Current Projects:

National Lottery Community Fund (Wales)

Practical Project Management for the Global Ethnic Majority People (PPM-4-GEM)

This project offers 30 workshop days (Face2Face), consisting of 10 days of bespoke Project Management training, 10 days of Microsoft Project workshops, and 10 practice days using Microsoft Project. The training covers:

Delivering projects on time, within budget, and to quality standards.
Problem-solving skills to address delays and cost management.
Digital and project management challenges faced by the Global Ethnic Majority group.

Beneficiaries include GEM individuals, volunteers, 3rd sector staff, and local community. Approximately 200 participants will take part in a year. The workshops will be conducted at 5-7 Museum Place, Cardiff, and will include face-to-face and supervised sessions.

Activities:

Practical Project Management Training: 10 one-day workshops for 80 participants, held at our office at 5-7 Museum Place, Cardiff. CF10 3BD.
Bespoke Microsoft Project Workshops: 10 one-day workshops for 80 participants, held at our office.
Free Practice Sessions: 10 sessions with Microsoft Project for 40 participants held at our office.

Microsoft Office Project (1-day)
(Lottery Funding – Community Fund)

Project Planning – The Fundamentals – Planning the Project. Understanding Project Management. Using a Gantt Chart. Understanding the Project Screen

Customising – MS Project – Using Project Options. Adjusting Calendar Settings. Auto Scheduling use. Manual Scheduling useUsing Project duration options. Using Decimal and Percentage settings

Scheduling MS Project – Setting a start or finish date for a project

Task Entry – Entering tasks into MS Project. Outlining/Indenting (Grouping Tasks)Entering task durations into MS Project. Entering Project Milestones

Linking Tasks – How MS Project links tasks together. Creating a timeline using linked tasks. Changing link dependencies. Modifying and removing links between tasks. Linking all Project tasks. Displaying the Project Summary task

Critical Path – Task slack and the critical path. Displaying the Schedule table. How task linking affects the critical path. Viewing the critical path

Resourcing a Project – Using Work, Material and Cost resources. Assigning resources to a task. Understanding how MS Project calculates duration for resource allocation. Max Unit Column. Using Resource sheet view

Project Costs – Adding standard rate costs. Adding Fixed Costs

Baselining a Project – Adding a Project Baseline. Displaying the Baseline Graphic. Displaying the Slippage Graphic

Constraints – Setting Project constraints. Removing Project constraints. Difference between known and reactive constraints

Lag/Lead – Using task lag or lead to control Project tasks

Project Progress -Managing task percentage (%) completion. Using the current date. Displaying project progress lines

Printing – Printing a Project. Using Project timescales. Printing with Project notes. Displaying and printing a report

For more information on our current projects please contact us through Admin@LanguageAcademyWales.co.uk.