PROGRAM TITLE

Managing IT Projects

DURATION & DATES

5 days : TBA

VENUE

Hotel Bristol or Ramada Park Hotel or Mandarin Oriental Hotel - Geneva

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

As you are well are of, Managing IT Projects requires a set of skills and techniques without which IT projects will fail. An increasing number of companies today use IT as part of its strategy to win the market, and to streamline its operation to optimize cost. This calls for transformation, merging or re-engineering of its business processes, building or fitting IT applications and infrastructure to support them. A project manager is required to manage the combined Business Transformation (BT) and IT project, to work out a plan, execute and meet its targeted scope, schedule and funding, and to produce sustainable results. This program will also provide the knowledge and skills to manage such projects.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

At the end of the training, participants will acquire the knowledge and practical skills in the following areas :

* Project Management Processes and Aspects. BT/ IT perspective

* The phases a BT/ IT project will have to go through, the activities associated with the phases, the deliverables, the continuity criteria

* Building a project plan, and certain phase deliverables

* Building a project team, and establish management systems for the projects

* Organizing and leading certain key and critical activities in the life of a BT/ IT project

PROGRAM CONTENT

Through a critical linkage of leading-edge concepts and best practices, participants will acquire the knowledge & skills to effectively manage IT Projects. The topics covered will include:

* Project Management Overview

* BT/ IT perspective

* BT/ IT project management cycle

* Initiating/ Defining BT/ IT projects

* BT/ IT projects scope, time, resources and costs planning

* Organizing BT/ IT projects

* BT/ IT projects quality management

* BT/ IT projects risk management

* BT/ IT projects communication management

* Measuring, monitoring & controlling progress of BT/ IT Projects

* Closing BT/ IT Project

LEARNING METHODOLOGY

A proper mix of short lectures, Q&A, sharing, discussions, individual & group exercises and case studies

* Newly appointed BT/ IT project manager

* People developed to be a BT/ IT project manager

* Experienced Project manager in other functional area, but new in BT/ IT projects

* Project administrators

* Business Process Analysts, IT professionals

* BT/ IT managers, CIO

* End User managers or process owners who have a stake in the project

* US$ 3850.- per person, net into our account

REGISTRATION