Project Management: Leading Successful Projects from Start to Finish

Objectives

Upon completing the Project Management course, participants will be able to:

• Know the dynamics of a Project Manager
• The importance of knowing your outcome before you start a process
• The importance of planning and how to manage the Planning Process
• The importance of people management skills in delivering of projects
• How to keep the team focused on the delivery goal
• How to set up and operate disciplines required to monitor and control projects

Benefits

• Mastering skills in managing project activities
• Learning skills necessary for mastering the art of project management
• Developing a more effective approach to interacting with project stakeholders
• Further developing people management skills
• Ways for building effective plans
• Better overall management and control of projects

COURSE MODULES (2DAYS)

Modules 1: INITIATION

• Understanding Project Life Cycles
• Utilization of resources: Project Management Institute
• Know Project Management Processes: PMBOK
• Apply Project Prioritization techniques
• Use of an Elevator Pitch with Stakeholders
• Identification of Teams (Stakeholders, Sponsors, Clients, SMEs)
• Identify elements of the Project Charter
• Creating Scope Statements
• Identify Deliverables and Milestones Schedules

Module 2: PLANING

• Creating Communication Matrix & Project Team Directories
• Establish Change Process and Approval (Scope Creep)
• Creating Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and Work Packages
• Develop Critical Path Method (CPM to Scheduling
• Identifying Float/Slack in a Schedule (Forward & Backward Pass)
• Develop Risk Registry and Manage Project Risk
• Deploy Analogous Estimate & PERT Estimate techniques
• Identify software systems to track project progress (hard skills)
• Promote positive communication with Kick-0ff meetings

Module 3: EXECUTION

• Reporting Project Efficiency: Planned, Earned and Actual Value Calculations: Schedule Variance, Cost Variance, Estimate to Complete (Monitoring & Controlling)
• Applying Fast-tracking and Crashing Projects (Compression Techniques)
• Use of Status Reports with Stakeholders
• Develop Milestone Acceptance Criteria
• Use of Scrum Master to address project problem areas

Module 4: CLOSING

• Use of Project Customer Feedback systems
• Deploy Project Closeout: Handing Over Finished Projects processes
• Using Lessons Learned skills

Training Methodology

• Instruction by an expert facilitator
• Practical illustrations
• Interactive classes
• Group discussions
• Workshops
• Simulations
• Case studies