Project Management Fundamentals
Completing Projects on Time and Within Budget While Increasing Customer Satisfaction
Many projects are performed by highly
competent and effective people who have little
or no project management training. They
perform projects like process improvement,
marketing campaign development, new product development, event planning, production
and other “tasks” which are projects. Learning
project management on the job is an unnecessary burden in an already challenging position.
This course provides practical skills, concepts
and principles you can take back to the job,
along with insights you’ll need to adapt them
to specific project environments.
The goal of this course is to achieve quality
performance through effective planning and
control. We use a process orientation and an
analytical, systems-oriented approach to problem solving and decision making. Throughout
the course, we integrate the need for collaboration and clear communications among people,
often in multiple organizations.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course
Course Level
Basic
Who Should Attend
This course is for people responsible for
managing, leading, coordinating and working
on projects who have limited experience or
knowledge of practical, formal project manage-
ment methods. Among those who can benefit
from this course are:
Members of process and performance
improvement teams
Participants in research and development
Business planning coordinators
Technical service and support staff
Operations people in financial services
Administrators and managers responsible
for coordinating, facilitating or managing
projects and programs
Technical professionals and engineers
moving into project leadership and
coordination positions
Marketing, training and technical writing
professionals
Six Sigma professionals
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What You Will Learn
You’ll learn how to:
Describe the project management process
and its benefits
Use project management vocabulary and
terminology
Identify characteristics of a successful project
and create an initial project plan
Perform the major aspects of project
initiation, project control and close-out
Identify and describe organizational change
issues in implementing project management
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Course Overview
Getting Started
Introductions
Course structure
Course goals and objective
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Foundation Concepts
Project management (PM) process overview
Focus and benefits of PM
Critical PM skills
Concept of competing demands (update on
the classical triple constraints)
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Project Life Cycle
Project life cycle overview
Phases, tasks, deliverables and steps
Variations on the life cycle
Checkpoints and milestones
Project selection
Project governance
Roles and responsibilities of the project
manager and the project sponsor
Roles and responsibilities of the team
Initiating the project and developing the
project charter
Linking project objectives to the project
team structure
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Requirements
Conducting stakeholder assessments
Understanding and managing resistance
Communicating and refining requirements
Defining product/service requirements
Change control process
Communications
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Work Breakdown Structure ( WBS)
The central role of the WBS
Developing a usable WBS
Using the WBS to clarify product constraints
and activities
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Using the WBS to facilitate project
development
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Risk Management
Defining risk management
Benefits of risk management in project
management
Risk management processes and tools
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Estimating
Defining an estimate
Specific types and methods of estimating
The estimating process
Program Evaluation and Review Technique
(PERT)
Final estimate development and validation
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Scheduling
Scheduling techniques
Using a WBS
Critical path method
Risk assessment and logical schedule
alternatives
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Execution and Project Control
Elements of project control
Status reporting
Change control
Earned value analysis
Variance analysis and corrective action
Project closing/project transition
Post-project evaluations
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Collaboration and Organizational Change
Overview of the PM process
Teams
Motivation and expectancy theory
Change and continuous improvement
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Summary
What did we learn, and how can we
implement this in our work environments?
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