Course Overview
TOPScheduled Classes
TOPWhat You'll Learn
TOPParticipants will understand the following terms and definitions: project, program, portfolio, scope, schedule, and quality; understand the following project management skills: leadership and communication; understand the following project management frameworks: lifecycles, processes, documentation, tools, and techniques; and understand the following organizational structures: project management office, project team, matrix vs. functional; and understand the following knowledge areas: scope management, cost management, risk management, communication management, and team management.
Outline
TOP1.0 — Introduction
- Seminar member introduction and overview of course material
2.0 — Project Management Overview
- Define PM terminology
- Define project charter
- Define project stakeholders
- Project management overview exercise
3.0 — Defining the Project
- Project management process groups
- Why do projects get initiated?
- What are stakeholders?
- Definition of a team
- What is a project charter?
- Lesson summary
4.0 — Project Charter
- Define project charter and when it is used
- Define who prepares the project charter
- Project charter example
- Project charter exercise
5.0 — Managing Project Stakeholder
- Identify stakeholders
- Define stakeholder register
- Example of stakeholder register
- Stakeholder exercise
6.0 — Communicating with the Project Stakeholder
- Communicating with the project stakeholders
- Example of newsletter communication plan
- Guidelines for meetings
- Communicating with the project stakeholder exercise
7.0 — Team Building
- Translate responsibility assignment matrix (RAM)
- Discuss conflict resolution
- Discuss ways to motivate team
- Conflict and RAM exercise
8.0 — Collect Requirements
- Collect requirements
- Requirements relationships
- Requirements exercise
9.0 — Define Scope Statement
- Define scope
- Scope statement to produce newsletter
- Scope exercise
10.0 — Create Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Create WBS
- Sample WBS — new home construction
- Newsletter WBS example
- WBS exercise
11.0 — Project Schedule
- Project scheduling
- Scheduling terminology
- Approaches to scheduling
- Scheduling techniques
- Sample newsletter schedule
- Twelve steps to entering and managing a project in MS Project
- Project do’s and don’ts
- Schedule exercise
12.0 — Project Budgeting
- Project management process group
- What is a project budget?
- The spend plan
- Balancing scope and cost
- Lesson summary
13.0 — Planning for Risk
- Project management process group
- Why plan to manage risk?
- What is a risk management plan?
- Risk management process
- Lesson summary
14.0 — Approving the Project Management Plan
- Project management process group
- Control gate reviews
- Performance measurement baseline
- Lesson summary
15.0 — Monitoring, Controlling, and Executing the Project
- What does managing include?
- The managing cycle
- Managing scope and quality
- Managing schedule
- Managing cost
- Managing risk
- Managing change
- When do you revise the PMB?
- Reporting status
- Communicating project status
- Lesson summary
16.0 — Closing the Project
- Project management process groups
- Why close projects?
- Make projects a learning experience
- Final project activities
- Lesson summary