Ian Stokes has many years experience of training in project management techniques across continental Europe. He has worked with the most successful suppliers of project management software and in the mid 1980s moved to France to develop methodology and training courses for a contracting and consulting company in the European space sector. He is the Chairman of two small consulting/training companies and more recently has developed and facilitated a number of different training courses based on active learning, including several three-day project management simulations, one- and two-day 'micro-projects' and teambuilding activities.

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• Contents: Introduction; Benefits of project management; Business modelling; Creative concepts; Critical thinking; Customer understanding; Dynamic versus static: Energizers: Estimating and costing: Estimating quiz: Four types of innovation: Functional design: Health check: Life profiles: One page project: Planning by deliverables: Process maturity: Product improvements: Project breakdowns: Quality controversies: Risk diligence: Roles matrix: Self-learning: Situation analysis: Stakeholder analysis; Team brainteasers; Technology roadmap; Testing and prototyping; Time lords; Transversality index; Usability; Use case; Value analysis metrics.

Ian Stokes has many years experience of training in project management techniques across continental Europe. He has worked with the most successful suppliers of project management software and in the mid 1980s moved to France to develop methodology and training courses for a contracting and consulting company in the European space sector. He is the Chairman of two small consulting/training companies and more recently has developed and facilitated a number of different training courses based on active learning, including several three-day project management simulations, one- and two-day 'micro-projects' and teambuilding activities.

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• Contents: Introduction; Benefits of project management; Business modelling; Creative concepts; Critical thinking; Customer understanding; Dynamic versus static: Energizers: Estimating and costing: Estimating quiz: Four types of innovation: Functional design: Health check: Life profiles: One page project: Planning by deliverables: Process maturity: Product improvements: Project breakdowns: Quality controversies: Risk diligence: Roles matrix: Self-learning: Situation analysis: Stakeholder analysis; Team brainteasers; Technology roadmap; Testing and prototyping; Time lords; Transversality index; Usability; Use case; Value analysis metrics.