Give two project managers the same budget and the same deadline, and the one with the stronger team almost always wins. Unlike the budget or the market, the team is the one variable a project manager can genuinely shape — through how it is selected, coordinated, and developed over the life of the project.

This course from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy covers the standards for selecting a project team, the practical methods for managing it efficiently, and the techniques for raising its performance, including how modern technology is used in team management, backed by a practical simulation to put the theory into practice.

Who Should Attend

• Managers in government and private companies who oversee project teams.
• Project owners, project managers, and project supervisors.
• Entrepreneurs and anyone looking to build their project management skills.

What Participants Will Be Able to Do Afterwards

• Explain why the project team matters and the role it plays in the project's success.
• Apply the standards and mechanisms used to select the right project team.
• Manage a project team day to day, and track and evaluate its performance.
• Use practical methods to raise the skills and capabilities of team members, and describe the skills and profile of a successful project manager.

Module 1: Building the Right Team

• What a project team is, the role it plays in project success, and the profile of a successful project manager.
• Different management styles, and the criteria and mechanisms used to select a project team.

Module 2: Running the Team Day to Day

• Assigning tasks across the team and managing the information flow between members.
• Handling internal conflict and communication issues, and removing obstacles that block the team's work.

Module 3: Raising Team Performance

• Why developing team competencies matters for productivity, and how to attract talent and build a culture of innovation.
• Continuous performance evaluation and identifying what is holding progress back.
• Preparing the team to use modern technology, rewarding top performers, and building healthy competition.
• Developing members' personal and technical skills, and overcoming resistance to change within the team.

Module 4: Technology and Applied Simulation

• Using modern technology to manage and improve team efficiency.
• A practical simulation exercise in managing a project team.