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Course Overview
Your ability as a project manager to demonstrate best practices
in project management—both on the job and through professional
certification—is becoming the standard to compete in today's
fast-paced and highly technical workplace. This course expands upon
the basic concepts of project management you discovered in the
Project Management Fundamentals course and covers in-depth the
essential elements of managing a successful project. Focusing on the
generally accepted practices of project management recognized by the
Project Management Institute, Inc. PMI ®, this course offers you a
standards-based approach to successful project management across
application areas and industries.
Course Objectives
You will apply the
generally accepted project management best practices recognized by
the PMI to successfully manage projects.
Target Audience
This course is designed
for experienced project managers who desire to increase their
project management skills and apply a standards-based approach to
project management.
Delivery Method
Instructor led,
group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured
hands-on activities.
Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able
to:
. Initiate a project.
. Define project scope.
. Develop schedule and cost performance baselines for a project.
. Plan project quality, staffing, and communications.
. Analyze project risks.
. Define project procurement requirements.
. Execute the project.
. Control the project.
. Close the project.
Course Outline
THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK
Introduction
. What is a Project?
. What is Project Management?
. Areas of Expertise
. Project Management context
Project Lifecycle and Organization
. The Project Life Cycle
. Project Stakeholders
. Organizational Influences
The Standard for Project Management of a Project
. Project Management Processes
. Project Management Process Groups
. Process Interactions
. Project Management Process Mapping
THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE AREAS
Introduction
. Process Flow Diagrams
. Major Project Documents
Project Integration Management
. Develop Project Charter
. Develop Preliminary Project Scope Statement
. Develop Project Management Plan
. Direct and Manage Project Execution
. Monitor and Control Project Work
. Integrated Change Control
. Close Project Project Scope Management
. Scope Planning
. Scope Definition
. Create WBS
. Scope Verification
. Scope Control
Project Time Management
. Activity Definition
. Activity Sequencing
. Activity Resource estimating
. Activity Duration estimating
. Schedule Development
. Schedule Control
Project Cost Management
. Cost Estimating
. Cost Budgeting
. Cost Control
Project Quality Management
. Quality Planning
. Perform Quality Assurance
. Perform Quality Control
Project Human Resource Management
. Human Resource Planning
. Acquire project Team
. Develop Project Team
. Manage Project Team
Project Communications Management
. Communications Planning
. Information Distribution
. Performance Reporting
. Manage Stakeholders
Project Risk Management
. Risk Management Planning
. Risk Identification
. Qualitative Risk Analysis
. Quantitative Risk Analysis
. Risk Response Planning
. Risk Monitoring and Control
Project Procurement Management
. Plan Purchases and Acquisitions
. Plan Contracting
. Request Seller Responses
. Select Sellers
. Contract Administration
. Contract Closure
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