Project Management Fundamentals Course
Course Description
This course does not make use of any project management software application, but instead focuses on the conceptual underpinnings that students must know in order to use any project management software application effectively.
Students will learn how to use project management techniques to plan, organize, control, document, and close out their projects successfully and with minimum risk.
Target Student: Students enrolling in this course should be planning to lead a project (primary audience) or serve on a project team (secondary audience).
Performance-Based Objectives
- Discuss the phases of the Project Management Life Cycle and a project manager's role in each phase.
- List and discuss basic project success criteria and common reasons for project failure.
- Discuss techniques for setting up a strong project team.
- List and discuss elements of a Risk Management Plan.
- Discuss techniques for planning and sequencing project activities, including the Work Breakdown Structure and the Network Logic Diagram.
- Identify the Critical Path for completing a project on schedule.
- List and discuss the cost elements that should be included in a project budget.
- Discuss techniques for controlling for deviation from budgets and schedules.
- Discuss key elements of project management communications and reporting tools.
- Discuss key activities of project close-out.
Course pre-requisites:
Topics covered on the 1 day Project Management Fundamentals course
The Project Management Life Cycle
- What is a Project?
- The Project Management Life Cycle
- The Role of the Project Manager
Setting Up for Success
- The Meaning of Success
- What Happens in the Initiation Phase?
- Project Definition and Scope
- Putting Together a Statement of Work
- The Project Charter
The Project Team
- The Teamwork Challenge
- Selecting Team Members
- The Team Charter
Risk Management
- Project Risk
Project Plans
- The Work Breakdown Structure
- Work Package Sequencing
The Project Schedule
- The Scheduling Process
- Time Estimates
The Project Budget
- What is a Budget?
- Creating a Preliminary Budget
- Budget and Schedule Balancing
Project Tracking and Control
- Moving the Project Forward
- Monitoring for Project Progress
- Earned Value Analysis
- Getting Back on Track
Project Reports
- Communications Overview
- Project Performance Reports
- Project Change Requests
Project Close-out
- Elements of Close-out
- Evaluation of People and Projects
Course Classification:
This is an instructor led training course taught in a classroom based environment.
Scheduled course dates
| September 2010 | October 2010 | November 2010 | December 2010 | January 2011 |
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If you would prefer to run this course at your premises as you have several employees to place on the course perhaps, then we are also able to offer onsite Microsoft Project Training and bespoke Microsoft Project courses