Name: Delivering Successful Projects within the Oil & Gas Environment Training Course
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Course Introduction

This 5-day course has been designed as a tool to develop project skills in detailed planning, organising and execution delivery, as well as understanding how to close-out the project successfully. This course really will help delegates to progress in their project management careers with confidence.

This exciting and highly interactive course provides participants with the key skills required to plan, execute and successfully deliver projects in the most challenging of environments. In order to assist delegates to achieve this, we will make good use of industry best practice project management tools backed-up with practical instruction to reinforce topics covered in order to achieve desired results.

Key areas covered include:

Understand requirements for project delivery within the Oil & Gas industry
Understand structural and systematic aspects of project planning and execution that can be used
Relate to best practice project management philosophies and how they support project delivery
Perform analytical techniques of project management using best-practice techniques
Understand the need for the project manager to be leading and managing project teams.

Objectives

This seminar intends to guide successful project selection and delivery.

Identify with and manage stakeholders and communication needs in the Oil & Gas industry
Design & maintain continuous project performance and delivery control
Estimate accurately and allocate project costs and resources
Manage, compress or accelerate the schedule when required by adverse circumstances
Develop a project close-out plan in line with expected success criteria

Training Methodology

Participants will receive a thorough training with the Tutor utilising a variety of proven adult learning teaching and facilitation techniques. Seminar methodology includes an insight into industry best practice project management delivery tools and processes. The programme uses an applicable case study, and includes group discussion and critical analysis of actual projects. Prior knowledge of the fundamentals of projects is assumed, but will be covered briefly to ensure general understanding. New concepts and tools are introduced to enable delegates to progress from fundamental to more advanced project concepts.

Who Should Attend?

This course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

Programme and project managers
Project support managers
Senior project control professionals with  responsibility for managing project schedules and costs

Course Outline

Day 1: Day One Stakeholder Management

Understand who the key stakeholders are and how they may impact upon the project
Consider implications of unclear needs and expectations

Preparing for Project Delivery

Understand the project success criteria and how the project will be measured as successful
Define the project requirements
Develop the scope – using product and work breakdown structures

Project Estimating

Utilise relevant techniques for project estimating
Understand the associated activities – their relationships and personnel required

Project Schedule Planning

Utilise relevant techniques for project estimating
Gantt Chart – developing the schedule baseline

Day 2: Day Two Project Planning: Critical Path and Network Scheduling

Developing the precedence Network Diagram with Total and Free Float calculations
Develop a Gantt Chart –the schedule baseline

Developing Project Budget & Schedule Control

Understand how to estimate Cost & Schedule
Prepare to manage or control project costs

Managing the Project Supply Chain (crucial in Oil & Gas projects)

Familiarise yourself with different Contract types according to risk distribution
Learn the difference between Fixed Price & Cost-Plus Contracts

Project Resource Management – typical challenges for an Oil & Gas Project

Resource Allocation Algorithms for Resource Prioritisation
Planning and Scheduling Limited Resources
Options for accelerating the schedule and how to deliver

Day 3: Day Three Project Risk and Contingency Analysis

Risk Management Process & Model
Identifying Potential Risk Events typical in an Oil & Gas project
Understand qualitative and quantitative analysis techniques
Design appropriate risk response planning strategies

Selecting and Developing an Oil & Gas Project Team

Challenges of an Oil & Gas project team
Learn about different leadership models
Dynamics of Team Development & motivation

Project Monitoring & Controlling a project in an unstable environment

Tracking the project – using Earned Value Management (EVM)
Managing Variable Conditions - managing the tensions
Learn about the critical chain and its growing popularity in the Oil & Gas industry

Day 4: Day Four Managing Project Change

Managing change in projects
Understanding the best-practice change processes used in projects

Project Communication & Support

Knowledge transfer and its importance in the Oil & Gas industry
The benefits of utilising a Project Support Office
Project Reviews
Engaging with Oil &Gas Partners and key stakeholders

Project Quality Management

Learn about Project Quality Management
Differentiate between Quality Planning, Assurance & Control
Understand how quality tools can be used

Day 5: Day Five Project Operational Considerations

Project Cost and Schedule Recovery

What are the operational considerations that need to be met and prepared for?
What are the environment protection measures?

Staying focused, delivering and closing your project

Project Cost and Schedule Recovery Techniques relevant to the Oil & Gas industry
The implications of late recovery practices

Project Management Reporting
Project Handover & closure
Lessons Learned

Certificate

Copex Certificate of Attendance will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course.
The applicable PMI Professional Development Units/Contact Hours will be reflected in the Certificate of Attendance

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