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Practical Project Management

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Fees: US$ 600

Course Dates:

24th September – 5th October 2012

Course Description

Project managers are expected to bring together resources, skills, technology and ideas to delivery business benefits or achieve project objectives. Good project managers ensure that these benefits and objectives are delivered to an appropriate level of quality and within the constraints of time and cost, while at the same time managing the risk inherent in change and innovation. The aim of this course is to build the competencies of senior and middle level managers in efficient and effective project management.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course the participants should be able to:

  • Use appropriate project procurement techniques;
  • Apply project management fundamentals in managing ongoing and new projects;
  • Plan projects through estimation and scheduling techniques;
  • Use the appropriate methods and techniques to efficiently initiate, plan, control and report on projects;
  • Plan for, identify, quantify and respond to risks throughout a projects lifespan;
  • Acquire skills and knowledge to undertake recovery of troubled projects;
  • Acquire working knowledge in project monitoring and evaluation techniques to track project performance;
  • Acquire working knowledge in Project Appraisal and Selection;
  • Plan, build and manage project schedules and budgets using Microsoft Project Professional;
  • Build a project plan, enter tasks and develop calendars;
  • Establish task constraints and deadlines, and create task dependencies;
  • Forecast and allocate human and material resources;
  • Track progress, update plans and monitor variances between target and actual project deliverables;
  • Create dynamic reports and custom views to communicate project information;
  • Acquire working knowledge in projects implementation tracking techniques i.e. design and development of Logframe Analysis Matrix.

Content

  • Basic Project Management Concepts
  • Project Risk Management
  • Estimating and Scheduling Projects
  • Project Management Team Members
  • Designing and Constructing Logical Frames
  • Recovering Troubled Projects
  • Project Selection and Appraisal Techniques
  • Microsoft project

Target Group

Senior and middle level managers in strategic leadership of health and development programmes.

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Commitment
Certification - The participants, upon successful attendance of each short course will be awarded an AMREF certificate of participation stipulating the topics covered.
Learning Resources:- Computer laboratory with internet access; A well-equipped clinical laboratory where trainees carry out practical examinations; A state-of-the-art health library which
provides access to information that is otherwise unavailable locally
Costs: - Training costs covers lunch, stationery, field trips and all course related learning materials.- Accommodation (US$ 48 per day) To cover half board accommodation (bed, dinner and breakfast) including daily transport to and from the training venue using the AMREF bus.
Mode of payment -  All payments to the course should be made two weeks to the commencement of each course in cheques payable to AMREF or through bank transfer to the AMREF account
Tailor made courses: AMREF organises customised short courses for groups of not less than 15 participants in health and health-related fields, tailored to the needs of individuals or organisations.
Our clients have included NGOs and Ministries of Health in Sudan, Malawi, Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Eritrea.
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