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A project is defined as any assignment which has a fixed beginning and a definite end. In today's society, most work is based on project methodology. It would thus be imperative that we develop an understanding of projects and management tools and methods used in order to meet the project requirements. Management, technology, etc, are just a small portion of Projack Management training. Projects may involve all these areas, thus project management training must include training across the domains.

Let's take the case of a software development project. A project is initiated only after proper justification is provided. For this to happen, there must be a genuine need for the outcome being desired to be project result. Project planning begins with understanding the requirements. The requirements in a software development project are set forth by the business analyst handling that client/relationship. The requirements need to be tested using cases. There is a variety of requirements analysis software available in the market. Once the requirements have been decided upon and documented properly, the next phase of project management begins.

Project management includes distributing tasks to various available resources. But resources increase the cost of the project as well. Hence a good project uses some or all of the available resources so that they can provide the maximum optimum output. Project managers often use project management template to achieve their goals. These templates are designed in worksheet software applications. Hence, hands-on training on worksheet processors must be included in project management training.

All projects involve two-way communication throughout the entire process of the project. Feedback loop is plays a very important part to project managers to understand the present status of project. This state of the project affects the future project plan. Hence in every project management training, hands on use of communication tools used by that project must be included and this will reap huge rewards as communication training goes beyond mail software training and one must stress the importance of timely checks throughout the cycle of the project.

Effective resource management involves proper allocation of right reosurces capable of doing tasks in a coherent manner in order that the project objectives are met. Human capital impacts Project cost directly or indirectly. Hence training in project management must include sessions on human organizational behavior, costing and human resource management. Such training must also include sessions on quality, value engineering and theory of constraints. The purpose of these theories are not just for educational purpose, but also for imbibing them as a practical guidelines for achieving the project goals. Therefore project management training must include tasks which involve application of the important learnings from the sessions.

In the recent times, some trainers have started using specially designed computer games to illustrate the project management concepts. Such computer games involve the learner to use project management technology and are focused in their approach to training project management concepts. The desired outcome of such game based training is quantifiable to a certain extent using course assessments. We can summarize that training should not only hover around the traditional project management philosophies but also involve the learner to perform tasks using the project management technology himself.