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Description
The key elements of successful projects are good time and cost control and an effective, motivated team. Both can be achieved through a participatory approach to developing and using schedules, budgets, and reporting systems. The focus of this course is therefore on teaching the student collaborative ways of using technical management systems and tools on projects. Instruction is provided both for the management tools and the development of the team environment required to make the tools effective.
Audience
The course is intended for managers, potential managers, and team members of software development projects. Because of the universality of the principles involved, much of this course will also be of value to anyone managing or involved in projects of this type.
Prerequisites
This course assumes that the student has had some experience working in a project environment or is planning to work in a project environment. There are no educational prerequisites.
Topics Include
Project Team Development
- Purpose of Project Management
- Key Principles for Project Success
- Effective Meetings
- Creating an Effective Team
- Group Behaviour Affecting Project Management
- Stages of Team Development
- Being Effective in Alternative Organizational Structures
Project Planning
- Management by Project Objectives
- Effective Planning
- Basic Steps in Planning
Project Planning Continued Using the Team Process
- Basics of the Critical Path Method
- Level of Detail
- Estimating the Duration and Float of Activities
- Using the Flowchart to Reduce the Project Duration
- Period Resource Demand and Total Resource Demand
Implementing the Plan, Monitoring Progress, Motivating the Team
- Project Practices Manual
- Information Required for Monitoring Projects
- Managing Project Changes
- Encouraging Creativity
- Creating a Productive Team Culture
- Characteristics of a Productive Culture
- How Managers can Create a Productive Culture
Evaluation of Project Management Practices
- Reasons for Evaluation
- Using a Model
- External Factors in a Project Evaluation Model
- Internal Factors in a Project Evaluation Model
- Steps in Evaluation
- Using the Team in Evaluation
Duration
4 hrs
Minimum Requirements
IBM 386 PC 33Mhz; 10MB Hard Disk Space; 4MB RAM; VGA Color Monitor; DOS 5.0; Windows 3.1; MS Mouse or 100% Compatible
Media
Diskette
CDROM
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