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UKSG are pleased to announce we will be running this popular course in
London in the Autumn:
UKSG Practical Project Management
Friday 12 October 2012
The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, London
Workshop summary
We all have to manage projects. Whether you are implementing a new system,
migrating services, managing a vendor selection process, managing an office
move or creating a new product or service, we are often managing projects
without the support of a professionally trained project manager. We are
expected to deliver more with less, and it mustn’t go wrong on our watch!
If this sounds familiar, then help is at hand.
UKSG Practical Project Management is a highly practical workshop aimed at
librarians, publishers and intermediaries responsible for managing a variety
of projects of any size, including vendor selection, tenders, implementing
systems, system migration and web site creation and change projects. It is
assumed that delegates have little or no formal project management training.
In this workshop we introduce a simple and free project management tool that
enables you to run projects of any size and any level of complexity from a
single sheet of paper, providing you with all the key information you need,
enabling you to stay on track and deliver on time and on budget.
One of the key benefits of the workshop is that delegates can bring a real
project they will be working on and use the workshop to create a real
project plan for that project, so they create something valuable on the day
as well as getting trained.
The workshop is very practical with a mix of tools and techniques as well as
specially designed exercises to enable you to leave the workshop ready to
implement the tools in your projects immediately. Exercises, worksheets and
handouts are provided for you to take away.
Learning objectives
By the end of the workshop, delegates will be:
· confident in their ability to take on projects of any size
· more productive and efficient, resulting in less overwhelm and
fire-fighting
· familiar with a new project management tool that enables them to
run projects of any size and level of complexity from a single sheet of
paper
· skilful at managing multiple projects, providing updates for
everybody involved and seeing at a glance where attention needs to be
focused
· ready to put their new skills and techniques into practice
immediately to impact their job the day they return to the office.
In addition, each delegate will have the opportunity to develop a project
plan for a real project they are about to begin. This provides the
opportunity for learning new skills in a highly practical way as well as
doing some ‘real work’ during the session!
Workshop agenda
Start
Finish
Description
09:30
10:00
Arrival and refreshments
10:00
10:15
Introductions and objectives of the day
10:15
10:30
Session 1: Introducing a new project manager tool, project definitions and
components of the tool
10:30
12:00
Session 2: 12-steps to constructing the project plan before the project
starts
12:00
12:45
Session 3: Practical Exercise – creating your own project plan - Part 1
12:45
13:45
Lunch
13:45
14:30
Continuation of Practical Exercise – creating your own project plan – Part 2
14:30
15:30
Session 4: Using the project plan during a project
15:30
16:00
Session 5: Extending the project management tool, review, summary and
questions
Feedback from the October 2011 and May 2012 UKSG Practical Project
Management workshops
Overall percentage rating for the workshops: 95%
Percentage that would recommend the workshops: 100%
Percentage relevancy to their job: 96%
“This should make my life so much easier. It’s the best course I’ve been
on!”
“I wish I had attended this course years ago. This tool is what has been
missing in our organisation. We needed this last year when integrating a
new CRM system. Simple, but so effective. I can’t wait to use this back at
the office.”
“A whole raft of forthcoming projects to which I now intend to apply this
methodology.”
“This is exactly what I needed at the moment – practical, achievable and
really, really useful. Another very practical, applicable training course
from UKSG. Thank you so much. I can really see this being of immediate and
real use in my job. Wish I’d done this ten years ago!”
“Clear, concise, expertly delivered and extremely relevant to my day-to-day
job.”
“Fantastic course! Excellent speaker, comprehensive but concise
documentation, but most of all - it’s really practical. I am going straight
home to create a project plan on how to convert my entire library to this
project management approach.”
Workshop facilitator
Practical Project Management is facilitated by David Sommer. David has over
fifteen years' experience in the global publishing industry. He has worked
for Blackwell Publishing and Macmillan Publishing Solutions and has
developed a range of successful publisher and library products including
Blackwell Synergy, ContentStore, ScholarlyStats, MPS Insight and RiskCheck.
David now runs David Sommer Consulting. David also chairs the Executive
Committee for COUNTER. David has extensive project management experience,
successfully developing and launching major industry products.
Fee
UKSG members £195.00 + £39.00 VAT [20%] (total £234.00)
Non-members £245.00 + £49.00 VAT [20%] (total £294.00)
The fee includes refreshments and lunch.
Venue
The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, London, SW1
How to book
Please book via the UKSG website – www.uksg.org/event/ppm121012
or contact me as below.
Venue location details will be sent with confirmation of booking.
Cancellations
By Thursday 4 October 2012 Full refund
From Friday 5 October 2012 No refund
NB: UKSG reserves the right to alter or vary the programme due to events or
circumstances beyond its reasonable control without being obliged to refund
monies.
Karen Sadler
Administrator
UKSG
Tel. +44 (0)1865 310834
Fax. +44(0)1865 310834
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