Foundations of Project Management (PM11)

Course Outline

1. The Basics

• Project Management Institute
• PMI Certifications Requirements Summary
• Purpose of the PMOK® Guide
• What is a Project?
• What is Project Management?
• Project Management Plan
• Project Life Cycle
• Project Management Processes
• Five Process Groups
• Nine Knowledge Areas
• 9 Knowledge Areas vs. 5 Process Groups
• Process Group Interaction & Project Phases
• Project Selection
• Program Management & Portfolio Management
• Project ‘Grades’ vs. Level of PM Detail
• Project Selection Processes
• Basic Project Roles and Responsibilities

2. Project Initiation

• Stakeholder Assessment
• Project Stakeholders
• Project Stakeholder Influence
• Project Stakeholder Analysis
• Key Decisions and Decision Makers
• Scope Statement
• Product Scope vs. Project Scope
• Needs and Requirements
• Difficulty in Defining Needs
• Priority of Needs/Requirements
• Needs/Requirements Stability

3. Project Planning

• Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• WBS General Rules
• Estimating Resources, Durations, and Costs
• Project Estimating
• Resource Estimating
• Resource Estimating use the WBS
• Cost Estimating
• Three Types of Cost Estimating
• Duration Estimating
• Factors that Influence Duration Estimates
• Reserve Analysis
• Communications Planning
• Project Team Development
• Staffing Requirements/Resource Loading
• Project Kick-off Meeting
• Staff Training
• Forming/Storming/Norming/Performing
• Causes of Dysfunctional Teams
• Team Expectations/Code of Conduct
• The 6 Golden Rules of Meeting Management
• Project Management Contradictions
• Quality Planning
• Cost of Quality
• Tools & Techniques
• Schedule Sequencing
• Activity Sequencing/Logic/Dependencies
• Work Breakdown Structure
• Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM)
• Dependency Attribute
• Activity Sequencing – Lags & Leads
• Precedence Diagramming Method Rules
• Project Schedule Displays
• Risk Management Planning
• Risk Identification
• Risk Response Planning
• Risk Register
• Procurement Planning
• Contract Types
• Contract Types vs. Risk Level
• Schedule Development
• Critical Path Method
• Resource Leveling
• Schedule Baseline
• Project Management Baseline

4. Project Execution, Monitoring & Controlling and Change Control

• Project Execution
• Monitoring & Controlling Project Work
• Execution and Monitoring & Controlling
• Schedule Control – Baseline vs. Actual
• Earned Value Technique (EVT)
• Manage Project Team
• Seven Sources of Conflict
• Conflict Resolution
• Risk Monitoring and Control
• Contract Administration
• Performance Reporting
• Issues Management
• Status Review Meetings
• Internal Checkpoints and Customer Reviews
• Integrated Change Control

5. Project Close-out

• Contract Close-out (Client and/or Vendor)
• Project Close-out
• Bookshelving vs. Archiving
• Administrative Closure
• Project Management Pitfalls