5 day class

Course Description

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. This course expands upon the basic concepts of project management you discovered in the Project Management Fundamentals course, and offers a job-related approach to successful project management across application areas and industries.

Course Objective: You will apply the generally recognized practices of project management acknowledged by the Project Management Institute (PMI®) to successfully manage projects.

Target Student: This course is designed for experienced project managers who want to increase their project management skills, apply a standards-based approach to project management, and apply for Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI®) Project Management Professional (PMP®) Certification.

Prerequisites: To ensure your success, we recommend you first take the following courses or have equivalent knowledge:

Project Management Fundamentals
Microsoft Project 2000, 2002, or 2003 Level 1  & 2
Microsoft Project 2000, 2002, or 2003 Level 2
 
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Initiate a project.
• Plan project work.
• Develop project schedules, cost estimates, and budgets.
• Plan project quality, staffing, and communications.
• Analyze project risks.
• Plan project procurement.
• Execute project work.
• Monitor and control project work.
• Monitor and control project schedule and costs.
• Monitor and control project quality, staffing, and communications.
• Monitor and control project risks and contracts.
• Close the project.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Initiating a Project

• Topic 1A: Apply Project Management Processes
• Topic 1B: Create a Project Charter
• Topic 1C: Develop a Preliminary Project Scope Statement

Lesson 2: Planning Project Work

• Topic 2A: Develop Project Management Plan
• Topic 2B: Create a Scope Management Plan
• Topic 2C: Create a Scope Statement
• Topic 2D: Develop a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Lesson 3: Developing Project Schedules, Cost Estimates, and Budgets

• Topic 3A: Create an Activity List
• Topic 3B: Create a Project Network Diagram
• Topic 3C: Estimate Activity Resources
• Topic 3D: Estimate Activity Durations
• Topic 3E: Identify the Critical Path
• Topic 3F: Develop a Project Schedule
• Topic 3G: Estimate Project Costs
• Topic 3H: Establish a Cost Baseline

Lesson 4: Planning Project Quality, Staffing, and Communications

• Topic 4A: Create a Quality Management Plan
• Topic 4B: Document Roles, Responsibilities, and Reporting Relationships
• Topic 4C: Acquire Project Team
• Topic 4D: Create a Communications Management Plan

Lesson 5: Analyzing Risks and Planning Risk Response

• Topic 5A: Create a Risk Management Plan
• Topic 5B: Identify Project Risks and Triggers
• Topic 5C: Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
• Topic 5D: Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
• Topic 5E: Develop a Risk Response Plan

Lesson 6: Planning Project Procurement

• Topic 6A: Prepare a Contract Statement of Work
• Topic 6B: Prepare a Procurement Document

Lesson 7: Executing Project Work

• Topic 7A: Direct and Manage Project Execution
• Topic 7B: Perform Quality Assurance
• Topic 7C: Develop Project Team
• Topic 7D: Information Distribution
• Topic 7E: Request Seller Responses
• Topic 7F: Select Sellers

Lesson 8: Monitoring and Controlling Project Work

• Topic 8A: Monitor and Control Project Work
• Topic 8B: Manage Changes to Performance Baselines
• Topic 8C: Review Deliverables and Work Results
• Topic 8D: Control Project Scope

Lesson 9: Monitoring and Controlling Project Schedule and Costs

• Topic 9A: Control the Project Schedule
• Topic 9B: Control Project Costs

Lesson 10: Monitoring and Controlling Project Quality, Staffing, and Communications

• Topic 10A: Perform Quality Control
• Topic 10B: Manage Project Team
• Topic 10C: Report Project Performance
• Topic 10D: Manage Stakeholders

Lesson 11: Monitoring and Controlling Project Risk and Contracts

• Topic 11A: Monitor and Control Project Risk
• Topic 11B: Administer a Contract

Lesson 12: Closing the Project

• Topic 12A: Close a Project
• Topic 12B: Close a Contract