Project Planning Essentials for Technical Staff
Get a practical insight into project planning, and go from project initiation to building a project schedule.
Type of Course: Leadership and management
Course Reference: HOC-010, HFFC-004
Course duration: One day (around six hours)
Hosting Mode: Online (HOC-010) - instructor-led event, onsite (HFF4-004) - face-to-face
This workshop is aimed at technicians involved in running small to medium sized projects in the workplace who have had little or no project management training. The workshop will focus on planning as the foundation for successful project management and participants will take away an accessible, flexible and scalable framework for planning projects.
This course has been designed to accommodate various learning styles and to allow participants to learn from group discussions and individual reflection on the current practice. The participants will be encouraged to implement learnt skills in their day to day work practice.
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Aims and Objectives
The aim is to introduce the principles of project planning from initiation through to building a project schedule and provide an opportunity to apply them to a group project.
Objectives of the course include exploring the project
overview
scope
unknowns
interactions
breakdown
control
schedule
Outcomes
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
Recognise when a piece of work would benefit from a structured, planned approach.
Work through the essential elements of a project plan and apply them to a simple fictional project.
Consider how they might apply the project planning essentials to their own work based projects.
Course Fee
HEaTED members
Online: £289
Onsite: £394
Course credits
1 x online course credits
1 x onsite course credits
Non-members
Online: £412
Onsite: £612
Feedback
"The course was really what I was expecting. The structure of the course and Helen's knowledge about project planning and project management was vital for the success of the course. I really appreciated it. Thank you very much."
Chemistry Technician, Kings College London
"This was a good balance of listening and practical activities for an online course. The breakout groups worked well and Padlet was an excellent tool to help visualise the different aspects of project planning."
Technician, University of Leeds
"As a research technician I have not done any 'formal' training into project planning before although my job role does involve me being responsible for planning projects. The course material was set at a good level for my level of knowledge. The course has provided new insights into ways to plan projects in the future especially breaking the planning into different sections. For me learning the difference between scope and risk will help me plan projects in the future and also understanding positive risk assumptions."
Research Technician, The University of Sheffield
"I thought the course was very well organised. The theory part and the practical group work was well balanced. It provided me not only with very useful resources for planning projects in the future but also gave me the opportunity to meet and work with technicians from different disciplines and locations. It was a very enjoyable and rewarding course. Thank you."
Media Technician, University of Essex
"Helen was a fantastic trainer and explained things brilliantly. I have loads of new skills that I can't wait to implement in my day to day projects."
Research Technician, Queen Mary University London
Notes
This activity is subject to minimum group numbers but can be delivered onsite at your institution at a time and date to suit your team. Please contact us at enquiries@heated.org.uk for more information.
For HEaTED members, we offer one free place for every 10 bookings, and two for groups of 15 or above.
