Much of the work that you do can be organized as a project. The ability to successfully define and subsequently manage a project is quickly leaving the realm of the extraordinary and is becoming a core competency for many organizations. Managing a project is not easy and project management skills do not come naturally to many people - even to many “experienced” project managers. This class provides the foundation for experienced project managers that have not had prior formal training before. It is also a great refresher class for experienced project managers that would like to recap the value associated with rigorous and disciplined project management practices.

Prerequisites

• This is an accelerated version of the four-day PM00.00 Project Management Preparation for Success class. The attendees should already have a basic understanding of project management.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this class, participants will be able to:

• Define the various aspects of a project

• Build an appropriate project schedule

• Effectively manage the project through:

  • Schedule management

  • Issues and change management

  • Communication management

  • Risk management

  • Human Resource management

  • Quality and metrics management

Who Should Attend

• Experienced project managers and team members that manage and work on projects

• Managers that manage project managers and monitor project status

• Clients, customers and all stakeholders that participate on projects

Course Outline

• Overview

• Defining a project

• Building and managing a schedule

• Managing issues and change

• Managing communication

• Managing risk

• Managing human resources

• Managing quality and metrics

The class contains numerous exercises that are worked on throughout the course.

Class Length

• Two Days (16 PDUs)