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Essentials of Project Management: For Non-Project Managers

Get the key project management skills you need in your management role today.

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The Key Issues

To work together effectively on any project, everyone on the team needs to use a common language and have a clear understanding of all expectations. When this doesn’t happen, it can cause delays, wasted resources, and poor results. The main challenge is making sure everyone understands the purpose, goals, and steps of the project. This is especially important when dealing with complex tasks, teams from different departments, or tight deadlines.

Project management skills

Stakeholder management

Change management

Key Competences​

Using key
PM tools

Managing
resources & costs

Risk
management

The Right Programme for You

You are a team leader or manager. You need to run projects as part of your role, but you do not have any project management training. This programme gives you the key skills you need in your role today.

  • Business Professionals
Specialists, engineers, chemists, technical staff, logistics, commercial positions, project managers etc
  • New Managers
Managers of teams including team leaders with up to 3 years' experience in this role
  • Managers
Managers of teams and departments with more than 3 years' experience in this role
  • Senior Managers
Managers of managers, countries, divisions, regions companies with more than 10 years of senior management experience

Highlights

Get the key project management skills you need as a manager today in just 2 days.

Learn processes, use tools, manage stakeholders and get your projects done on time and on budget.

Learn, Practice and Use

  • Learn the difference between projects and operations
  • Explore the purpose and processes of project management
  • Understand the roles, responsibilities and needs of project team members
  • Learn and apply critical project management tools
  • Identify stakeholders, their relationships to each other and how these relationships affect projects positively and negatively
  • Recognize stakeholder issues within your organization
  • Identify and apply critical communication tools and protocols
  • Learn how to manage resources, costs and hours
  • Plan for potential risks in your project
  • Share your knowledge and challenges with your peers and MCE's highly experienced faculty

Programme Details

The Essentials of Project Management for the Non-Project Manager is a 2-day or 4 live online sessions hands-on training programme, highly interactive with exercises and role plays. The programme will be led by an experienced facilitator with former management experience in international companies.

Five Programme Modules

1 | Getting Your Hands Around Project Management

  • Distinguish Between a Project and Operations
  • Recognise the Factors That Contribute to Project Success or Failure
  • Identify the Framework for Project Management

2 | Getting It Off the Ground

  • Recognise the Value of Knowing Why/How a Project Is Important to the Organization and to You
  • Explain the Elements of a Charter and Its Relevance to Initiating a Project
  • Identify Stakeholders and Their Roles on a Project

3 | Planning the Work

  • Apply Techniques to Define the Work to Be Done
  • Identify and Apply Techniques to Estimate Needed Resources, Cost, and Hours for the Project
  • Apply Techniques to Schedule the Project
  • Identify Roles and Responsibilities for the Project
  • Plan for Potential Risks to the Project

4 | Working the Plan

  • Build an Effective Status Report
  • Recognise the Types and Purposes of Meetings
  • Identify Action Items and Issues}
  • Recognise the Importance of Managing Change

5 | Putting It to Bed

  • Contribute to the Lessons Learned Database
  • Identify the Project Records and Files That Must Be Archived for Historical Purposes
  • Describe a Project Closure Checklist
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Testimonials

"“It is a perfect possibility to connect with people from different industries, who are dealing with the same issues.”

Agata Kulik, Product Manager Special Salts, Jungbunzlauer Ladenburg GmbH, Germany”

“Facilitator, content, tools, methods, room were very good and fitted to the participants and their needs.”

Andreas Armenat, Head of Production, GO Generics & Standard Solutions, Fresenius Kabi AG, Germany

“Very interesting topics, international and multicultural environment. Very professional coach.”

Alessandro Foresio, Vice President,
Logic S.p.A., Italy

“The subjects covered were extremely relevant and gave input to my personal development.”

Rosa Karen Schmidt, Senior VP-Assistant, Novo Nordisk, Denmark

Upcoming Programmes

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2 days
€1,995
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03 Nov – 04 Nov 2025
Frankfurt
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4 sessions
€1,950
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03 Nov – 04 Nov 2025
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03 Nov, 09:00 – 12:00CET
03 Nov, 14:00 – 17:00CET
04 Nov, 09:00 – 12:00CET
04 Nov, 14:00 – 17:00CET
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"“It is a perfect possibility to connect with people from different industries, who are dealing with the same issues.”

Agata Kulik, Product Manager Special Salts, Jungbunzlauer Ladenburg GmbH, Germany”

“Facilitator, content, tools, methods, room were very good and fitted to the participants and their needs.”

Andreas Armenat, Head of Production, GO Generics & Standard Solutions, Fresenius Kabi AG, Germany

“Very interesting topics, international and multicultural environment. Very professional coach.”

Alessandro Foresio, Vice President,
Logic S.p.A., Italy

“The subjects covered were extremely relevant and gave input to my personal development.”

Rosa Karen Schmidt, Senior VP-Assistant, Novo Nordisk, Denmark

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