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Project Management Principles and Practices

2 Days, Course Number: 2033-PM0001

What you get...
300+ Page Reference Manual
Back-at-Work Bonus Online Template Library


Credits for this course...
14 PDU's
14 project management training contact hours

After Attending This Seminar You Will Be Able to

Apply project management techniques ranging from managing project communications to planning scope and controlling change in order to achieve project objectives on schedule and budget.

Convey to others what project management is and lead them in implementing it both on projects and throughout the larger organization.


Course Materials:

All attendees receive a Schedule Associates exclusive reference manual of over 300 pages in length on project management developed specially for this course. This comprehensive guide serves as a thorough reference to what was covered in the course and is available only to those attending a Schedule Associates course.

In addition, attendees receive access to Schedule Associates’ password-protected Back-at-Work-BonusTM, an online collection of templates for use in implementing project management techniques in the workplace.

Hardcopies of any overheads used in the session are included in the course materials.

 
Who Would Benefit From Attending:

This course is beneficial for anyone who is responsible for, or being given more responsibility for, managing projects. This may include those with formal project management experience and job titles and those without.

 
Course Credits:

Attendees will receive credit for 14 contact hours of project management training good toward PMIâ’s CAPM or PMPâ project management certification.

PMPâ’s will receive 14 PDU’s good toward recertification. 

 
Course Agenda:

Day One

Introductions and seminar Objectives

Projects and Project Management

   The Role of the Project Manager

   Project Manager Certification

Project Initiation

   Defining The Project

   Choosing Among Multiple Projects

   Getting The Authority To Proceed

   The Project Sponsor

   Best Practices In Project Initiation

   Case Study -- Building a Network Diagram

Planning The Project

   Defining The Project’s Scope

   When Will The Project Be Done?

Quality Planning

   What Is Quality?

   Quality Assurance (QA) Versus Quality Control (QC)

   Relevant Standards

   Testing

   What Needs To Be Tested?

   Planning For Testing

   Test Outcomes

Estimating Work And Cost

   Top-Down Versus Bottom-Up Estimating

 

Day Two

 

Estimating Work And Cost (continued)

   Estimating Techniques

   Building A Schedule And Spending Plan

   Scheduling Techniques

   What's My Schedule Telling Me?   

   Techniques For Shortening The Schedule

   Balancing Risk And Schedule Reduction

   So, How Much Is This Going To Cost?--Determining A Spending Plan

Staffing

   Analyzing The Project's Needs For Resources

   Working With Consultants

   Contracting

   Orienting, Motivating And Focusing The Team

   Understanding The Communication Needs Of The Stakeholders

Risk And Planning For Project Control

   The Risk Management Process

   The Change Management Process

   Reporting

   The Baseline

   Best Practices In Project Planning

   Case Study -- Assembling a Communications Plan

Executing And Controlling The Project

   Tracking Work

   Managing Change

   Managing Risk

   Managing Quality

   Is Everybody Happy?--Managing People

   Communicating About The Project

   Replanning

   Strategies For Project Recovery

   Best Practices In Project Execution And Control

Closing Out The Project   

   What Is Project Close-Out?

   Administrative Tasks

   The Project Repository

   Getting Agreement The Project Is Done

   Knowledge Transfer

   The Impact Of Close-Out On Customer Satisfaction

   Best Practices In Project Close-Out

Seminar Wrap Up--Putting What We've Learned to Use


Course Format:

 

A mix of group and individual exercises, explanation of concepts on flip charts or whiteboards, and presentations makes this a varied and extensive course.

 


Prerequisites:

 

There are no prerequisites for this course.

 


Pricing:

 

$995 per person

Register three or more people and receive 10% off for all attendees!

Class Times:

8:30am - 4:30pm for all public training sessions.



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