Project Management In Depth
In this course you will focus on the Project Management essentials – managing the project and the project team. Key topics include planning project scope, sponsor management and buy-in, creating the charter, estimating time and cost, and managing and reporting your project.
4 Day Program
Program Objectives
- Learn how to negotiate with clients and managers who want it “yesterday”
- Define roles and responsibilities of the Project Manager on projects
- See how you can survive in a Matrix Organization using “borrowed” people
- Understand how to define clear roles and responsibilities and hold people accountable
- Learn the 5 essential parts of the Project Management Methodology
- Learn how to accurately estimate time
- Learn how to build reasonable contingency into your projects
- Create a project Gantt Chart (schedule) that reflects reality
- Learn how to hold clients and managers accountable for project changes
- Learn how to get buy-in and commitment from a matrix team
Course Highlights
- What is Project Management?
- Your Role as a Project Manager
- Common Definitions & Roles
- Typical Project Lifecycles
- How to Manage in a Matrix
- Planning the Project Scope
- Get Sponsor/ Management Buy-in
- Create the Charter & WBS
- Risk Analysis
- Managing High Performance Teams
- Motivation
- Estimating Time Techniques
- Creating the Project Schedule Network Diagrams and Gantt Charts
- Assign Resources
- Create a Realistic Schedule
- Reporting Your Project
- Change Control
- Earned Value Analysis
- Getting Buy-In and Commitment on a Matrix Team
- Lessons Learned
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