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Project Management Fundamentals with a Team Approach

Course description

Course Objectives:

The participant will learn every phase of the project.

Learn about:

  • Develop a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
  • Develop a project plan
  • Develop a schedule
  • Manage a project
  • Track project progress
  • Manage project cost
  • Manage project risk
  • Use Triple Constraint
  • Use Critical Path Method (CPM)
  • Use Earned Value Method
  • Learn how to manage conflict in a positive manner
  • Learn how to be an effective communicator
  • Learn some basics about MS Project

Prerequisites:

Attendee should have Project Management experience.


1.0 Introduction

  • Seminar member introduction and overview of course material

2.0 Project Management Terminology and Process

  • Define Project management

3.0 Organizational Structures

Understand:

  • The work and function of a project manager in different organizational structures
  • The functional organizational structure

Define the role of:

  • The project manager
  • The project team

Group exercise using project organizational structures

4.0 Selecting the Project Manager

Define:

  • Coordination and integration skills required by a project manager
  • Motivational skills required by a project manager
  • Communication and collaboration skills required by a project manager
  • Delegation skills required by a project manager
  • Team leadership skills required by a project manager
  • Key responsibilities of the project manager

Group exercise selecting the project manager

5.0 Phases of a General Project Management Life Cycle

Learn about:

  • Initiating Processes
  • Planning Processes
  • Execution Processes
  • Controlling Processes
  • Closeout Processes
  • Project team requirements in each phase

6.0 The Project Plan

Learn about:

  • Components of the Project Plan
  • Purposes of the Project Plan
  • Importance of the Project Plan

Group exercise writing the scope of the Project Plan

7.0 The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

  • Learn how to develop the WBS

Group exercise creating a WBS

8.0 Communicating with the Project Stakeholders

  • Learn key communication skills
  • Learn the dimensions of communication
  • Learn how to use meeting to communicate with stakeholders
  • Learn communication styles
  • Learn how to improve your written communication
  • Learn how to manage meetings
  • Learn how to setup progress reporting on the project

Group exercise on communication

9.0 Managing the Project's Scope

  • Define the meaning of the term Scope Management
  • Understand how to develop a Project Charter
  • Review the importance of the DBS & WBS in defining the scope
  • Discuss the scope and how it ties into the Project Schedule, Budget and Risk
  • Baseline the Project Scope
  • Develop and use Scope Reports

Group exercise using project scope

10.0 Project Scope Change Control

Learn how to use:

  • The Change Control System
  • Components of the Change Control System
  • Change is Inevitable
  • Planning vs. Executing
  • Functions of the Change-Control System
  • Documenting Changes

Group exercise use change control

11.0 Managing the Project's Time

Learn how to:

  • Apply the critical path method
  • Use PERT methodology
  • Estimate accurate activity durations
  • Apply scheduling terminology
  • Apply the Project Schedule Life Cycle
  • Use Network diagrams and Gantt Charts
  • Set up project constraints
  • Use the WBS to develop a schedule

Group exercise developing a schedule

12.0 Managing the Project's Budget

Learn how to do:

  • Cost Estimating and Forecasting
  • Cost Budgeting
  • Cost Control
  • Cost Applications
  • Earned Value Analysis

Group exercise creating a budget

13.0 Earned Value Concept

Learn:

  • Cost/Schedule control systems criteria
  • Benefits of using earned value methodology
  • Earned value and the WBS
  • Basic Performance Measurement Terms
  • Cost Performance Measurements

Group exercise creating a budget

14.0 Managing the Project's Risk

Learn how to:

  • Use the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to identify Project Risk
  • Apply Risk Management definitions
  • Identify and manage risk
  • Develop and Risk plan
  • Evaluate the probability for Risk Events
  • Occurring
  • Attach money and time value to risk

Group exercise using risk

15.0 Forming the Project Team

  • Using interpersonal dynamics
  • Working in a team environment
  • Using behaviors to build not weaken trust
  • Learn ways to motivate the team
    • The powers of a leader
    • Management styles
    • Follower styles
    • Maslow
    • McGregor
    • Herzberg
  • Learn how to manage team
  • Learn how to manage team conflict
  • Team performance assessment
    • Tuckman model
    • Frequency
    • Metrics
    • Feedback
    • Troubleshooting

 


Disclaimer: All course objectives and outlines are a guide for students. The course topics and order of presentation may be modified based upon the needs of each individual class.