Preparing a Flexible, Effective, and Efficient Project Coordinator

Introduction:

This course is introduced to you by the International Academy of Human Resources Development (IAHRD). Our courses are specially designed to meet your needs, explained to you by experts with a long experience in the field. The project coordinator plays a major role in the organization's project team. A project coordinator is the right hand of a project manager. Becoming a successful project coordinator needs a lot of effort and experiences as it will improve over time. This course will make your life much easier as a project coordinator, especially that it will provide you with the needed knowledge and introduce you to others experiences in order to learn with the least risks and costs.

Objectives:

After attending this course, participants will be able to:

1. Understand the important role of a project coordinator.
2. Grasp the relationship between the project manager and the project coordinator responsibilities.
3. Measure and report the projects performance to improve it in the future.
4. Comply with budgets and deadlines.
5. Deeply understand the lifecycle of a project.
6. Understand the potential risks and challenges that might face a project coordinator and hoe to overcome them.

Content:

Module 1:

1. Who is a project coordinator?
2. Project Managers vs. Project coordinator.
3. The roles and responsibilities of a project coordinator.
4. The goals of a project coordinator.

Module 2:

1. What are the projects constraints?
2. Teams, tasks, and deadlines.
3. Evaluating the background and previous experiences of a project coordinator.

Module 3:

1. Going through The life cycle of project management.
2. Project planning
3. Common project constraints.
4. Planning of the Project scope.

Module 4:

1. The importance of the factor of time.
2. What do we mean by the Project Network Diagram (PND)?
3. The process of estimating duration and resources.
4. Using the Critical Path (CP) method.

Module 5:

1. Determining and compressing the schedule.
2. Efficiency and Cost planning.
3. Environmental potential risks.

Module 6:

1. Overcoming the risks.
2. Ensuring the concept of value.
3. Measuring and reporting project performance.
4. Project closeout.

Who Should Attend?

1. Current Project Coordinators
2. Team Leaders and Supervisors interfacing with projects
3. Individuals interested in entering the project management field
4. Functional Managers commonly interfacing with projects
5. Administrative Staff seeking understanding of the Project Coordinator role