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Project Management Fundamentals

Course Number: 3-2-KMJF
Course Time: 8 hours over one day with working lunch 
Pre-Work: Bring a sample project from your business.
Course Capacity: 15-20 participants

Course Format: An onsite course that includes hands on case study exercises to apply concepts.

Course Overview

This course is designed to provide a solid introduction to project management tools and processes. The primary focus is on the basic tools used to initiate and plan a project, monitor and control its execution and ultimately deliver the service or product. Participants in this class should be able to apply these tools and techniques to their projects when they return to their jobs.

Course Objectives

  • Gain an overview of thekey tools used in effective project management.
  • Understand how to manage the scope of a project.
  • Develop the ability to create realistic project plan and to manage according to it.
  • Learn how to build a high functioning project team.
  • Create a communication plan that will result in effective stakeholder management.
  • Recognize project risks and develop a plan to mitigate those issues.

Key Topics


Scope Management
  • In/Out of Scope – Define what the project will and will not do
  • Getting Consensus of Agreement
  • Create a Work Breakdown Structure-Identify what activities and deliverables must be performed
  • Estimating Strategies
Scheduling
  • How to look at dependencies
  • What can run in parallel
  • Once time is lost, it is gone forever
  • Critical Path - Where should attention be focused
Resources
  • Staffing against the Project
  • Identify types of resources required
  • Availability of necessary resources
  • Level of effort required by resources
Communication
  • Identify stakeholders and their expectations
  • How to communicate with stakeholders
  • Staying focused on the objectives
  • Resolving Issues in a timely manner
Risk
  • How to identify project risks
  • How to assess project risks
  • How to develop a plan for risk mitigation

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