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.

Course Highlights

  • What is Project Management?

  • Your Role as a Project Manager

  • Common Definitions & Roles

  • Typical Project Life Cycles

  • 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

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

This module is offered for the following course levels:

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