Nature and target:
This is a three-day intensive course with hands-on sessions to help participants develop basic project management background knowledge and specific project planning skills. By using case study, participants will define specific project activities by using a work breakdown structure (WBS), sequence those activities in the form of a network diagram, create a schedule and cost estimate, and project budgets. You will also learn essential attributes of a successful project manager, create a formal project communications plan, get organized to acquire staff, and identify potential risks to the project plan, along with ways of minimizing these risks.
Content:
l Basic concept review including project initiation & planning
l The origins of the field of project management and the role of today's project manager
l Basic project management terms and definitions
l Differences between projects and ongoing operations
l Explain how different organization structures can support or impede PM efforts
l Some of the socioeconomic influences that affect projects
l Benefits of organizing project activities into phases
l The Generic Project Life Cycle
l The five project management processes and activities associated with each
l Relationship between the five project management processes in PMBOK® and the project life cycle
l Roles and responsibilities of a Project Manage