Ideal for the new project manager or someone needing a refresher!
This course covers all the concepts, tools, and techniques you need
to manage a project successfully. Even better, we include
Microsoft Project instruction, industry best practice discussion,
and actual project planning exercises into this class.Like all EdWel courses, plan your next project during class. We'll even show you how to plan everything professionally
in Microsoft Project.
Project Management Quick Tips: Overview
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
• You are new to project management or looking for a refresher.
• You need some time to plan your project formally.
• You are trying to help your company set best practices.
• You expect to manage a project soon.
WHAT PARTICIPANTS DO AND ACCOMPLISH
• Learned key project management terms and definitions
• Defined and planned your project.
• Created the task list for your project.
• Created a schedule in Microsoft Project
• Determined your project's critical path.
• Assigned resources to your project.
• Learned how to fast-track a project.
• Determined how to monitor your project
• Expedited a project schedule.
• Performed a real-world simulation on your project
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Introduction to Project Management |
Day 1
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Topics Covered:
• Introduction to Project Management and project management standards.
• Why Project Management is important?
• Lifecycles of a Project
• Thirteen Types of Stakeholders that can influence your project’s results
• The role of the Project Manager/Project Sponsor/Project Team Member
• Responsibilities of the Project Manager
Exercise: Participants identify their in-class projects and discuss with the instructor.
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Initiating the Project |
Day 1
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Topics Covered:
• Building the business case
• Crafting the Statement of Work (SOW)
• Creating the scope statement
• Defining/Developing the Project Charter
• Creating SMART Objectives
• Determining change control and issues management
• Establishing project assumptions
• Assessing project costs
• Linking your project to the Strategic Plan
Participants will do these exercises on their projects:
• Begin to format their project's Project Charter
• Write their project's objective statement
• Write their project's scope statement
• List their project's main assumptions
• Identify key business and technical requirements for their
project
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Planning the Project |
Day 1
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Topics Covered:
• Introduction to the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Identifying project milestones and deliverables
• Project task identification
• Generating team commitment and buy-in
• Milestones, Gates and Reviews
• Working with subject matter experts
• Estimating tools for calculating task duration and effort
Participants will do these exercises on their projects:
• Create their project task list using the Work Breakdown
Structure
• Estimate activity duration and work using robust estimating
techniques
• Learn how to enter and format their project's tasks in
Microsoft Project
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Planning the Project Continued |
Day 2
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Topics Covered:
• Introduction to the Network Diagram
• Calculating the Critical Path
• Determining Resource Loads
• Coordinating resources among multiple projects
• Leveling resources among multiple projects
• Assigning responsibility
• Building the schedule
Participants will do the following exercises on their projects:
• Build their project's schedule in Microsoft Project
• Determine their project's Critical Path
• Assign resources to their project and enter into Microsoft
Project
• Perform a detailed risk assessment and develop contingency
plans
• Review their project's schedule in Microsoft Project
Project Execution and
Controlling the Project |
Day 2
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Topics Covered:
• Tracking the project’s progress
• Understanding the eight triggers to a troubled project
• Expediting a project
• Managing the issues log and change requests
• Different types of tracking data
• Interpreting the data
• Simple approach to Earned Value Analysis (EVA)
• Managing team member performance
• Contractor/Vendor Administration
• Tips and Techniques for tracking projects
Participants will do the following exercises on their projects:
• Discuss and determine how to track their project's progress
• Establish other qualitative approaches to controlling
projects
• Learn how to track a base-lined project in Microsoft
Project
Simulation: Finally, participants will experience an EdWel-exclusive
project management simulation to test their leadership, negotiation,
and project management abilities.
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Closing the Project |
Day 2
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Topics Covered:
• Lessons learned and the post-project review
• Preparing the project close schedule
• Creating final project reports
• Client sign-off
Participants will do the following exercises on their projects:
• Performa a lessons learned exercise on their project
• Begin to plan for the post-project review
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Wrap-Up – Questions & Answer |
Day 2
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Every participant receives a follow-up discussion with the instructor at their
convenience to discuss their project, preparation for the PMP Exam, or any other
project management concern.
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