It is proven that smart project management improves a project’s success rate considerably, allowing an organization to implement standard practices and to lower costs. Good project managers are finding that employing key practices like implementing standard methodologies and linking projects to company strategy help an organisation meet both financial and strategic goals. This avoids projects running over time and over budget. Estimating the resources required, what the goals are, what the timelines are and compiling a budget up front helps set expectations. Project summaries and post-project evaluations and publishing the results help benefit future projects and inform other project managers of how to be smarter project managers in the future.
Capita Learning & Development offer several courses on smarter project management. PRINCE2™ sets out an approach to project management. It looks into change programmes, helps identity the goals of a project, what the mix of the different elements should be and how this approach complements other ones.
Other courses offered by Capita Learning & Development relating to smarter project management include a Certificate in project leadership, Getting the most from MS project, Managing successful programmes, Process improvement to raise performance, Project management: people skills and Project management overview.
Project management skills should not be underestimated.