You are taking this course, you probably have some professional exposure to the duties of a project manager, or you may be considering embarking on a career in professional project management. 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. In this course, you will apply the generally recognized practices of project management acknowledged by the Project Management Institute (PMI)® to successfully manage projects.

• Training Type

Training

• Topics

Lesson 1: Getting Started with Project Management.
Topic A: Components of Project Management.
Topic B: Project Management and the Business.
Lesson 2: Project Management and the Organization.
Topic A: Identify Organizational Influences.
Topic B: Project Stakeholders and Governance.
Topic C: The Project Team.
Topic D: The Project Life Cycle.
Lesson 3: Working with Project Management Processes.
Topic A: Project Management Processes and Knowledge Areas.
Topic B: Identify Project Information.
Lesson 4: Initiating a Project.
Topic A: Develop a Project Charter
Topic B: Identify Project Stakeholders
Lesson 5: Planning a Project
Topic A: Develop a Project Management Plan.
Topic B: Plan Scope Management.
Topic C: Collect Project Requirements.
Topic D: Define Project Scope.
Topic E: Create a WBS.
Lesson 6: Planning for Project Time Management.
Topic A: Plan Schedule Management.
Topic B: Define Project Activities.
Topic C: Sequence Project Activities.
Topic D: Estimate Activity Resources.
Topic E: Estimate Activity Duration.
Topic F: Develop a Project Schedule
Lesson 7: Planning Project Budget, Quality, and Communications.
Topic A: Plan Project Cost Management.
Topic B: Estimate Project Costs.
Topic C: Determine the Project Budget.
Topic D: Plan Quality Management.
Topic E: Plan Human Resource Management.
Topic F: Plan Communications Management.
Lesson 8: Planning for Risk, Procurement, and Stakeholder Management.
Topic A: Plan Risk Management.
Topic B: Identify Risks.
Topic C: Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis.
Topic D: Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis.
Topic E: Plan for Risk Response.
Topic F: Plan Project Procurement.
Topic G: Plan Stakeholder Management.
Lesson 9: Executing a Project.
Topic A: Direct and Manage Project Work.
Topic B: Perform Quality Assurance.
Topic C: Acquire Project Team.
Topic D: Develop Project Team.
Topic E: Manage a Project Team.
Topic F: Manage Communications.
Topic G: Conduct Procurement.
Topic H: Manage Stakeholder Engagement.
Lesson 10: Managing Project Work, Scope, Schedules, and Cost.
Topic A: Monitor and Control Project Work.
Topic B: Perform Integrated Change Control.
Topic C: Validate Project Scope.
Topic D: Control Project Scope.
Topic E: Control the Project Schedule.
Topic F: Control Project Costs.
Lesson 11: Controlling the Project.
Topic A: Control Project Quality.
Topic B: Control Communications.
Topic C: Control Project Risks.
Topic D: Control Project Procurement.
Topic E: Control Stakeholder Engagement.
Lesson 12: Closing a Project .
Topic A: Close Project or Phase.
Topic B: Close Procurement.

• Pre-requisites

Familiarity with project management concepts and some working experience with project management are required. Experience with a specific project management software tool is not required. Basic computing skills and some experience using Microsoft Office is desirable but not required.

• Audience

This course is designed for individuals who have on-the-job project management experience (whether or not project manager is their formal job role), who are not certified project management professionals, and who might or might not have received formal project management training. The course is appropriate for these persons if they wish to develop professionally, increase their project management skills, apply a formalized and standards-based approach to project management, and seek career advancement by moving into a formal project manager job role, as well as to apply for Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

• Related Courses

Management Skills.

• Value of Training
• Training Hours

40 Hours