Project Management Fundamentals

International Institute for Learning, Inc.
Austin, Dallas, Chicago, Dearborn, Edison, Houston, Memphis, New York, Raleigh, Washington, United States

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online | On-site | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' 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 and 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, process orientation and an analytical, systems-oriented approach to problem solving and decision making that acknowledges the need for collaboration and clear communications among people, often in multiple organizations.

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 management methods. Among those who can benefit from this course are:
�Members of process and performance improvement teams
�Participants in R&D
�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
�General managers responsible for projects and programs
�Marketing, training and technical writing professionals
�Six Sigma professionals

What You Will Learn
You’ll learn how to:
�Describe the project management process and its benefits
�Use project management vocabulary and terminology
�Identify the characteristics of a successful project
�Create an initial project plan
�Identify and perform the major aspects of project initiation, project control and close-out
�Identify and describe cultural change issues in implementing project management

Course Overview
Foundation Concepts
�Project management (PM) process overview
�Focus and benefits of PM
�Critical PM skills
�Concept of triple constraints

Project Life Cycle
�Project life cycle overview
�Phases, tasks, deliverables, and steps
�Variations on the life cycle
�Checkpoints and milestones

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

Requirements
�Conducting stakeholder assessments
�Understanding and managing resistance
�Communicating and refining requirements
�Defining product/service requirements
�Change control process
�Communications

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
�The central role of the WBS
�Developing a usable WBS
�Using the WBS to clarify product constraints and activities
�Using the WBS to facilitate project development

Risk Management
�Defining risk management
�Benefits of risk management in project management
�Risk management processes and tools

Estimating
�Defining an estimate
�Specific types and methods of estimating
�The estimating process
�PERT
�Final estimate development
�Validating an estimate

Scheduling
�Scheduling techniques
�Using WBS
�Critical path
�Risk assessment and logical schedule alternatives

Execution & Project Control
�Reasons for project control
�Elements of project control
�Status reporting
�Change control
�Earned value analysis
�Variance analysis and corrective action

Project Closing
�Project closing / Project transition
�Post-project evaluations

Collaboration & Organizational Change
�Overview of the PM process
�Teams
�Motivation and expectancy theory
�Change and continuous improvement

Recap & Closing
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