Project Management for Business Analyst

PROCEPT ASSOCIATES LTD.
Toronto, ON, Canada

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

Course Description:

'' LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Participants will gain practical skills to:
�Identify and avoid common causes of project failure.
�Identify options for structuring a project team.
�Identify, establish, and analyze stakeholders and their needs
�Create an effective and actionable scope statement.
�Identify key areas of project risk, assess their impact, and identify strategies for managing risks.
�Analyze project scope by breaking it into discrete manageable and measurable components.
�Model the flow and timing of a project.
�Identify “critical path�high priority tasks.
�Assess resource requirements, develop a budget.
�Learn methods for schedule compression.
�Used Earned Value to monitor and communicate project status and identified the need for corrective measures when necessary.
�Manage issues and change requests.
�Improve communication between stakeholders.
�Properly close-out a project.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
The Project Management for the Business Analyst course is suitable for individuals who:
�Want to become more effective Business Analysts.
�Are Business Analysts or team members who want to pursue a career in project management.

PREREQUISITES
�3-day Business Analysis Essentials (or its equivalent) or 4-day The Comprehensive Business Analysis (or its equivalent).
�Basic knowledge of business analysis is helpful as the course is tailored towards the Business Analyst role but is not required.

MATERIALS
Participants receive a course binder containing copies of presentation slides, case study, exercises and suggested solutions.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

Introduction
�Course introduction and learning objectives
�Reasons for project failures
�Definitions of project, operations, project management, managing by projects, program and program management, portfolio and portfolio management

Project Management Framework �Best Practice
�Project management methodologies
�The Project Management Institute (PMI)
�PM in different environments

Establishing a Project Team
�Role of project manager
�Role of project team members
�Role of management

Developing Scope Statement
�Determine and document stakeholders
�Identify and document the scope
�Identify key project risk areas

Establishing Project Activities - Work Breakdown Structure
�WBS definition
�Why use a WBS approach
�Elements of an effective WBS
�Project activity dependencies

Producing Project Schedule
�Determine project timing
�Produce project schedule
�Set project baseline

Executing and Monitoring Project Schedule
�Identify and avoid resource conflicts
�Issue log and management
�Change requests and management
�Project status and updating
�Options for communication
�Project update meetings
�Frequency of updates
�Asking the “right questions� �Reporting project status at the correct intervals and levels of detail for different audiences
�Quality management

Closing Projects
�Project acceptance criteria
�Project sign-off

RELATED COURSES OF INTEREST
�Project Management Essentials
�The Comprehensive Business Analysis Seminar �Parts 1 & 2
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Phone:1-800-261-6861

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