This highly interactive three-day seminar covers key elements of the nine (9) PMBOK® Knowledge Areas, including Project Scope, Cost, Time, Quality, Risk, Communications, Human Resources, Procurement, as well as Integration Management. Specifically, this seminar focuses on Project Scope, Cost, and Time Management, since these are considered the metrics of project management, or the variables by which project success is measured. In this seminar, attendees are introduced to and equipped with the project management processes, tools and techniques that, when properly applied, will improve their opportunity for project success. In addition to learning how to apply them, attendees also learn when to apply them. The attendees are challenged to put these processes, tools and techniques to practice using the case project, exercises and scenarios presented during the seminar, including their application using commercially available project management software, namely Microsoft Project. Note: Previous training/experience with Microsoft Project is not a prerequisite for this seminar.
Who Should Attend
Project Managers, Project Leaders, Project Coordinators, Project Administrators, Program Managers, Functional Managers, and Project Team Members representing government, owner, contractor, or vendor organizations who are responsible for or involved with initiating, planning, execution, controlling, and closing of projects.
Seminar Outline
Module 1: Project Management Overview
- Project /Program Definitions
- Key Role/Responsibility of the Project Manager
- The Project Variables (i.e. The Metrics of Project Management)
- Project Life Cycle and the Five (5) Major Project Management Processes
Module 2: The Project Environment
- Basic Organizations Structures for Managing Projects
- Projects Classification
- Projects Portfolio Management
- Resource Commitment
- Contract/Vendor Management
Module 3: Project Planning Process
- Four (4) Major Components of Project Planning
- Project Plan Development Methodology
- The Project Management Plan/Requirements Document
- Project Background Statement & Objectives
- Project Organization Breakdown Structure (OBS)
- Project Communications Plan
- Project External Dependencies & Constraints
- Project Exclusions & Assumptions
- Project Qualitative Risk Management Process
- Product Scope - Deliverables
- Project Scope - Work Breakdown Structures (WBS)
- Defining Project Activities
- Project Activities/Resources
- Estimating Techniques
- Analysis & Reporting Techniques
- Project Cost/Budget Plan
- Cost Estimating
- Cost Contingency & Baseline Budget
- Cost Analysis & Reporting
- Project Schedule Plan
- Scheduling Tools and Techniques
- Milestone Scheduling
- Gantt Chart Scheduling
- Network Diagram Scheduling
- Critical Path Method (CPM) Scheduling
- Process of Building the Project Schedule Plan
- Techniques for Pulling Back the Project End Date
- Project Schedule Analysis & Reporting
- Schedule Contingency
- Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM)
- Project Staffing Plan
- Resource Scheduling & Analysis
- “What If” Scenarios
- Resolving Resource Utilization Conflicts
Module 4: Project Progress Monitoring & Baseline Analysis
- Managing with the Project Model
- Project Progress & Status
- Variance Analysis & Exception Reporting
- Integrated Change Management
Module 5: Project Control & Administration
- Project Communications Plan
- Project Management Reports
- Project Management Meetings
- Project Documentation
- Project Manager’s Responsibilities
- Project Manager’s Required Skills
- Closing the Project
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