Project Management Essentials
Intended Audience
This course is designed for any individual needing to perform project management activities in their job role on either a formal or informal basis, or any project team members who want to enhance their knowledge of project management in order to interact more productively with a project manager and perform more effectively on a project team.
At Completion
- Identify the basic concepts and terminology of professional project management
- Launch a project
- Estimate project work
- Create a project schedule
- Plan project costs
- Plan for project risks
- Plan for project quality and compliance
- Manage human resources for your project
- Manage project procurements
- Plan for change management and plan for the project scope
- Monitor and optimize project schedule and cost
- Monitor quality of project work and the risks involved
- Plan communication strategies and manage stakeholder relationships
- Perform project closure
Prerequisites
Students should have completed Project Management Fundamentals, a course which will provide knowledge of terminology, roles and concepts of project management. A working knowledge of Microsoft Office is also required.
Exams & Certifications
?None
Materials
?Student Workbook and supplimental handout
Getting Started with Project Management
- Describe the basics of project management
- Recognize the factors influencing a project
Launching Projects
- Identify how an organization selects projects
- Identify stakeholders and their expectations
- Identify the project scope
- Prepare an effective Statement of Work (SOW)
- Formally authorize a project through a project chart
Estimating Project Work
- Estimate project effort and resources using the top-down estimation technique
- Estimate project effort and resources using the bottom-up estimation technique
- Identify the techniques used to reduce risks in project estimate
Creating a Project Schedule
- Illustrate project flow
- Identify activity resources
- Schedule project work
Planning Project Costs
- Estimate project costs
- Establish the cost baseline
- Reconcile funding and cost
Planning for Risks
- Create a risk management plan
- Identify project risks and their causes
- Analyze risks
- Develop a risk response plan
Planning for Quality and Compliance
- Create a quality management plan to deliver the expected project results
- Verify project compliance requirements
Managing Human Resources
- Plan your dream team
- Put the project team together
- Build the team; manage the project team
- Identify steps to assess team performance
Managing Project Procurements
- Plan for project procurements
- Conduct a make-or-buy analysis
- Obtain responses from vendors
- Examine types of contracts and warranties
- Manage vendors and procurements
Managing Change During Project Execution
- Execute the planned project
- Transition from planning to implementing
- Define the PMIS and identify common PMIS problems
- Manage project changes
- Avoid scope creep
- Identify change control systems
- Monitor the project scope
Monitoring and Controlling Project Schedule and Cost
- Monitor and control the project schedule
- Understand Earned Value Management (EVM)
- Optimize the project schedule
- Understand schedule compression and fast-tracking
- Crashing the schedule
- Monitor and control project costs
Monitoring Risk and Quality
- Monitor and control project risk
- Put quality plans into action
- Use quality assurance tools
- Control the quality of the project
- Conduct root cause analysis
- Use Pareto charts
Communicating and Reporting
- Communicate effectively using various methods
- Distribute project information
- Manage stakeholder relationships and expectations
- Report on project performance
Closing the Project
- Deliver the project to the customer or the operations team
- Close project procurements
- Wrap-up a project
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