Description

Description

This introductory project management training course equips you with the essential knowledge and skills to successfully lead a project from start to finish. You will gain hands-on experience through a simulated project case study.

Training Objectives

• Leverage key project management concepts.
• Lead a project from beginning to end.
• Motivate and lead your project team.
• Implement effective project management processes.
• Develop the leadership skills needed for successfully planning
• managing
• and delivering projects of any size and scope.
• Test your knowledge in the end-of-course exam.
• Continue learning and face new challenges with after-course one-on-one instructor coaching.

Course Outline

• Module 1: Introduction to Project Management<br />
• Benefits and value of project management|<br />
• Communication as the key to project success<br />
• Defining a project<br />
• Defining projects, programmes, and portfolio management<br />
• The project management process<br />
• The phases of project management<br />
• Activity: The Way Many Projects Start – Chaos<
• Module 2: Initiating a Project<br />
• Defining the initiation phase<br />
• Linking strategic value to the project<br />
• Business case overview<br />
• Issue tracking<br />
• Assumptions<br />
• Defining the objective of a project<br />
• Creating the objective statement (the Five “W” questions)<br />
• Translating the statement into deliverables<br />
• Activity: Building an Objective Statement and Deliverables List<
• Project Charters and other initiating activities<br />
• Strategic considerations<
• Module 3: Planning the Project<br />
• What a project plan is<
• The narrative planning document<br />
• Outline of content<br />
• Stakeholders<
• Defining stakeholders<br />
• How they contribute to the development of a project plan<br />
• Stakeholder analysis<br />
• Stakeholder engagement plan<br />
• Stakeholder communication plan<br />
• Creating the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)<
• Defining the WBS<br />
• How the WBS is developed<br />
• Activity: Build the WBS for Class Project<
• Creating the Project Schedule<
• Identify activities<br />
• Estimate activities<br />
• Do Now Activity: Determine Duration of Project Activities<br />
• Sequencing activities<br />
• Activity: Sequence Project Activities (create network diagram)<
• Resourcing the schedule (Identify, Allocate, Optimise)<br />
• Finalise schedule (Determine project duration, Understand Critical Path, Refining the project to meet objectives and constraints)<
• Module 4: Project Risk Management<br />
• Define risk management<br />
• Risk identification<br />
• Analyse probability and impacts<br />
• Risk registers<br />
• Plan risk responses<br />
• Activity: Develop Risk Register for Class Project<
• Contingency plans<br />
• Early warning signs<
• Module 5: Baselining the Plan<br />
• Change control<
• Process defined<br />
• Scaling process to fit the project<br />
• Project team guidelines<
• Status meetings<br />
• Schedule updates<br />
• Issue and risk tracking and reporting<br />
• Other considerations<
• Quality management plan<br />
• Project procurement plan<br />
• Getting approval to execute a plan<br />
• Activity: Team Review of Completed Project Plan<
• Module 6: Executing the Plan<br />
• Defining executing/monitoring and controlling processes<br />
• The management processes<br />
• How to monitor and control key plan elements<br />
• Project status reports<br />
• Analysing data against a baseline to determine progress<br />
• Taking corrective action to meet project constraints<br />
• Activity: Review Project Status Report and Schedule<
• Module 7: Project Closure<br />
• Determining if a project is ready to close<br />
• Transfer of project deliverable(s) to operational control<br />
• Determining if project objectives and business value have been attained<br />
• Conducting lessons-learned review<br />
• Appropriate celebrations<br />
• Building project management capabilities in organisations<
• Activity: Course Review and Communication of Learnings