Project Management Skills
- Set up a project schedule in scheduling software with tasks, durations, dependencies and milestones.
- Manage day-to-day task flow on a Kanban board with work-in-progress limits.
- Maintain risk, issue and change logs with owners and due dates.
- Track spending against budget in a simple cost tracker and forecast the final cost.
- Update the plan with actual progress and identify slippage against the baseline.
- Build a one-page status dashboard for line management.
- Setting Up the Project
- Project brief and objectives
- Breaking work into tasks
- Choosing tools for the team
- Scheduling with Software
- Tasks, durations and dependencies
- Milestones and baselines
- Gantt chart views and critical tasks
- Managing Task Flow
- Kanban boards and WIP limits
- Daily stand-ups and task updates
- Handling blocked work
- Logs and Registers
- RACI chart
- Risk, issue and change logs
- Decision and action logs
- Cost and Progress Tracking
- Budget trackers and cost categories
- Updating actual progress
- Variance and forecast calculations
- Reporting and Communication
- One-page status dashboards
- Traffic-light reporting rules
- Presenting status to management
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Program Professional Framework
Project Management Skills
Program Overview
Practical tools make the difference between a project that is managed and one that simply happens. This hands-on course develops core working skills using the tools project teams rely on every day: scheduling software for Gantt charts and dependencies, Kanban boards for task flow, RACI charts, risk and issue logs, budget trackers and simple dashboards. Participants practise each skill on a running case, learning to set up a plan, update it with real progress, spot slippage early and communicate status clearly to managers in Gulf government and corporate environments.
Learning Outcomes
- ✓Set up a project schedule in scheduling software with tasks, durations, dependencies and milestones.
- ✓Manage day-to-day task flow on a Kanban board with work-in-progress limits.
- ✓Maintain risk, issue and change logs with owners and due dates.
- ✓Track spending against budget in a simple cost tracker and forecast the final cost.
- ✓Update the plan with actual progress and identify slippage against the baseline.
- ✓Build a one-page status dashboard for line management.
Target Audience
- Project coordinators and project officers
- Team leaders running departmental projects
- Engineers and analysts with project responsibilities
- Administrative staff supporting project managers
Detailed Program Modules
01Setting Up the Project
- Project brief and objectives
- Breaking work into tasks
- Choosing tools for the team
02Scheduling with Software
- Tasks, durations and dependencies
- Milestones and baselines
- Gantt chart views and critical tasks
03Managing Task Flow
- Kanban boards and WIP limits
- Daily stand-ups and task updates
- Handling blocked work
04Logs and Registers
- RACI chart
- Risk, issue and change logs
- Decision and action logs
05Cost and Progress Tracking
- Budget trackers and cost categories
- Updating actual progress
- Variance and forecast calculations
06Reporting and Communication
- One-page status dashboards
- Traffic-light reporting rules
- Presenting status to management
Training Methodology
Applied Project & Assessment
Applied Project
Participants build a working project file for a case or workplace project: a baselined schedule in software, a Kanban board, RACI and risk and issue logs, a budget tracker and a one-page status dashboard updated with progress data.
Assessment
Short diagnostic at the start, practical tasks linked to each learning outcome, and evaluation of the applied project against published criteria.


