Project Management Practice Course Module 3 – Managing People in Projects

This two day course Unit 6 BSBPMG506A brings focus to the aspects of people and team management in an project manager’s role. People  management is a key to project management success within engineering organisations as most project team members are not dedicated solely to a single project and report to other line or project managers.

This course presents in detail, for you to consider, practise, and subsequently implement, the key people management skills and processes.

Includes comprehensive workbook, template booklet, checklist and electronic templates.

This course follows on from module one and two of the Project Management Practice Course to further assist project managers in becoming more effective in managing people in projects.

Completion of module one and two prior to undertaking this course is not mandatory, however, knowledge of module one (project management fundamentals) is assumed.

Recognised for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) by Engineers Australia (EA) in accordance with EA CPD Guidelines.

Endorsed by the Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM)

Registered Education Provider (R.E.P) with the Project Management Institute (PMI)

Certificate IV and Diploma of Project Management Accreditation

Target Audience

For project managers wanting to become more effective in managing people in projects.

Course Outline

Individuals, groups and organisations

• Project Management issues/ principles
• Project organisation
• Establishing roles
• Generic roles
• Negotiating roles
• Role conflict

Recruiting and selecting project team members

• Roles and descriptions
• Capability determination
• Best ‘fit’
• Team balance
• Decision Preference Analysis, Myers Briggs Type Indicator

Training and Developing individuals

• Specifying capability requirements
• Determining gaps
• Development interventions/ options
• Continuous learning
• The learning project

Motivating Individuals

• What motivates project team members
• Several motivation theories
• Short and long term strategies for getting results from people

Turning Groups into Teams

• Why teams?
• Definition
• Elements of team work

Building and Maintaining Project Teams

• Stages of team development
• Strategies for building teams
• Strategies for maintaining project teams

Leadership

• What is leadership?
• Directing behaviours
• Supporting behaviours
• Improving leadership style relevance
• Counselling/ problem solving techniques

Power and Politics in Project Management

• Facilitating and influencing within the organisation
• Building better project management through better sub‐project management
• Empowerment

Course Objectives

At the end of the course participants will be able to:

• Identify and outline the key action areas for managing people in projects
• Define generic roles and negotiate specific roles for people in projects
• Successfully recruit and select team members
• Develop, organise and provide training and development to team members
• Outline strategies to apply when people motivation is necessary and remedial work is required to get performance back on track
• Outline strategies for building teams
• Provide appropriate leadership to the project team
• Implement strategies for improving influence
• Better understand power and politics

Registration

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