Format

Classroom

Duration

5.0 Day(s)

Description

This course is designed to provide project managers, novice or experienced, with project management skills required for certification in the PM discipline. Structured to match a project's life cycle, this 4.5-day classroom course covers detailed topics of the basic concepts of project management, including initiating projects, planning projects, controlling projects, executing projects, and closing projects. Those who attend the class will improve their management skills and abilities to define the project scope, create a workable project plan, and manage within the budget and schedule.
The course consists of classroom instructor-lead lecture and discussion, which is reinforced with team and individual exercises, and case study assignments with student feeback that is critiqued by the instructor and the other student teams.

Audience

This course is designed for qualified IS professionals, marketing personnel, and stuff support in any industry that will be actively involved in a project.

Prerequisites

No prerequisite is required for taking this course.

Objectives

After completing this course, you should be able to:
o Use project management skills across your organization
o Build a performing organization and project team
o Identify and validate project requirements
o Establish project estimates and project schedules
o Develop Work Breakdown Structures (WBS)
o Create project plans
o Execute overall change control
o Control project execution processes
o Terminate a project with an appropriate close-out strategy
o Perform your role as project manager

Contents

PMBOK areas covered:
o Project Integration Management
o Project Scope Management
o Project Quality Management
o Project Time Management
o Project Cost Management
o Project Risk Management
o Project Human Resource Management
o Project Procurement Management
o Project Communications Management