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📋 Project Management – 1-Day Training Lesson Plan

Course Duration: 1 Day
Training Method: 40% Theory + 60% Hands-on Practical
Target Participants: Project Managers, Team Leaders, Executives, Coordinators and Professionals involved in projects
Prerequisite: Basic understanding of project management concepts

🎯 Course Objectives

By the end of the training, participants will be able to:

  • Understand fundamental project management concepts and principles
  • Understand the project lifecycle and different project approaches
  • Identify and manage project stakeholders
  • Define project scope, requirements and deliverables
  • Develop basic project schedules and budgets
  • Identify project risks and develop appropriate responses
  • Manage project teams, communication and resources
  • Understand quality and change management
  • Monitor project progress and performance
  • Apply practical project management techniques to real-world projects

📚 1-Day Lesson Plan

Module

Key Topics

Practical Activity

1. Project Management Fundamentals

Project vs Operations, project lifecycle, project phases, project objectives and success factors

Identify project characteristics and project lifecycle

2. Project Management Approaches

Predictive, Agile and Hybrid approaches

Select the appropriate approach for different project scenarios

3. Project Stakeholder Management

Stakeholder identification, analysis, engagement and communication

Create a stakeholder register and stakeholder map

4. Project Team & Leadership

Team roles, leadership, motivation, collaboration and conflict management

Solve project team and conflict scenarios

5. Project Scope Management

Requirements, scope definition, deliverables, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and scope control

Develop a simple WBS for a sample project

6. Project Schedule & Cost Management

Activities, sequencing, milestones, scheduling, resource estimates and project budget

Create a basic project schedule and budget

7. Project Risk Management

Risk identification, risk assessment, threats, opportunities and response strategies

Prepare a project risk register

8. Quality, Resources & Procurement

Quality planning, resource allocation, supplier and procurement management

Identify project quality and resource requirements

9. Communication, Change & Performance Management

Project communication, status reporting, change control, project monitoring and performance

Analyse a project status report and recommend corrective actions

10. Project Closure

Project handover, acceptance, documentation, lessons learned and project closure

Prepare a simple project closure checklist

🛠️ Practical Project Exercise

Participants will work through a sample project covering:

Project Initiation → Stakeholders → Scope → WBS → Schedule → Budget → Resources → Risks → Communication → Monitoring → Change → Closure

🏆 Learning Outcome

At the end of the course, participants will have a practical understanding of how to initiate, plan, execute, monitor, control and close a project effectively, using practical tools and techniques that can be applied immediately in their workplace.