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Real-World Project Management

Duration:
3 Days

Overview:
This three-day course provides participants with a solid foundation of PMI's project management methodology using the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge Fourth Edition as the source material.  Participants will choose a real-world project taken directly from their industry and apply the PMI processes involved in initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing a project.  Participants will engage in numerous discussion groups focusing on best practices.  Students will also complete numerous templates for their real-world projects including project charters, scope statements, work breakdown structures (WBS), risk registers, and more.  Participants take all electronic templates and completed exercises with them after the class.

 

Audience:

This course is designed for project managers, project team leaders, and team members transitioning into project manager or project team leader roles.

 

Prerequisites:

General familiarity with project management concepts

Outline:

Lesson 1: Introduction

  • Purpose of a Project Management Standard
  • What is a Project?
  • What is Project Management?
  • Project, Program, and Portfolio Management
  • Project Management and Operations Management
  • Role of a Project Manager
  • Project Management Body of Knowledge
  • Enterprise Environmental Factors

Lesson 2: Project Life Cycle Overview

  • The Project Life Cycle - Overview (2.1)
  • Projects vs. Operational Work (2.2)
  • Stakeholders (2.3)
  • Organizational Influences (2.4)

Lesson 3: Initiating Process Group

  • Initiating Process Group Overview (3.3)
  • Develop Project Charter (4.1)
  • Identify Stakeholders (10.1)

Lesson 4: Planning Process Group

  • Planning Process Group Overview (3.4)
  • Develop Project Management Plan (4.2)
  • Collect Requirements (5.1)
  • Define Scope (5.2)
  • Create WBS (5.3)
  • Define Activities (6.1)
  • Sequence Activities (6.2)
  • Estimate Activity Resources (6.3)
  • Estimate Activity Durations (6.4)
  • Develop Schedule (6.5)
  • Estimate Costs (7.1)
  • Determine Budget (7.2)
  • Plan Quality (8.1)
  • Develop Human Resource Plan (9.1)
  • Plan Communications (10.2)
  • Plan Risk Management (11.1)
  • Identify Risks (11.2)
  • Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis (11.3)
  • Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis (11.4)
  • Plan Risk Responses (11.5)
  • Plan Procurements (12.1)

Lesson 5: Executing Process Group

  • Executing Process Group Overview (3.5)
  • Direct and Manage Project Execution (4.3)
  • Perform Quality Assurance (8.2)
  • Acquire Project Team (9.2)
  • Develop Project Team (9.3)
  • Manage Project Team (9.4)
  • Distribute Information (10.3)
  • Manage Stakeholder Expectations (10.4)
  • Conduct Procurements (12.2)

Lesson 6: Monitoring and Controlling Process Group

  • Monitoring and Controlling Process Group Overview (3.6)
  • Monitor and Control Project Work (4.4)
  • Perform Integrated Change Control (4.5)
  • Verify Scope (5.4)
  • Control Scope (5.5)
  • Control Schedule (6.6)
  • Control Costs (7.3)
  • Perform Quality Control (8.3)
  • Report Performance (10.5)
  • Monitor and Control Risks (11.6)
  • Administer Procurements (12.3)

 

Lesson 7: Closing Process Group

  • Closing Process Group Overview (3.7)
  • Close Project or Phase (4.6)
  • Close Procurements (12.4)

 

*Content, days, and times vary depending on your location. Please view the outline prior to purchase or contact the local center for more information.