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340 IMPLEMENTING PROJECT MANAGEMENT

There are several basic areas of training that must be provided for the people
involved in the project management process, which may include the following.

General Skills for Project Managers (and Key Players)

• Presentation skills. • Leadership skills.
• Communication skills. • Stress management.
• Team building. • Time management.
• Decision making. • Organization and management theory.
• Problem solving.

Corporate-Specific Practices

• Understanding the organization.
• Operating practices and procedures.
• Specific roles and responsibilities.

General Project Management Knowledge

• Principles and practices of project management.
• What does project management software do.
• Estimating, proposals, and project initiation.
• Techniques for project planning.
• Role of the project manager.
TEAMFLY
Using the Project Management Software (PMS)

• Basic computer training.
• Basic PMS training.
• Using the PMS for your applications.
• Application-specific formats and procedures.
• System interfaces.

Tip Training should be designed to meet the specific needs
to the trainee. This will require multifaceted, multilevel train-
ing sessions, aimed at a target audience. The project manage-
ment system should be designed to recognize the role of each
user, especially in regard to input forms, output forms, and in-
cluded data. The training sessions should pick up on these
specifics and show how the system is designed for each user in
the audience, and how it will be used by each.