Course Overview
TOPParticipants in this five day course will discuss and build on the basic concepts learned in the introductory virtual training courses, Project Management Basics (FPM 120A) and Project Management and the Project Lifecycle (FPM 120B). The participants will apply basic concepts in hands-on exercises. By taking FPM 121 the participants will satisfy the FAC-P/PM entry level certification training requirements.
Scheduled Classes
TOPWhat You'll Learn
TOPAt the completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Examine program/project performance in terms of budget, schedule, and scope
- Integrate multiple roles and responsibilities as invested resources to make program/project decisions
- Justify program/project management decisions as part of problem-solving exercises
- Develop elements of key program/project management deliverables to plan a program or project throughout its lifecycle
- Connect principles of systems engineering to monitoring and controlling a program/project
- Interpret information in case studies, real world scenarios, and project summaries to address an organizational need
Outline
TOP1.0 — Introduction
- Introductions and overview of course material
2.0 — Justifying the Solution
- Review major documents, activities, and responsibilities of the concept definition phase
- Conduct a business case analysis
- Capability gaps
- High-level requirements
- Analysis of alternatives (AOA)
- Develop a business case
3.0 — The Integrated Project Team (IPT)
- Review the role of the IPT
- Participate in an IPT role-playing exercise
- Review the importance of project management leadership and planning activities
- Discuss conflict resolution strategies and how to reach consensus
- Develop a team operating agreement
4.0 — Developing Requirements
- Review major documents, activities, and responsibilities of the concept planning phase
- Develop a work breakdown structure (WBS) and a WBS dictionary entry
- Write detailed requirements from high-level requirements
5.0 — Planning the Acquisition
- Review the Project Management Plan and Contracting Approach
- Review the acquisition plan, including the:
- Requirements document
- Source selection plan
- Independent government cost estimate (GCE)
- Quality assurance surveillance plan (QASP)
- Participate in a performance work statement (PWS) exercise
- Review the importance of market research on the acquisition
- Conduct an analysis of alternatives using a total ownership cost estimate
- Participate in a QASP exercise
6.0 — A Systems Engineering Approach
- Review definition of a system
- Review the systems engineering approach
- Consider the source of a problem in the system
- Determine system-level requirements
- Decompose to item-level requirements
- Consider design solutions
- Analyze recommendations to determine best value
- Review testing strategy
- Developmental testing
- Operational testing
7.0 — Measuring Performance
- Review major documents, activities, and responsibilities of the development phase
- Identify project attributes that can be used as key performance indicators
- Review methodologies for monitoring and controlling projects including development of project management plans and earned value management (EVM)
- Demonstrate that project baseline equals schedule baseline plus cost baseline plus scope baseline
8.0 — Integrated Case Study Project
Integrated case study project application exercise
