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Mastering Project Metrics, KPIs and Dashboards

DATE

2022-12-14;

LOCATION

To Be Determined;

Why Attend?

The overall aim of this course is to provide participants with the skills needed to design and apply project metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Moreover, the course assists participants in identifying the driving forces for better value based project metrics and allows them to design project dashboards. The course enables participants to master the features of Microsoft Project in reporting project performance and taking corrective and preventive actions.

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The course uses a mix of interactive techniques, such as brief presentations by the consultant and the participants, group exercises and case studies. The course also includes hands-on training using Microsoft Project software.

  • The driving forces for better project metrics
    • Executive view of project management
    • Traditional versus Non-Traditional Project Management
    • Moving from “Triple” to “Competing” Project Constraints
    • Stakeholder relations management
    • Project scope creep
    • A new look at defining project success
    • Project health checks
  • Project metrics
    • Defining metrics
    • Benefits of using metrics
    • Understanding project metrics
    • Metrics requirements
    • Project metrics categories and types
      • Business-based for financial metrics
      • Success-based metrics
      • Project-based metrics
      • Project management process metrics
    • Selecting the right project metrics
    • Metrics and the Project Management Office (PMO)
  • Project key performance indicators
    • Defining Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
    • The need and use for project KPIs
    • Characteristics of KPIs
    • Categories of KPIs
    • Selecting KPIs
    • Measuring KPIs
    • KPIs' interdependencies
    • Targets and failures
    • Most common project KPIs
    • Earned Value Management System (EVMS)
    • Top 25 project management KPIs
  • Managing project metrics and KPIs using MS project
    • Developing earned value metrics and KPIs
    • Advanced report formatting
    • Formatting tables in a report
    • Formatting charts in a report
    • Creating a custom report
  • Project dashboards
    • Defining dashboards
    • Benefits of dashboards
    • Gathering KPI and metric requirements for a dashboard
    • The KPI wheel
    • Dashboard core attributes
    • Traffic light dashboards reporting
    • Rules for dashboards
    • How to create a dashboard
    • Choosing the correct KPI visualization components
    • Designing your dashboard
  • Value based project management metrics
    • Combining success and value
    • Recognizing the need for project value metrics
    • Creating project value metrics

2022 - Course Format & Date

DATE: 2022-12-14; - 2022-12-16;
COURSE DURATION: 0; DAYS
VENUE: To Be Determined;
COURSE FORMAT: Face To Face;
AMOUNT: GHS 0;

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