Global Knowledge-Business - February-June 2009 - (Page 17) Schedule and Cost Control Course Description Learn the skills you need to establish and manage a schedule and budget. Through hands-on exercises, you'll learn to develop a work breakdown schedule, grasp diagramming techniques, identify task relationships, determine the critical path, employ estimating techniques, and analyze resource utilization. Once the project schedule is complete, you'll create a budget that includes all direct and indirect costs associated with the project. Learn the importance of baselining project schedules and budgets to make reporting and tracking progress easier. Understand how to use earned value analysis and other reporting techniques to ensure that your project progress is clearly identified and communicated to stakeholders. Create schedule and cost management plans, and control changes through an integrated change management process. You'll learn to use a variety of tools that will ensure that your project is delivered on time and within budget. Students pursuing college credit recommendation or continuing education units must attend at least 90% of class time, participate in class exercises and section-knowledge checks, and score at least 70% on an end of-class, multiple-choice assessment. This course was previously titled Managing Project Schedules and Budgets. Virtual Classroom e-Learning 4, 6-hour sessions, $1,795 18 PDUs Virtual Classroom e-Learning Feb 24-27 May 12-15 Aug 4-7 On-Site Learning Call for info. Course 2809 Get your schedule and budget done right and quantify progress through earned value analysis. You will earn 18 contact hours or PDUs upon completion of this course. What You’ll Learn in Class • Develop a work breakdown structure • Create a network diagram • Identify the critical path • Estimating techniques • Finalize your project schedule • Types of cost and expenditures • Develop a budget • Report progress through earned value analysis Course Content 1. Successful Project Schedules • Schedule Fundamentals • Activity Definition • Activity Sequencing • Duration Estimating • Tools for Creating Realistic Effort Estimates and Schedules • Compressing the Schedule • Controlling Schedule Change • Measuring Success Against the Schedule • Closing out the Schedule 2. Successful Project Budgets • Budget Fundamentals • Types of Cost • Cost Change • Measuring Success Against the Budget • Closing out the Budget Hands-On Exercises • Develop the Work Breakdown Structure • Create the Network Diagram • Determine the Critical Path • Develop a Resource Assignment Matrix • Create a Resource Histogram • Develop the Gantt Chart • Estimate the Budget • Prepare a Status Report for Schedule and Budget Earned Value Management Accurately understand project progress. Course 2845 You will earn 18 contact hours or PDUs upon completion of this course. Course Description This course teaches you the fundamentals of EVM so you can understand how to establish an effective project baseline and monitor project progress against known expectations. Learn how EVM is integrated throughout the project life cycle. Practice the activities you go through to establish an effective baseline. Identify the critical data points that must be collected to analyze project progress. Learn to conduct trend analysis, calculate actual cost, and accurately project final cost, schedule, and performance variances. Understand how change impacts EVM and how approved changes can impact your original baseline. Identify the stakeholders who would benefit from EVM data and learn effective communication methods. Finally, review the differences of EVM in a corporate and federal environment. Students pursuing college credit recommendation or continuing education units must attend at least 90% of class time, participate in class exercises and section-knowledge checks, and score at least 70% on an end of-class, multiple-choice assessment. What You’ll Learn in Class • Why EVM is important • Establishing and managing scope, schedule, and budget • Creating a reasonable baseline • Integrating project planning and EVM • Monitoring and controlling the baseline • Monitoring and controlling scope, schedule, and cost • Collecting and analyzing data • Forecasting final variances • Managing change and the impact to EVM • The difference between EVM in corporations and in the federal environment Prerequisites • Introduction to Project Management p. 11 • IT Project Management p. 12 • Applied Project Management p. 15 Hands-On Exercises • Identify contract negotiation parameters • Create milestones and a performance measurement baseline • Measure progress • End-of-project reporting with scope changes • Scope analysis: prepare a work breakdown structure • Create a project schedule • Create CAPs for the project and prepare a budget estimate • Complete an earned value baseline • Monitor project performance • Prepare a status report Who Needs To Attend Project managers, IT project managers, project coordinators, project analysts, project leaders, senior project managers, team leaders, product managers, and program managers. Virtual Classroom e-Learning 4, 6-hour sessions, $1,795 18 PDUs Virtual Classroom e-Learning Apr 14-17 Jul 7-10 On-Site Learning Call for info. There’s more to see at www.globalknowledge.com/business 1-800-COURSES 17 http://www.globalknowledge.com/training/olm/go.asp?find=BIZA2809&country=United+States http://www.globalknowledge.com/training/olm/go.asp?find=BIZA2845&country=United+States http://www.globalknowledge.com/business
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