Project Management Fundamentals

By the end of the course you will be able to :

• Understand the language and structure of the Project Management Institute’s Body of Knowledge.
• Better prioritize your projects.
• Understand the value of project charter documents.
• Consider the impact of the environment or context in which your projects occur on your planning processes.
• Develop work breakdown structures to better define your projects.
• Develop network diagrams that model how your project will be executed.
• Schedule your project and identify the critical path for your project.
• Use various tools and reports in improve project communications.
• Build resource information and cost information on top of your project plans.
• Run better project status meetings.
• Better estimate your project costs and durations.
• Identify, prioritize, and manage, project risks.
• Track issues and action items in a more systematic manner.
• Update your project plans on a regular basis.
• Measure how your project is progressing.
• Work with schedule delays and modify the project plan appropriately to minimize their impact.

• Length: 24 hours.
• Style: Instructor-led, using PowerPoint presentations, facilitated discussions, individual and group exercises.
• Format: Classroom – no computers required.
• Prerequisites: None.

• What is a Project ?
• What is Project Management ?
• Where did Project Management Come From ?
• What’s Driving the Need for Project Management ?
• The Project Manager
• The Project Management Institute (PMI)
• The Project Management Body Of Knowledge (PMBOK)
• The Nine Knowledge Areas
• Project Management Phases
• Project Balance
• The Role of the Project Manager
• A Simplified Project Management Process
• Assemble Team
• Define Project Scope
• Work Breakdown Structures (WBS)
• Develop an Initial Plan
• Network Diagrams / Precedence Diagrams
• Add Resources, Costs, Risks Etc.
• Obtain Stakeholder Buy-In
• Publish The Plan
• Collect Progress Information
• Analyze Current Status
• Adjust The Plan, and Manage Project Change
• Close Project
• Organizational Considerations
• The Project Office
• Functional Manager's Role
• The Role of Project Sponsors

• Project Repository
• Project Initiation
• Project Charters
• Planning Concepts
• Planning Processes
• Planning Considerations
• Project Stakeholders
• Stakeholder Management
• Phase-exit Reviews
• Project Scope
• Work Breakdown Structures
• Rolling Wave Planning
• WBS Checklist
• Advantages of Developing a WBS
• Organizational Planning
• Roles and Responsibility Assignments
• Network Diagrams
• Activity Relationships
• Network Diagram Principles
• Milestones
• Network Templates
• Estimating Durations
• Project Review and Evaluation Technique (PERT)
• Estimating Resource Requirements
• Schedule Development
• The Importance of Total Float
• Duration Compression - Crashing and Fast Tracking
• Reporting the Project Schedule
• Gantt Charts
• Cost Estimating Techniques
• Accuracy of Estimates
• Pricing

• Project Plans
• Status Review Meetings
• Status Meeting Agendas
• Meeting Minutes
• Project Reviews
• Phase-exit Reviews
• Tracking Issues and Action Items
• Issue Resolution
• Project Control Processes
• Baselines
• Schedule Control
• Collecting “Actuals”
• “Actuals” Collection Strategies
• Corrective Action
• Resource Leveling
• Cost Budgeting
• S-Curves
• Earned Value
• Cost Control
• Cost Tracking
• Quality Planning
• Project Quality Management
• PMI’s Approach to Quality
• What is a Risk ?
• Risk Identification
• Qualitative Risk Analysis
• Probability-Impact Matrix
• Risk Response Planning
• Change Management
• Work Authorization System
• Communication Planning
• Communication Management Plan
• Example Reports