Course Description
THE COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SEMINAR
Learn
the project management body of knowledge in a 6-day (attend 3 days and return 4 weeks later for second 3 days. Please call for second week dates) comprehensive
program paced to appeal those currently working in a project management
(PM) environment. Instructors for this course bring a PM discipline
gained from years of managing projects in rigorous project-driven
industries.
This “professional” level course appeals to a wide audience
from a broad mix of industries. Participants including engineers,
software developers, and manufacturers, engaged in technical projects.
Others are involved in business and financial projects. This course
facilitates discussions among the participants about their project
management challenges and successes.
Once completed, you will return to your workplace qualified
to improve your organization’s PM process. Many people who have taken
our course have gone on to a high-profile position in their
organization.
For those preparing for the Project Management Professional
(PMP®) designation, this and related courses, have been
preparing people for the PMP exam since 1994.
By the conclusion of this course, you will learn the 42
processes of the benchmark publication A Guide to the Project
Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®) Guide published by
the Project Management Institute (PMI).
In addition, you are also entitled to a free subscription to
our PMP Helpline and PMP Intelligence messages.
Agenda
Participants will gain practical skills to:
- Become conversant with the whole breadth of modern project
management.
- Increase your own PM “lessons learned” by learning from
the PM experiences of others.
- Add techniques to your PM “toolbox,” increasing your
value to your organization and in the job marketplace.
- Return to your workplace equipped to improve your
organization’s PM process.
- Prepare to take the PMP examination (should you
choose).
Introduction/Integration
- PM Body of Knowledge
- Project Life Cycles
- Project Planning
- Exercise: Stakeholder Requirements
Scope Management
- Project Initiation
- Project Charter
- Work Breakdown Structure
- Scope Statements and Scope Changes
- Exercise: Work Breakdown Structure
Time Management
- Type and Hierarchy of Schedules
- Logic Networks: ADM, PDM, CPM
- Duration Estimating
- Resource Loading/Leveling
- Risk Analysis & Contingency
- Schedule Reporting and Control
- Critical Path Compression
- Exercises: Post-it ® Note Schedule
Development, Resource Leveling, Crashing
Cost Management
- Cost Estimating
- Contingency Allowance
- Budgeting
- Cost Reporting and Control
- Earned Value
- Cost Control
- Estimates to Complete
- Contingency Management
- Exercises: Estimating, Earned Value
Quality Management
- Concepts
- Customer Requirements
- Cost of Quality
- Tools of Quality Control
- Process Control Charts
- QM Standards
- Exercises: Pareto Diagram, Application to PM
Procurement Management
- Organizing for Procurement
- Contract Law
- Procurement Planning
Procurement Management Cont'd
- Contract Types
- Risk Allocation
- Solicitation & Source Selection
- Contract Administration
- Dispute Avoidance & Resolution
- Contract Close-Out
- Exercises: Battle of the Forms, Evaluation Criteria, Procurement
Plan
Risk Management
- Risk Identification
- Assessment
- Quantification
- Expected Monetary Value
- Decision Trees
- Monte Carlo Simulation
- Risk Response Planning
- Exercises: Risk Identification, Risk Mapping, Risk Tolerance, Risk
Responses
Human Resource Management
- Organizing for Projects: Projectized/Functional/Matrix,
Behavioural Matters
- Motivation & Leadership
- Power and Influence
- Team Development
- Conflict Resolution
- Exercises: Working in a Matrix, Applying Behavioural Theories,
Situational Leadership, Conflict Resolution
Communication Management
- Process of Communication
- Communications Plan
- Progress Reports
- Virtual Teams
- Exercises: Communication Failures, Communications Planning
Professional Responsibility
- PM as a Profession
- Ethics and Diversity
- Exercises: Ethical Dilemmas
Closing
- Trends in Project Management
- Organizational Maturity
- Types of Project Environments
Audience
The Comprehensive Project Management Seminar is appropriate for individuals who:
* Are being appointed as a Project Manager.
* Want to enhance their resume and marketability in the project management job market.
* Work in a project management environment, in any industry or discipline, and want to increase their PM knowledge.
* Want to prepare for the PMP or CAPM designation.