Project Management / Business Training Overview
Your ability as a project manager to demonstrate best practices in project management—both on the job and through professional certification—is becoming the standard to compete in today's fast-paced and highly technical workplace. This course expands upon the basic concepts of project management you discovered in the Project Management Fundamentals course, and offers a job-related approach to successful project management across application areas and industries.
Prerequisites
To ensure your success, we recommend you first take the following courses or have equivalent knowledge:
- Project Management Fundamentals
- Microsoft Project 2000, 2002, or 2003 Level 1
- Microsoft Project 2000, 2002, or 2003 Level 2
- Microsoft Word 2000, 2002, or 2003 Level 1
- Microsoft Word 2000, 2002, or 2003 Level 2
- Microsoft Word 2000, 2002, or 2003 Level 3
Delivery Method:
Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities
Target Student;
This course is designed for experienced project managers who want to increase their project management skills, apply a standards-based approach to project management, and apply for Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI®) Project Management Professional (PMP®) Certification.
Objective:
You will apply the generally recognized practices of project management acknowledged by the Project Management Institute (PMI®) to successfully manage projects.
Hardware Requirements
- A PC with a Pentium processor, at least 300 MHz.
- A minimum of 64 MB of RAM with 1.0 GB of free hard disk space.
- A CD-ROM drive.
- Super VGA recommended (set at least to 800 x 600 screen resolution) with 256 colors.
- An Internet connection with access to the World Wide Web.
Platform Requirements
- Windows® 2000 or Windows® XP Professional.
Software Requirements
A licensed copy of each of the following pieces of software for the instructor and each student:
- Microsoft Project 2000 or later.
- Microsoft Word 2000 or later.
Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Initiate a project.
- Plan project work.
- Develop project schedules, cost estimates, and budgets.
- Plan project quality, staffing, and communications.
- Analyze project risks.
- Plan project procurement.
- Execute project work.
- Monitor and control project work.
- Monitor and control project schedule and costs.
- Monitor and control project quality, staffing, and communications.
- Monitor and control project risks and contracts.
- Close the project.
Course duration
5 Days
Project Management / Business Training outline
Lesson 1: Initiating a Project
- Topic 1A: Apply Project Management Processes
- Topic 1B: Create a Project Charter
- Topic 1C: Develop a Preliminary Project Scope Statement
Lesson 2: Planning Project Work
- Topic 2A: Develop Project Management Plan
- Topic 2B: Create a Scope Management Plan
- Topic 2C: Create a Scope Statement
- Topic 2D: Develop a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Lesson 3: Developing Project Schedules, Cost Estimates, and Budgets
- Topic 3A: Create an Activity List
- Topic 3B: Create a Project Network Diagram
- Topic 3C: Estimate Activity Resources
- Topic 3D: Estimate Activity Durations
- Topic 3E: Identify the Critical Path
- Topic 3F: Develop a Project Schedule
- Topic 3G: Estimate Project Costs
- Topic 3H: Establish a Cost Baseline
Lesson 4: Planning Project Quality, Staffing, and Communications
- Topic 4A: Create a Quality Management Plan
- Topic 4B: Document Roles, Responsibilities, and Reporting Relationships
- Topic 4C: Acquire Project Team
- Topic 4D: Create a Communications Management Plan
Lesson 5: Analyzing Risks and Planning Risk Response
- Topic 5A: Create a Risk Management Plan
- Topic 5B: Identify Project Risks and Triggers
- Topic 5C: Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
- Topic 5D: Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
- Topic 5E: Develop a Risk Response Plan
Lesson 6: Planning Project Procurement
- Topic 6A: Prepare a Contract Statement of Work
- Topic 6B: Prepare a Procurement Document
Lesson 7: Executing Project Work
- Topic 7A: Direct and Manage Project Execution
- Topic 7B: Perform Quality Assurance
- Topic 7C: Develop Project Team
- Topic 7D: Information Distribution
- Topic 7E: Request Seller Responses
- Topic 7F: Select Sellers
Lesson 8: Monitoring and Controlling Project Work
- Topic 8A: Monitor and Control Project Work
- Topic 8B: Manage Changes to Performance Baselines
- Topic 8C: Review Deliverables and Work Results
- Topic 8D: Control Project Scope
Lesson 9: Monitoring and Controlling Project Schedule and Costs
- Topic 9A: Control the Project Schedule
- Topic 9B: Control Project Costs
Lesson 10: Monitoring and Controlling Project Quality, Staffing,
and Communications
- Topic 10A: Perform Quality Control
- Topic 10B: Manage Project Team
- Topic 10C: Report Project Performance
- Topic 10D: Manage Stakeholders
Lesson 11: Monitoring and Controlling Project Risk and Contracts
- Topic 11A: Monitor and Control Project Risk
- Topic 11B: Administer a Contract
Lesson 12: Closing the Project
- Topic 12A: Close a Project
- Topic 12B: Close a Contract
Appendix A: PMP Certification Mapping
Appendix B: Certification
Lightning Round
Supplemental Lesson PMP® Certification Practice Test
Appendix C: Schedule
Management Plan Example
Appendix D: Statement
of Work (SOW) Example
Appendix E: Professional
and Social Responsibility
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