Course description
Project Management Fundamentals: In-House Training
Many projects are performed by highly competent and effective people who have little or no project management training. They perform projects like process improvement, marketing campaign development, new product development, event planning and production, and other “tasks” which are projects. Project Management Fundamentals (PMF) is designed to support those people who need a solid foundation in project management, without being unnecessarily burdened to learn it while on the job.
The course offers practical skills, concepts, and principles that can be taken back to the workplace, along with insights needed to adapt them to specific project environments. In today’s environment, that means possibly adapting to Agile / Iterative methods. So, we have recently added key Agile concepts to provide a basic understanding of shifting towards agility.
Since PMF’s course goal is to achieve quality performance by learning effective planning and control, the focus is on a process orientation and an analytical, systems-oriented approach. Together, these frameworks promote project-related problem solving and decision-making skills necessary for real world projects. They honor project needs for collaboration, clear communications among people, and interpersonal and relationship skills. Recognition of these needs are woven throughout PMF, but are highlighted in two specific areas:
- Module 2 – People and Projects
- Module 8 – Executing, Communicating, and Developing the Team
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What You Will Learn
At the end of this program, you will be able to:
- Describe the value of strong project management
- Identify characteristics of a successful project and project manager
- Recognize how current agile / adaptive practices fit within project management
- Explore project management processes, including Initiating, Planning, Execution, Monitoring & Controlling, and Closing
- Utilize project management processes and tools, based on case studies and real-world situations
- Create an initial project plan
- Use standard project management terminology
Training Course Content
Foundation Concepts
- Project management and definitions
- Value and focus of PM
- Competing constraints and project success
- Project life cycles
People and Projects
- People and projects overview
- The project manager
- The project team
- People and projects in organizations
Initiating and Defining Requirements
- Initiating the project
- Developing the project charter
- Conducting stakeholder assessments
- Defining requirements
Using the Work Breakdown Structure
- Defining the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Developing a usable WBS
- Using the WBS
Managing Project Risk
- Making the case for risk management
- Overview to planning for risk
- Identifying risks
- Analyzing risks
- Planning responses to risks
- Implementing response and monitoring risks
- Considerations for adaptive environments
Estimating
- Defining an estimate
- Estimating approaches
- Estimating practices
- Estimating cost
- Validating an estimate
Scheduling
- Defining the scheduling process and related terminology
- Sequencing and defining dependencies
- Determining the critical path
- Considering schedule risks and optimizing the schedule
Executing, Communicating, and Developing the Team
- From baseline to execution
- Project communications and stakeholder relationships
- High-performing teams
Monitoring and Controlling
- Defining monitoring and controlling
- Viewing control through the competing demands lens
- Variance Analysis and corrective action (Earned Value)
- Considerations in adaptive environments
Closing the Project
- Closing projects
- Focusing on project transition
- Focusing on post-project evaluations
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