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Description
In this program, project managers learn about the five steps in the project management process. They learn how to integrate considerations of project scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communication, and risk to complete a project successfully.
Audience
Individuals who want to understand the most effective way to apply the five steps of the project management process.
Prerequisites
(Currently no course prerequisite information)
Objective
- List the five steps of the project management process.
- Implement seven steps during project planning.
- Complete six steps when executing a project plan.
- Identify six project areas that should be controlled.
- Ask questions to determine when a project should be terminated.
- Write a comprehensive final project report.
Topics Include
Unit 1: Background Information - Define project management.
- List the five steps of the project management process.
- Explain how project management is an integrative process.
- Differentiate between project and product-oriented processes.
- Simulation Overview:
- In this simulation, you will meet with Janet Porter, Icon's Director of Business Development. Through your questions, you will learn the five steps of the project management process, the importance of viewing project management as an integrative process, and how product-oriented processes are different from project management processes.
Unit 2: Initiating and Planning - Define project initiation and planning.
- Implement seven steps during project planning.
- Perform seven activities that assist project planning.
- Explain the purpose of a project management information system.
- Simulation Overview:
- In this simulation, you will meet with Chala Merino, Icon's Assistant Controller; Greg Avery, Icon's Engineering Manager; and Travis Peterson, Icon's Director of Information Services. You are responsible for creating a training manual in conjunction with Phase I of the telecommunications project. In this meeting, you will perform the Initiating and Planning Steps of the project management process.
Unit 3: Executing and Controlling - Define project executing.
- Complete six steps when executing a project plan.
- Perform three activities that assist project execution.
- Identify six project areas that should be controlled.
- Simulation Overview:
- In this simulation, you will meet with Elizabeth Williams, one of Icon's Engineers, and Marcus D'Angelo, Icon's Creative Director, to discuss the progress on the training manual for the new video-conferencing network. An outside writer was hired to complete the training manual, and there have been contract problems.
Unit 4: Closing - Explain the importance of contract close-out.
- Describe two reasons a contract might be terminated.
- Define administrative closure.
- Ask questions to determine when a project should be terminated.
- List six ways a project can be terminated.
- Write a comprehensive final project report.
- Simulation Overview:
- In this simulation, you will meet with Chala Merino, Icon's Assistant Controller; Greg Avery, Icon's Engineering Manager; and Travis Peterson, Icon's Director of Information Services. Your goal is to create the close-out report for the telecommunication network's training manual.
Duration
4
Minimum Requirements
Minimum System Requirements: (Server)
- Microsoft NT 4.0 Server running Microsoft’s Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0 (Service Pack 4 or newer)
- 200 MHz Pentium Processor Computer with a least 64 MB of RAM
- 15 MB of hard drive space per Audio Enhanced version
- 5 MB of hard drive space per Graphic Enhanced version
Minimum Playback Requirements: (Client)
Audio Enhanced Versions:
- Netscape 4.064.X with JVM 1.1.5 or higher.
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pak 2 with latest JVM from Microsoft.
- 100 MHz Pentium Processor Computer with at least 16 MB of RAM
- Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0, 2000
- 800 X 600 monitor at 16 bit color depth
- Sound Card and Speakers
Graphic Enhanced Versions:
- Netscape 4.064.X with JVM 1.1.5 or higher.
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pak 2 with latest JVM from Microsoft.
- Pentium Processor Computer with at least 16 MB of RAM
- Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0, 2000
- 800 X 600 monitor
Offline Delivery Versions:
- Latest JVM from Microsoft
- 100 MHz Pentium Processor Computer with at least 16 MB of RAM
- Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0, 2000
- 800 X 600 monitor at 16 bit color depth
- Sound Card and Speakers (optional)
CDROM Playback Specifications
Minimum Client Playback Specification:
Pentium Processor 166 MHz Computer
Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0, 2000
800x600; 16bit color
16 MB of RAM
At least 5 MB of hard drive space
Note: QuickTime requires an additional 20MB on the first install
Double speed CDROM drive
16bit sound card with speakers
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