Course Description
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CreditsCPE Credits: 18 Course AvailabilityClick on Course Offerings to Register T360 April 19–21, 2010 in Atlanta, GA |
Course Agenda
Module 1
- Introduction to Project Management: The Latest Methodologies in Project Management According to the PMBOK®
- Describe the differences between operations, projects and programs
- Understand key organizational infl uences that may affect a project
- Define roles, develop necessary skills and identify competency gaps
Module 2
Review the Terminology: Understand Key Concepts and Terms for Enhanced Project Performance
- Review key project management terminology as it relates to the PMBOK® and project management methodology
- Distinguish between the various roles and responsibilities of project stakeholders
Module 3
Develop Project Management Skills for Success
- Utilize various methods to enhance project team building
- Understand the key organizational infl uences that can affect a project
Module 4
Project Initiation Phase
- Learn key stakeholder techniques for the first customer sponsor meeting
- Develop strategies for defi ning what information is needed from the sponsor and how to get it
- Identify and describe project requirements in clear and understandable terms
Module 5
Project Organization Phase
- Define roles and develop necessary skills to effectively deliver on planned objectives
- Align your project team requirements with current organizational structures and government standards
- Create and use a skills inventory matrix
Module 6
Create the Project Charter
- Review criteria to determine exactly what is needed in the project charter documents
- Develop best in class techniques for executing a project charter with full sponsor approval
Module 7
Key Techniques for Defi ning a Project
- Understand and identify the components of a project description document
- Develop techniques to clarify major deliverables
Module 8
Develop a Work Breakdown Structure
- Describe the purpose of a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Understand and use two techniques for creating a WBS
- Learn to incorporate project stakeholders
Module 9
Construct a Preliminary Schedule and Network Diagram
- Create a network diagram and identify the critical path
- Identify early and late schedules and manage resources
- Produce a preliminary GANTT chart
Module 10
Define Project Estimates
- Understand the difference between cost estimating and cost budgeting
- Discover the difference between a contingency reserve and a management reserve
- Develop an “expected value” process to create a defensible contingency reserve
Module 11
Analyze the Network Diagram
- Monitor project timing and resources and manage the links between them
- Obtain information to resolve project and program problems and make decisions
- Minimize and establish realistic project duration while maintaining overall cost and design requirements
Module 12
Manage Project Progress: Integrate the Gantt Chart
- Graphically document, manage and monitor project progress to effectively minimize setbacks
- Maintain project scope and take remedial action to get projects back on course
- Determine resources needed and manage dependencies between tasks
Module 13
Utilize and Load Organizational Resources
- Maintain and assign people, facility and equipment resources accordingly
- Understand the difference between generic and specific level resources
- Learn to actively adjust loads and variable expenses Project
Module 14
Create the Project Budget
- Identify your costs and develop your own project budgeting process
- Create a baseline used to determine whether the project is on track
- Learn to include unconventional items such as meetings and license fees
Module 15
Optimize the Project Plan
- Describe the optimizing purpose and create a process plan
- Develop key strategies for optimizing the project plan
- Learn to manage project status and anticipate problems
Module 16
Collect and Analyze Project Status
- List the types of information that should be collected at each status period
- Describe the issues related to project tracking
- Understand the difference between qualitative and quantitative data and why both are necessary
Module 17
Report Project Status Phase
- Describe the purpose for reporting project status and the six qualities of a well-written variance analysis report
- Identify the types of content that can be included in a status report
- Understand the value and uses of regular team meetings
Module 18
Project Closeout Phase
- Name the three steps to closing out a project and the several choices for project close-out activities
- Learn the purpose of conducting a project close-out review
- Create a project fi le for future performance reviews