This course is designed for practitioners who have to manage projects or a part of projects with team leading responsibilities. If you are a project team member with no leading responsibilities you might consider the alternative course of Project Management Essentials (PME).
Duration: 3 days
Credits: 21 PDU’s (Professional Development Units) or contact hours
Goal: The course is intended to enhance proficiency in applying Project Management processes and practices over the project life cycle. It focuses on defining, implementing, managing, leading, monitoring, controlling projects or a part of projects. The course is based on “A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), Project Management Institute, Inc.” perfotmance domains. PMBOK is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
Objectives:
- Understand the project environment
- Perform tasks that demonstrate an understanding of the project life cycle using PM best practices and processes
- Prepare and/or analyze a project charter
- Develop a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), a WBS dictionary, an Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS) and a Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)
- Develop a network diagram and a project schedule
- Develop a project budget
- Apply Earned Value Management (EVM) and perform activities to control project scope, schedule and cost
- Develop risk management plans and risk response plans
- Understand the main differences between Waterfall and agile approaches for managing projects
The course is divided into 4 modules:
- Project Management Framework and Project Integration Management
- Project Scope Management
- Project Time and Cost Management
- Project Risk Management
The participants practice on a specific business case, that simulates the real professional environment.
