Project Management Solutions
Course Description:
This course covers the entire project management process. Participants are provided with a comprehensive knowledge base of practical, "hands on", project management skills that can be immediately applied in the work environment. Participants learn the key elements for success as a project manager and project team member.
"The Project Management Solutions course is a must, no matter if you have been in project management for 20 years or are just starting out. It provides a clear well rounded perspective of what project management means in today's terms. A. Grand, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
Learning Objectives:
After completion of this course the participant will be able to:
- Understand the project management process and the benefit of its effective application
- Develop and use project selection tools
- Generate and define a comprehensive set of project requirements
- Establish a Work Breakdown Structure for a project
- Generate project cost through proper application of estimating methods
- Schedule a project
- Manage and control project outcomes through application of earned value and variance analysis techniques
- Execute proper project risk management techniques
- Guide a project team through appropriate application of leadership and communication skills
- Close out a project
Course Agenda
- Introduction
- History of project management
- Project Management as a competitive edge
- Definition of a project
- The Project Management Institute
- The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)
- Initiating Process Group
- Portfolio Management
- Project Selection
- Project management methodologies
- The Project Management Office (PMO)
- Project definition
- Project objective development
- Project charter
- Project scope statement
- Planning
- Requirements Definition
- Work Breakdown Structures (WBS)
- Activity definition
- Estimating
- Contracts
- Scheduling
- Risk management
- Communication planning
- Execution
- Leadership
- Acquire project team
- Develop project team
- Managing project execution
- Quality assurance
- Information
- Monitoring and Controlling
- Change Management
- Earned value
- Performance reporting
- Closing
- Assuring customer satisfaction
- Administrative closure
- Contract closure
- Lessons learned
About the Instructor
Many people choose a physician by finding out who doctors send their family to when they need medical attention. They are looking for the doctor's doctor, the best of the best. Dr. Brown is a doctor's doctor when it comes to project management. He was chosen to evaluate and update the curriculum of one of the largest project management training companies. He was chosen by one of the leading project management software vendors to evaluate their product. McGraw Hill recently published his book The Handbook of Program Management. Leading companies in the business of project management choose Dr. James T. Brown when they need project management expertise.
Read about Dr. Brown.
Target Audiences: Project Managers, Project Team Members, Stakeholders
Length: Two Days
Professional Development Units (PDUs): 14
To schedule this project management training workshop, call 321-269-1222 or email
Dr. James Brown.
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