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 covers in-depth the essential elements of managing a successful project. Focusing on the generally accepted practices of project management recognized by the Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI®), this course offers you a standards-based 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 Level One
- Microsoft Project 2000 Level Two
- Microsoft Word 2000 Level One
- Microsoft Word 2000 Level Two
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 desire to increase their project management skills and apply a standards-based approach to project management.
Objective:
You will apply the generally accepted project management best practices recognized by the PMI® to successfully manage projects.
Hardware Requirements
An overhead projector, a calculator, and a computer for the instructor and each student. Each computer's hardware must be on the Windows 98 Second Edition Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) and meet or exceed the following specifications:
- Pentium 133 MHz processor
- 32MB of RAM
- 3.2 GB hard disk
- 12x CD-ROM drive
- 3.5” high-density disk drive
- VGA monitor supporting 800 x 600 resolution and 256 colors
- Keyboard
- Mouse
Software Requirements
A licensed copy of each of the following pieces of software for the instructor and each student:
- Windows 98 Second Edition or better
- Microsoft Project 2000
- Microsoft Word 2000
Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- initiate a project.
- define project scope.
- develop schedule and cost performance baselines for a project.
- plan project quality, staffing, and communications.
- analyze project risks.
- define project procurement requirements.
- execute the project.
- control the project.
- close the project.
Course duration
5 Days
Project Management / Business Training outline
Lesson 1: Initiating a Project
- Topic 1A: Select a
Project
- Topic 1B: Create a Project Charter
Lesson 2: Planning Your Work
- Topic 2A: Develop an
Initial Project Plan
- Topic 2B: Create a
Scope Statement
- Topic 2C: 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: Acquire Activity
Duration Estimates
- Topic 3D: Identify
the Critical Path
- Topic 3E: Develop
a Project Schedule
- Topic 3F: Determine
Resource Requirements
- 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: Assign Project
Staff
- 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
Statement of Work
- Topic 6B: Prepare a
Procurement Document
Lesson 7: Working the Plan
- Topic 7A: Execute the
Project Plan
- Topic 7B: Implement
Quality Assurance
- Topic 7C: Develop the
Project Team
- Topic 7D: Distribute
Project Information
- Topic 7E: Solicit Proposals,
Quotes, or Bids
- Topic 7F: Select a
Seller
- Topic 7G: Administer
a Contract
Lesson 8: Controlling the Project
- Topic 8A: Manage Changes
to Performance Baselines
- Topic 8B: Review Deliverables
and Work Results
- Topic 8C: Control Project
Scope Changes
- Topic 8D: Control the
Project Schedule
- Topic 8E: Control Project
Costs
- Topic 8F: Control Project
Quality
- Topic 8G: Report Project
Performance
- Topic 8H: Monitor and
Control Project Risk
Lesson 9: Closing the Project
- Topic 9A: Obtain Formal
Acceptance
- Topic 9B: Close Out
a Contract
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