stakeholders. Then you'll explore five general management skills necessary for project team leaders. You'll build a strong foundation for communication and ground rules for your team by establishing principles for working together. You'll learn how to keep your team focused on meeting project deliverables, the core of project objectives. You'll explore four essential project management tools and techniques that allow team leaders to manage the project schedule and budget. You'll explore meeting guidelines to ensure that project meetings are effective. You'll discover ways to monitor progress and manage significant project changes. And finally, you'll learn how to bring closure to the project and acknowledge your team's hard work.

Target Audience
 Team members, team leaders, managers, supervisors

Expected Duration
3.0 hours

Lesson Objectives:

Understanding What a Project Is

  • recognize the importance of understanding what a project is.
  • identify the situations that illustrate the characteristics of projects.
  • match the phases of a project's life cycle to the type of work done in each phase.
  • match the team members to their positions.

    • Launching the Project

  • recognize the benefits of effective leadership on a project.
  • match the appropriate activities to the general management skills.
  • match the examples to the principles of working effectively as a project team.
  • identify the advantages of focusing on deliverables.

    • Using Project Management Tools and Techniques

  • recognize the value of using project management tools and techniques to manage deliverables.
  • match the definitions to the project management tools.
  • sequence the steps of creating a milestone schedule.
  • apply the tips for effective project meetings.

    • Creating Action and Results

  • recognize the importance of managing the phases of a project effectively.
  • identify the steps of monitoring a project's progress.
  • apply the guidelines for managing significant project changes.
  • apply the steps to close a project effectively.

    • Course Number: TEAM0143