Project Management for Manufacturers

Learn how to plan, organize, and lead manufacturing projects with clearer scope, stronger communication, and better control from start to finish.

What You’ll Learn

• Project Management Foundations: Understand the difference between project work and ongoing operations, while learning key project management terms, tools, and concepts.
• Scope and Objectives: Define project scope, objectives, assumptions, constraints, and expected outcomes before work begins.
• Project Charter Development: Create a project charter that aligns the team, clarifies the purpose of the project, and establishes shared expectations.
• Work Breakdown Structure: Break project work into clear deliverables, tasks, and manageable pieces.
• Roles and Responsibilities: Clarify ownership, authority, accountability, and team member responsibilities.
• Responsibility Matrix: Use a responsibility matrix to improve alignment and reduce confusion across the project team.
• Scheduling and Budgeting: Develop practical project schedules and budgets that support better planning and control.
• Status Meetings and Communication: Run efficient project status meetings and improve communication with team members, leadership, and stakeholders.
• Risk and Change Control: Identify project risks, address obstacles, manage project changes, and reduce disruption.
• People Management: Learn practical techniques for managing authority issues, team dynamics, and people who do not directly report to you.

Course Highlights

• Expert Instruction: Learn from an experienced project management instructor who brings practical examples, stories, and real-world application into the classroom.
• Practical Focus: Classroom instruction emphasizes tools and methods that can be applied immediately to manufacturing projects.
• Interactive Learning: Engage in group discussions, quizzes, examples, and hands-on activities throughout the course.
• Hands-On Workshops: Work in small groups to apply project management tools to real or realistic project scenarios.
• Visual Planning Tools: Use large charts and visual project planning methods to strengthen communication and team alignment.

Who Should Attend

• Project managers
• Project team members
• Operations managers
• Plant managers
• Production supervisors
• Team leads
• Functional managers
• Quality professionals
• Maintenance leaders
• Engineering and technical staff
• Continuous improvement leaders
• Employees preparing to take on more project responsibility
• Any stakeholders working in project environments

Course Information:

• Prerequisites: None.
• Requirements: Participation in class discussions, group workshops, and project planning activities.
• Class Size: Maximum 30 participants.
• Number of Sessions: 2 instructional sessions.
• Time: Sessions typically run from 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM.
• Price: $1,299.00
• WedNET Eligible: Yes. This course is reimbursable under the WedNET PA state training grant at $2,000 per employee, subject to eligibility, funding, and compliance. At your request, our on-staff grant specialists would be pleased to assist you in applying for this or other funding programs available to reduce your net investment.