Executives, project managers, functional managers, project contributors, and team members

2 Days

14 PDUs

This course teaches participants how to successfully initiate, plan, execute, control, and close-out projects. Participants will be introduced to practical industry best practices, project management concepts, terminology, and methods based on the Project Management Institute's Project Management Body of Knowledge. Our hands-on training is extremely practical and gives participants the conceptual and practical tools, templates, and checklists they need to collaborate on and manage projects successfully.

• Identify and understand the goal of project management
• Understand projects' value and role in the overall portfolio of an organization's activities
• Understand the different phrases, stages and processes of the project lifecycle
• Gather, characterize, document and manage requirements
• Identify and manage project stakeholders
• Understand the roles of project managers, project contributors, team members, other stakeholders
• Know how to move and manage projects through the project lifecycle to successful completion
• Understand practical project scheduling and planning methods, tips and tricks
• Understand, identify and manage project risks
• Become familiar with common project planning and management tools and templates
• Capture and implement lessons learned from projects to improve future projects
  

Course participants receive a course manual and CD with tools and templates for key project management processes.

Project Management Overview

• The Goal of Project Management
• Projects and Operations
• Portfolio Management and Project Selection
• Understanding the Project Lifecycle
• Stakeholders, Managers and Team Members

Initiating a Project

• Project Initiation Processes and Tools
• Identifying Project Deliverables
• Gathering Project Requirements
• Developing the Scope Statement and Project Charter
• Managing Expectations, Assumptions, and Risks

Planning a Project

• Project Management Planning Processes
• Developing the Scope Management Plan
• Developing the Project Management Plan
• Characteristics of Good Project Planning
• Risk Management
• Communications Management

Executing and Controlling a Project

• Implementing Project Plans
• Managing Requirements and Stakeholders
• Managing Change and the Change Control Process
• Managing Communications
• Managing Risks, Issues, and Documents

Closing Out a Project

• Project Close-Out Processes and Tools
• Getting Acceptance of Project Deliverables & Requirements
• Leading Effective Lessons-Learned Sessions
• Capturing and Implementing Lessons-Learned
• Handing-Off Project Deliverables to Operations, Customers, and Others
• Final Reports and Project Closure