GB554

This seminar focuses on project management leadership, effective communications and the management of project teams. Students explore the fundamental principles of good project management, including: leadership skills, winning stakeholder cooperation, writing the rules to manage expectations, project risk management, creating realistic schedules, achieving accurate project estimates, trade-offs between project cost, schedule and quality, building strong project teams, clear communications, measuring progress, problem solving, defining clear requirements and applying lean principles in project management. This seminar discuss project leadership, communication and team management skills integrating them with concepts from Seminar 4's, resulting in fundamental principles of project management being integrated with leadership, communications and team building practices and challenges.