Project Management for PAs, Secretaries and Administrators.
Practical Project Management aims to give the Executive PA, PA, Office Manager, Senior Secretary or Project Assistant the knowledge required to work effectively within a project team and/or manage their own projects.
Training Benefits
Delegates will gain a clear understanding of how best to maximize the numerous transferable skills from their careers as PAs, EAs or Office Managers. This will increase the confidence base of the delegates, in order to successfully work efficiently in Projects.
A mix of soft skills and technical project skills will be gained in order to enable delegates to work effectively in a Project environment. The course is highly practical and focuses on how to work in a real world situation, which is a stark contrast to other Project courses that focus on terminologies and models primarily.
Course Outcomes
A clear understanding of the key transferrable skills of an EA, PA or Office Manager
Advice of how to redesign your CV to meet Project requirements from EA, PA and Office Manager profiles
An overview of the key skills (technical and soft skills) needed to move into Projects Learn the
project terminologies
An overview of key Project Management Models (including the Project Lifecycle, PRINCE 2, 7S Model, 6C Model and more).
A good understanding of pressures and constraints that impact Project Management and how to cope with these aspects of the industry.
The importance of planning control and the use of appropriate soft skills will be demonstrated throughout the course.
A good understanding of methods of planning Practical exercises on planning and feasibility analyses.
The mix of technical skills, project specific knowledge and people skills training will leave participants far more confident and job ready in the future
Pedagogy/Methodologies
Classroom format workshop, with a high level of interactive and practical exercises to create confidence when applying in the workplace.
Main Modules
An overview of key project management models and their associated terminologies What is Project
Management?
The Project Lifecycle model
Planning a project and the associated models
The optimal mix of soft skills required by a Project Manager Skills and experience of a good PM
The Project Team
Why is the skillset of an Executive PA and Office Manager ideal for Project Management Managing time and resources constraints
Case studies of real-life project situation and how to deal with them. An overview of PRINCE2
An overview of Project Management IT software Closing off and Post completion audit Controlling and Executing a Project
Defining and researching the project; SWOT, Cost Benefit Analysis and Objectives
Using Gantt Charts, Critical Path Analysis and other methods to present project progress, monitor and control.
In depth review of Project Lifecycle Risk Management
Project constraints
Target Audience
Practical Project Management for PAs, is aimed at Personal Assistants, Executive Assistants, Office
Managers and Project Assistants who already, or in the future, will be involved in planning and organizing projects.
Executive secretaries
Public Relations Officers Junior secretaries
Personal assistant and private secretaries’ Administrative assistant
Training Evaluation
Participants will undertake a simple assessment before the training to gauge skills and knowledge another assessment will be done after the training in-order to monitor knowledge gained through the training