Who Can Benefit?

• project managers
• project team members from Members of Process Improvement Teams
• Technical professionals and engineers

Course Objectives

• Develop and use work breakdown structures
• Develop realistic and measurable objectives to ensure positive results
• Estimate project time and costs using proven techniques
•  Establish a project control system and monitor progress
• Identify threats and opportunities to your project, and weigh their relative value

Course Outline

•   Foundations of Project Management
  • The nature of Projects and Project Management
  • Managing the triple constraints and the project life cycle
  • Managing stakeholders?
  • The project manager's responsibilities and the role of senior management
  • Project selection considerations and Needs Assessment
  • Developing Requirements
•   Project planning
  • Scope definition
  • Developing the Work Breakdown Structure
  • Basic rules of estimating and Types of estimates
  • Estimating methodologies
  • Identifying costs
  • Time-controlled estimates vs. resource-limited estimates
•   Scheduling the work
  • Network scheduling
  • Use of the Gantt chart and Milestones
  • Making up time in the Schedule
  • Procurement planning
  • Quality planning
•   Risk Management planning
  • Basic Foundations of Risk Management
  • Risk management Planning
  • Risk identification
• Risk analysis
  • Risk response Planning  
  • Risk response control
•   Project Implementation
  • Project Baselines
  • Project Control  
  • Earned value
  • Causes of variances
  • Project audits
  • Dealing With Changes
  • Project Closeout