Global Knowledge-Business - February-June 2009 - (Page 15) Applied Project Management Master an enterprise project through simulated activities. Course Description This project simulation course combines lectures, hands-on activities, and individual and team assignments to let you experience managing a project from original concept to archiving the project documents. You’ll walk through a complete project management life cycle, including initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing. Discover and validate a full range of PMBOK® Guide-specific project management processes from project charter through project closure. You will work individually and on a team to write objectives, conduct stakeholder analysis, and develop a work breakdown structure and risk management plan based on a case study provided by your instructor. Practice using estimating techniques, dependency analysis, and network diagramming. Use available progress information to determine the project’s earned value. Consider various and competing expectations from stakeholders, including the customer, sponsor, and team, as you develop and present plans to address expectations in ways that benefit the project. Based on approval from the project sponsor (through role-play presentations to the instructor), you will then manage the project in a simulated environment through to completion, including the formation and management of the project team, project tracking in MS Project, and regular project status reports to management. At the conclusion of the course, you will provide a closing presentation to the project sponsor that includes a thorough review of the results, lessons learned, and recommendations for improvements. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Course 2807 You will earn 35 contact hours or PDUs upon completion of this course. Hands-On Exercises Develop the Project Charter Build the Work Breakdown Structure Create a Network Diagram Identify the Critical Path Develop a Resource Assignment Matrix Evaluate Project Quality 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Assess Project Risk Determine Project Cost Plan Project Procurement Create Change Control Plans Estimate the Budget Prepare a Status Report for Schedule & Budget Work through the complete project management life cycle, including initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing. Course Content 1. Laying the Foundation • Explore the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) framework • Life cycle processes • Knowledge areas 2. Defining a Project • Difference among projects, programs, and recurring activities • Build a business case • The triple constraints • Develop your project scope through the use of a project charter • Identify and start to manage stakeholder expectations 3. Creating the Schedule • Seven steps of successful planning • Develop a work breakdown structure • Create effective estimates • Diagramming a project • Identifying the critical path 4. Planning for Quality • Customer expectations • Develop quality plans and methods • Quality assurance and control 5. Managing the Risks • Identify, assess, quantify, and manage risks • Mitigation strategies • Contingency planning 6. Dealing with Vendors • Procurement planning • Solicit, select, and manage vendors 7. Managing the Project • Baselining your project schedule • Track and report progress • Formal change control processes • Managing organizational change 8. Closing the Project • Best practices for sign off • Conducting lessons learned • Archiving project documents What You’ll Learn in Class • Build a business case for a project • Develop the project charter and scope • Obtain sign-off from sponsors and buy-in from stakeholders • Build a successful project team • Learn estimating techniques • Create a project schedule that is realistic and manageable • Track your project using Microsoft Project • Identify, analyze, quantify, mitigate, and manage risks • Create project management plans for quality, communication, resources, and stakeholder management • Develop an integrated change management plan • Manage project change • Close a project White Paper Nine PM Lessons Learned Global Knowledge instructor Vicki Wrona draws from her consulting experience to illustrate nine organizational PM implementation pitfalls to avoid. To download this white paper, visit www.globalknowledge.com/KnowledgeCenter. Project Management for Non-Project Managers (Course 400002) Self-Paced e-Learning: 23 Hours $920 10 PDUs In this course, those who are not professional project managers will learn the fundamentals of project management and how to incorporate established project management processes into the organization, making the most of their skills and experience and allowing employers to develop management and leadership skills from within. Classroom Learning 5 days $2,895 35 PDUs Classroom Learning AZ Phoenix Apr 13-17 CA San Jose Mar 2-6 CA San Jose Jun 1-5 DC Washington Apr 6-10 DC GA IL NC NC Washington Atlanta Chicago Raleigh Raleigh On-Site Learning Call for info. 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