Project Management Course

A project is any unique undertaking that creates a desired result. It contributes to one or more organizational objectives while achieving both project and product objectives. The five project management process groups, (Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, and Closing) provide a comprehensive and practical view of an entire project from beginning to end.

This course provides a solid grounding in project management processes while recognizing the often neglected human side of project management. This is an ideal overview for anyone who is looking for a practical approach to managing projects. Participants love the step-by-step approach and the numerous techniques and templates that are included.

The Project Management 3-day course teaches you how to plan, execute, monitor, control and close all types of projects – on time and on budget. It is applicable to projects across all sectors, you’ll also learn about software tools to support all your everyday project management activities.

What You Will Learn

• Learn essential PM terminology that will help enable you to communicate effectively with your peers
• Understand the project life cycle
• Break the work down into more manageable components
• Manage the key constraints of time, cost, scope, budget and risk
• Perform a stakeholder scan and understand the key stakeholder roles and responsibilities
• Establish and use the proper communication channels
• Learn what key information to collect for status and progress meetings
• How to closeout your project, gather lessons learned and implement best practices on future projects

Content

• The project life cycle
  • Phases
  • Characteristics
  • Life-cycle trends
• Initiating, planning, executing, controlling and closing phases

Project Selection, Initiation and Team Formation

• Building a project team
• Project selection models
• Identifying, documenting and assigning roles, responsibilities and reporting relationships
• Team charter development

Project Scope Planning and Work Breakdown

• Creating a scope document
• Definition and purpose of a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Successful Task Sequencing

• Definition of task dependency
• Fast-tracking – overlapping phases
• Task diagramming techniques

Project Estimating

• What are we estimating?
• Five estimating techniques

Critical Path Analysis

• How do we use the critical path in managing projects?
• Early start and late start scheduling using software
• Crashing the schedule

Resource Planning and Budgeting

• Identifying required skill sets
• Negotiating for and assigning resources
• Verifying effort and duration estimates

Project Risk and Quality Management

• Risk and the project life cycle
• Identification, quantification, response development and control
• Quality concepts

Project Monitoring, Control and Evaluation

• PM control interfaces
• Monitoring time, cost, scope and quality
• Manage project meetings

Leadership Skills in Action

• Leadership vs. management
• Motivational and communications strategies
• Negotiation strategies

Project Close-outs

• How to ensure projects are closed and archived properly