PM Essentials

The foundation of what every project manager needs to know in order to successfully manage projects is presented in this course. Participants gain an understanding of how the project management processes are used during each phase of a project to build a better, more effective project plan. Through the use of short case studies, practical exercises, class discussions, and lectures, participants have the opportunity to apply these best practices in a non-threatening classroom environment.

Key Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Define and develop elements of an effective team charter
• Describe the stages of team development
• Identify the elements of triple constraint
• Develop a project scope statement
• Create a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Describe and use different types of estimates
• Determine strategies for handling change requests
• Identify, quantify, and manage risk
• Develop, monitor, and control schedules
• Explain the importance of a project closeout process

Course Outline

1.1.       Project Management Framework and Project Initiation

1.1.1.    Brief Introduction of PMBOK

1.1.2.    Learn definitions and be able to describe the:

1.1.2.1. Project life cycle

1.1.2.2. Project portfolio management

1.1.2.3. Project management process groups

1.1.2.4. Knowledge areas

1.1.3.    What is a project?

1.1.4.    How to start a project?

1.1.5.    Pre-project Phase

1.1.6.    Project Proposal and Project Charter

1.1.7.    Selecting the project manager

1.1.8.    Project organization

2.1.       Project Planning

2.1.1.    Project Methodology

2.1.2.    Stakeholder Analysis

2.1.3.    Communications Planning

2.1.4.    Building the team

2.1.5.    Project Roles and Project Organization

2.1.6.    Responsibility Assignment Matrix

2.1.7.    Project plan  

3.1.       Project Scope Management

3.1.1.    Project Scope Planning

3.1.2.    Scope Definition

3.1.3.    Scope Statement

3.1.4.    Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

3.1.5.    Scope Verification

3.1.6.    Scope Control  

4.1.       Time Management

4.1.1.    WBS decomposition

4.1.2.    Activity sequencing

4.1.3.    Precedence diagramming method

4.1.4.    Precedence relationships

4.1.5.    Activity resource estimating

4.1.6.    Activity duration estimating

4.1.7.    Estimating approached

4.1.8.    Schedule development

4.1.9.    Critical path method (CPM) and PERT

4.1.10   Critical chain techniques

4.1.11.  Schedule negotiations

4.1.12.  Schedule control

5.1.       Cost Management

5.1.1.    Cost management plan

5.1.2.    Planning the resources

5.1.3.    Estimates

5.1.4.    Cost Estimating and Budgeting

5.1.5.    ROI calculation

5.1.6.    Learning curve

6.1.       Quality Management

6.1.1.    The importance of quality

6.1.2.    Historical evolution of quality

6.1.3.    Quality Planning

6.1.4.    Quality Assurance

6.1.5.    Quality Control

6.1.6.    Quality Reviews

6.1.7.    Quality tools 

7.1.       Controlling

7.1.1.    Controlling the project plan

7.1.2.    Schedule control

7.1.3.    Causes of schedule delays

7.1.4.    Cost control

7.1.5.    Earned value management

7.1.6.    Milestones

7.1.7.    Performance Reporting

7.1.8.    Project Reviews

8.1.       Project Execution and Closing

8.1.1.    Work Packages

8.1.2.    Work Issue and Supervision

8.1.3.    Weekly Meetings

8.1.4.    Project acceptance

8.1.5.    Final Report

8.1.6.    Lessons learned

8.1.7.    Project acceptance

8.1.8.    Final Report

8.1.9.    Lessons learned

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