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3-Day Fundamentals of Project Management Workshop

Topics to be covered by day:

Day 1

Project Management Framework

  • Projects, Subprojects, and Constraints
  • Project Management
  • Project Management Nine Knowledge Area( PMBOK®)
  • Project Life Cycle
  • Project Management Process Groups
  • Stage-Gate Process

Project Communication Exercise

Initiation Process

  • Initiation Process
  • Project Stakeholders
  • Key Stakeholders
  • Stakeholder Relationship Exercise
  • Project Manager Responsibilities
  • Subject Matter Expert (SME) Responsibilities
  • Project Roles and Responsibilities
  • Project management Skills
  • Communication Management
  • Organizational Influences
  • Project Influences
  • Conflict Resolution Process
  • Project and Product Concept
  • Initiation Documentation “Project Charter”

Planning Process

  • Planning Process

Scope Statement Development

  • Scope Statement Development and Components
  • Project and Product Objectives
  • Project and Product Requirements
  • Project Procurement
  • Completion of a Scope Statement
  • Objective/Scope Statement Exercise

Schedule Development

  • Work Breakdown Structure
  • Work Breakdown Structure Exercise

Day 2

  • Activity Sequencing
  • Standard Dependency Relationships
  • Network Diagram
  • Network Exercise
  • Activity Resource Estimating (Effort and Duration)
  • Effort Estimating Exercise
  • Resource vs. Duration Driven Activity
  • Duration Exercise
  • Schedule Analysis
  • Critical Path Process and Formula
  • Schedule Compression Techniques
  • Critical Path Exercise
  • Bar (Gantt) Chart
  • Project Milestones
  • Bar (Gantt) Chart Exercise
  • Resource Adjustments
  • Individual Resource Allocation and Commitment
  • Team Resource Allocation
  • Full-Time Equivalent
  • Resource Leveling Techniques
  • Resource Adjustment Exercise
  • Cost Estimating/Budgeting
  • Estimating Techniques
  • Cost Estimating Exercise

Day 3

Risk Management

  • Risk Management Methodology
  • Risk Management Planning
  • Risk Identification
  • Qualitative Risk Analysis
  • Quantitative Risk Analysis
  • Risk Response
  • Risk Monitoring and Control
  • Risk Management Exercise
  • Project Risk Register
  •  Project Plan Validation Checklist
  • Final Project Plan Approval
  • Completion of Planning Process

Execution/Monitoring and Control Process

  • Execution Process
  • Monitoring and Control Process
  • Execution/Monitoring and Control Flow Chart
  • Performance Measurements
  • Variance Analysis
  • Status Reporting Format & Guidelines
  • Configuration Management
  • Change Control System
  • Execution/Monitoring and Control Exercise

Closeout Process

  • Project Closeout Process
  • Final Data Collection and Analysis
  • Project Closeout Meeting
  • Lessons Learned
  • Project Completion Documentation
  • Best Practices for Future Projects

Course Learning Objectives and Deliverables

  • Describe what it takes to manage projects successfully
  • Define project management terms and concepts, creating a common languages
  • Describe a typical life cycle of a project and how the various processes work within that life cycle
  • Present the five project management processes
  • Identify project roles and responsibilities
  • Recognize the importance of communication and negotiation to successful project management
  • Improve management of stakeholder expectations
  • Enable participants to work more effectively on project teams and understand their needs and motivation
  • Clarify project charter, objective, scope and requirements
  • Create a realistic project schedule
  • Identify and manage project risk
  • Interpret and analyze project data and reports
  • Apply all the project management processes in class and review how to apply them to your own projects
  • Discuss use and future application of project management
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