Project management: the essentials
The focus of this course is to provide a practical ‘project management toolbox’ that you can use in your daily work.
COURSE DETAILS
During the course you will have the opportunity to manage a project. You will be able to apply the techniques you learn to a project that you bring along. Topics covered: project initiation, managing stakeholders and risk, time estimation, planning.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of this session you will understand more about:
 The importance of planning.
 The tools to make project management succeed.
 How to estimate the time a project will take realistically.
 The skills you need to be a good project manager.
Date: 13 November 2024, 9:30 (Wednesday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Venue: Careers Service, 56 Banbury Road OX2 6PA
Venue Details: careers lounge
Speaker: Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Organising department: Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS)
Organiser: Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Organiser contact email address: training@mpls.ox.ac.uk
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.mpls.ox.ac.uk/training/courses/project-management-michaelmas
Cost: Free
Audience: Members of the University only
Editors: Sophie Campbell, Karen Brayshaw