This 1-day course covers everything you’ll need to participate in the project management process, including the significance of effective project management, important tools and techniques, and how your role can affect future project management results. PDUs = 7.
Audience:
Project managers, project team members, and project sponsors.
Course duration:
1 day
Course outline:
Project Management Concepts
- Project Management in the Enterprise Environment
- Programs
- Projects and Sub-Projects
- So What is Project Management?
- The Project Management Process
- Rolling Wave Planning
- Project Phases
- Project Lifecycle
- What Defines a Successful Project?
- The Project Management Triangle
- Critical Success Factors
- The Project Manager’s Skills and Knowledge
- The Project Manager’s Role
- The Project Participants
- The Project Sponsor
- The Stakeholders
- The Project Team
- The Project Environment
The People Side of Project Management
- The People Side
- The Social Style Model
- The Social Style
- Versatility
- The Communication Process
- Virtual Communications
Initiating the Project
- Defining Need
- Defining Feasibility
- Demonstrating Need and Feasibility
- Project Charter
- Product Description
- Project Stakeholders
- Constraints
- Assumptions
Planning the Project
- Why Do You Plan?
- Components of the Project Management Plan
- Project Scope
- Project Scope Statement
- Project Objectives
- Project Deliverables
- Exclusions
- Characteristics of an Effective Project Plan
- The Investment of Planning
Decomposition Using a Work Breakdown Structure
- Project Decomposition
- Benefits of Decomposition
- Decomposition Using a Work Breakdown Structure
- WBS Hierarchy
- WBS Format
- Tasks
- WBS Template
- WBS Graphic Convention
Estimating
- Estimating Accuracy
- Effort, Duration, and Cost
- Methods for Estimating Effort
Sequencing and Scheduling
- Sequencing and Scheduling
- Determining Sequence and Schedule
- The Network Diagram
- Dependencies
- Milestones
- Establishing the Network Diagram
- Critical Path
- Gantt and Bar Charts
Risk Management
- Risk Management
- What is Risk?
- Elements of Risk Management
- Risk Identification
- Qualitative Risk Analysis
- Risk Response Planning
- Responses for Negative Risk
- Risk Management Method
Executing the Project
- Project Execution
- Guidelines for Executing a Project Phase
- Project Kickoff
- Tracking Progress via Status Reports
- Pitfalls of Project Execution
Monitoring and Controlling the Project
- Project Control
- Key Control Activities
- Planning Versus Monitor and Control
- Prerequisites for Effective Monitoring and Control
- Taking Corrective Action
- To Manage Risks
- To Manage Quality
- To Shorten the Project Duration (Time)
- To Reduce Costs
- To Accommodate Increasing Scope
- Pitfalls to Project Control
Closing the Project
Summary and Conclusion
- Critical Success Factors
- Project Management Functions
