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Course Overview

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 covers in-depth the essential elements of managing a successful project. Focusing on the generally accepted practices of project management recognized by the Project Management Institute, Inc. PMI ®, this course offers you a standards-based approach to successful project management across application areas and industries.

Course Objectives

You will apply the generally accepted project management best practices recognized by the PMI to successfully manage projects.

Target Audience

This course is designed for experienced project managers who desire to increase their project management skills and apply a standards-based approach to project management.

Delivery Method

Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Performance-Based Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Initiate a project.
Define project scope.
Develop schedule and cost performance baselines for a project.
Plan project quality, staffing, and communications.
Analyze project risks.
Define project procurement requirements.
Execute the project.
Control the project.
Close the project.

Course Outline

1. Introduction

What is a Project?
What is a Project Management?
Relationships Among Portfolio Management, Program Management
Relationship between Project Management, Operations Management and Organizational Strategy
Business Value
Role of the Project Manager
Project Management Body of Knowledge

2. Organizational Influences And Project Life Cycle

Organizational Influences on Project Management
Project Stakeholders and Governance
Project Team
Project Life Cycle

3. Project Management Processes

Common project management process Interactions
Project management process groups
Initiating Process Group
Planning Process Group
Executing Process Group
Monitoring and Controlling Process Group
Closing Process Group
Project Information
Role of the Knowledge Areas

4. Project Integration Management

Develop Project Charter
Develop Project Management Plan
Direct and Manage Project Work
Monitor and Control Project Work
Perform Integrated Change Control
Close Project or Phase

5. Project Scope Management

Plan Scope Management
Collect Requirements
Define Scope
Create WBS
Validate Scope
Control Scope

6. Project Time Management

Plan Schedule Management
Define Activities
Sequence Activities
Estimate Activity Resources
Estimate Activity Durations
Develop Schedule
Control Schedule

7. Project Cost Management

Plan Cost Management
Estimate Costs
Determine Budget
Control Costs

8. Project Quality Management

Plan Quality Management
Perform Quality Assurance
Control Quality

9. Project Human Resource Management

Plan Human Resource Management
Acquire Project Team
Develop Project Team
Manage Project Team

10. Project Communications Management

Plan Communications Management
Manage Communications
Control Communications

11. Project Risk Management

Plan Risk Management
Identify Risks
Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
Plan Risk Responses
Control Risks

12. Project Procurement Management

Plan Procurement Management
Conduct Procurement
Control Procurements
Close Procurements

13. Project Stakeholder Management

Identify Stakeholders
Plan Stakeholder Management
Manage Stakeholder Engagement
Control Stakeholder Engagement

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