Project Management Skills

The Project Management Essentials class is designed to introduce students to the fundamental concepts of project planning and management while learning to use MS Project to track the activities of projects. You will identify the features and attributes of a project, determine the actions involved in scope planning and understand the components of time management. Students will engage in activities to plan and focus on a project, defining outcomes of the project. Throughout the class, students will learn how to use Microsoft Project to create and manage tasks, work with the critical path, use baselines, track progress and evaluate data. Focusing on the generally accepted practices of project management recognized by the Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI®), this course offers you a standards-based approach to successful project management across application areas and industries.

MS Project & Project Management

Microsoft Project and Project Management skills go hand-in-hand. Learning the Microsoft Project tool will help you better plan, adjust, analyze, troubleshoot and status your project progress. The goal is to submit a project that will be on time and on budget with the necessary quality. Project management skills ensure you will be able to see the project through from beginning to end. A project manager needs the skills to develop a project, establish costs, verify quality, identify risks, effectively communicate, run a meeting, manage a team, address upper management issues, and handle external vendors. The classes provide these valuable skills to manage all aspects of your project.

Class Length: 3 Days

Courseware: Project management Professional (PMP) Certification Preparation (EK-088163)

Prerequisites: Students do not have to have project management background but exposure to MS Excel or other Windows-based software is very important.

Course Description:

Applying Project Management Process
What is a Project?
The Project Management Life Cycle
Project Management Process Groups
Project Charter Development
Project Stakeholders
Project Selection Criteria
Project Selection Methods
Project Selection Decision Models
Develop Preliminary Project Scope

Planning Project Work
Develop a Project Management Plan
Create a Scope Management Plan
Create a Scope Statement
Develop a Work Breakdown Structure

Developing Project Schedules, Cost Estimates, and Budgets
Create an Activity List
Create a Project Network Diagram
Estimate Activity Resources
Estimate Activity Durations
Identify the Critical Path
Develop a Project Schedule
Estimate Project Costs
Establish a Cost Baseline

Planning Project Quality, Staffing, and Communications
Create a Quality Management Plan
Document Roles, Responsibilities, and Reporting Relationships
Acquire Project Team
Create a Communications Management Plan

Analyzing Risks and Planning Risk Response
Create a Risk Management Plan
Identify Project Risks and Triggers
Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
Develop a Risk Response Plan

Planning Project Procurement
Prepare a Contract Statement of Work
Prepare a Procurement Document

Executing Project Work
Project Plan Execution
Perform Quality Assurance
Develop the Project Team
Distribute Project Information
Request Seller Responses
Select Sellers

Monitoring and Controlling Project Work
Control and Monitor Project Work
Manage Changes to Performance Baselines
Review Deliverables and Work Results
Control Project Scope

Monitoring and Controlling Project Schedules/Costs
Control the Project Schedule
Control Project Costs

Monitoring and Controlling Project Quality, Staffing, and Communications
Perform Quality Control
Manage Project Team
Report Project Performance
Manage Stakeholders

Monitoring and Controlling Project Risk and Contracts
Monitor and Control Project Risk
Administer a Contract

Closing the Project
Close a Project
Contract Closure