Summary:
Project managers must understand and coordinate many things at once; people, stakeholders, resources, budget and unforeseen issues. Defining and implementing a plan to manage these items is critical for ensuring the success of a project. This course is designed to provide participants with the core knowledge and skills necessary to become effective and efficient project managers.
Course Content:
In this course, participants will learn practical methods for defining and managing the schedule, resources, cost, risk and quality of a project. Through a combination of lecture, group discussion and hands-on exercises the course will cover the following topics:
Project Management Overview
- ·What is necessary for project success?
- ·What is the role of a project manager?
- ·Project objectives, scope and constraints
- ·Key stakeholder, sponsor and project member roles
Project Planning
- Project life cycle and planning
- ·Project deliverables
- ·Introduction to project planning tools
- ·Work breakdown structure
- ·Estimating time and cost
- ·Resource allocation and management
- ·Predecessor and task linkage
- ·Gantt charts
- ·Risk management and contingency planning
- ·Project documentation
Managing the Project After Launch
- Monitoring project progress and performance
- ·Identifying and eliminating issues
- ·Effective decision making
- ·Sponsor and stakeholder communications
- ·Managing change requests and scope creep
Managing Project Teams
- Determining appropriate team meeting frequency
- Running an effective team meeting
- Generating efficient team meeting notes
- Managing team issues and providing effective team member feedback
Project Close
- Measuring project success
- Assessing project results vs. objectives
- Presenting results to project sponsors
- Confirming sponsor acceptance
- Final project documentation and project close-out
- Sharing project success and best practices
Register online here. **Registration of three or more participants from one company is discounted to $475.00 per participant**
Instructor: Drew Mohler
Contact MSQPC if you would like to conduct Project Management training on-site for your organization.
