Description:      A practical course in which students develop an integrated project plan, make decisions on the basis of quantifiable project data, and determine priorities on a multi-project basis.

                              An emphasis is placed on simulating real-world situations such as limiting time, scope, and resource availability. Extensive time is spent by students working in teams on exercises and actual projects.

                             This course is software independent, yet supports all PM packages by teaching basic methods and algorithms.

Days:                  2

Introduction

• Introductory Exercise

• Introduction to Project Management
• The Check-List Process
  
   

1.       Initiating Process

1.1               Initiation

1.1.1          Review the Project Charter

1.1.2          Identify the Project Stakeholders

1.1.3          Officially Appoint a Project Manager

1.1.4          Identify and Approve the Project Team

1.1.5          Establish the Project Repository

 

2.       Planning Process

1.2               Scope Planning

1.2.1          Create the Scope Document

1.2.2          Validate the Scope Document with Sponsor/Client

1.2.3          Archive the Scope Document

 

• Exercise #2.1 Creating a Scope Document

1.3               Scope Definition

1.3.1          Define Major Deliverables

1.3.2          Build the Work Breakdown Structure

1.4               Activity Definition

1.4.1          Identify Responsibility

1.4.2          Identify Completion Criteria

 

• Exercise #2.2.2 Build the Work Breakdown Structure
• Case Study #1 Define the Project

1.5               Activity Sequencing

• Exercise #2.4 Build the Dependency Diagram

1.6               Activity Duration Estimating

1.7               Schedule Development

1.7.1          Generate a Preliminary Task Schedule

• Exercise # 2.6.1 Generate a Preliminary Task Schedule

1.7.2          Optimize the Task Schedule

• Exercise #2.6.2 Optimize the Task Schedule
• Case Study #2 Build the Task Schedule

1.8               Resource Planning

1.8.1          Identify Available Resources

1.8.2          Assign Resources to Tasks

1.8.3          Generate a Preliminary Resource Schedule

 

• Case Study #3 Generate a Preliminary Resource Schedule

1.8.4          Optimize the Resource Schedule

1.9               Cost Estimating

1.10            Risk Management

1.10.1      Risk Identification

1.10.2      Risk Quantification

1.10.3      Risk Response Development

 

• Case Study #5 Managing Risk

1.11            Communication Planning

 

3.   Executing Process

                3.1   Project Planning Execution

                                3.1.1    Present Plan & Obtain Approval

                                3.1.2    Baseline the Project Plan

                                3.1.3    Conduct Kick-off Briefing

 

4.   Controlling Process

                4.1   Performance Reporting 

                                4.1.1    Collect Performance Information

                                4.1.2    Analyze Variances

 

• Case Study #6 Update the Project Schedule

4.2               Overall Change Control

 

5.       Closing Process

5.1               Administrative Closure