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Project Management Essentials
Duration:
One day
Description:
This ILT Series course teaches the fundamentals of project management. Students learn how to identify
project participants, goals, objectives, activities, and constraints. Course activities also cover activity
dependencies, activity analysis, project schedules and budgets, network diagrams, Gantt charts, CPM
scheduling, and activity duration compression. Students will also learn how to optimize project
activities, estimate costs, control project changes, measure project performance, use project
performance reports, accommodate change, control the project schedule and budget, and close a
project. The manual is designed for quick scanning in the classroom and filled with interactive exercises
that help ensure student success.
Table Of Contents:
Unit 1: Define the project
Topic A: Project participants
Topic B: Project objectives and planning
Unit 2: Activities and dependencies
Topic A: Project activities
Topic B: Sequence activities
Topic C: Analyze activities
Topic D: Estimate activities
Topic E: Sequence dependencies
Unit 3: Project scheduling
Topic A: Develop the project schedule
Topic B: Techniques for schedule development
Topic C: The CPM and PERT
Unit 4: Project change control
Topic A: Define project change control
Unit 5: Financial issues
Topic A: Estimate costs
Unit 6: Project performance
Topic A: Measure project performance
Topic B: Report project performance
Project Management Basic
Duration:
One day
Description:
This ILT Series course teaches students basic project-management techniques, including managing time
and costs. Students will identify the features and attributes of a project, the steps and variables of the
project management process, the effects of environmental, socioeconomic and organizational structure
issues, and the responsibilities of a project manager. Course activities also cover defining the project
scope, writing a project charter, developing a work breakdown structure, identifying time management
components, describing schedule development, using mathematical analysis techniques, and assigning
resources. Students will also learn how to estimate resource costs, create a capital budget, control the
project costs, and compute a project's estimate at completion (EAC) and variance at completion (VAC).
The manual is designed for quick scanning in the classroom and filled with interactive exercises that help
ensure student success.
Table Of Contents:
Unit 1 : Fundamentals of project management
Topic A: Projects
Topic B: The project management process
Unit 2 : Characteristics of a project
Topic A: The project environment
Topic B: The project manager
Topic C: The project team
Unit 3 : Project initiation and scope planning
Topic A: Project initiation
Topic B: Scope planning
Unit 4 : Scope definition, verification, and change control
Topic A: Scope definition
Topic B: Scope verification
Topic C: Scope change control
Unit 5 : Time management
Topic A: Activity definition and sequencing
Topic B: Activity duration
Unit 6 : Schedule development and control
Topic A: Schedule development
Topic B: Schedule control
Unit 7 : Resource identification and cost approximating
Topic A: Resource identification
Topic B: Cost approximating
Unit 8 : Budgeting and cost control
Topic A: Cost budgeting
Topic B: Cost control
Project Management Advanced
Duration:
One day
Description:
This ILT Series course builds on the skills taught in Project Management: Intermediate. In the
Advanced course, students will learn about contracts, procurement, solicitation, integration, and
the project management process. Course activities will cover discussing types of contracts,
identifying the role of procurement planning, soliciting contractors, evaluating proposals,
negotiating contracts, developing a project plan, and implementing a work authorization system.
Students will also identify process groups and variables, write closeout reports, and identify
different methods of project termination. The manual is designed for quick scanning in the
classroom and filled with interactive exercises that help ensure student success.
Table Of Contents:
Unit 1: Procurement planning
Topic A: Fundamentals of contracts
Topic B: Procurement planning
Unit 2: Planning, soliciting, and selecting
Topic A: Solicitation planning
Topic B: Selection
Unit 3: Contract administration and closeout
Topic A: Contract administration
Topic B: Elements of contract administration
Unit 4: Project integration and plan development
Topic A: Integration
Topic B: Project planning
Unit 5: Implementing plans and controlling change
Topic A: Implementing the plan
Topic B: Controlling change
Unit 6: The project management process
Topic A: The process
Topic B: Initiation and planning
Unit 7: Execution, control, and project closeout
Topic A: Project execution
Topic B: Controlling a project
Topic C: Closing a project
IT Project Management
Duration:
Two days
Description:
This course, based on the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) Guide 2004, teaches
students the full range of IT Project Management topics. Coverage includes project manager roles and
responsibilities, context and process groups, integration management, scope management, time
management, and cost management. Students will also learn about quality management, human
resource management, communications management, risk management, and procurement
management.
Table Of Contents:
Unit 1: Introduction to Project Management
Topic A: Introduction to project management
Topic B: The role of the project manager
Topic C: The project management profession
Unit 2: Context and process groups
Topic A: A systems view of project management
Topic B: Stakeholder management
Topic C: The project life cycle
Topic D: Process groups
Unit 3: Integration management
Topic A: Project Integration Management
Topic B: Project charter
Topic C: Monitoring and controlling project work
Unit 4: Scope management
Topic A: Managing scope
Topic B: The work breakdown structure
Unit 5: Time management
Topic A: Project schedule
Topic B: Schedule development
Topic C: Controlling changes to the project schedule
Unit 6: Cost management
Topic A: Components and principles of cost management
Topic B: Cost estimating and budgeting
Topic C: Cost control
Unit 7: Quality management
Topic A: The importance of quality planning
Topic B: Quality control
Topic C: Improving information technology project quality
Unit 8: Human resource management
Topic A: Managing people
Topic B: Acquiring team members
Topic C: Developing the team
Topic D: Managing the team
Unit 9: Communications management
Topic A: Planning for good communication
Topic B: Improving project communications
Unit 10: Risk management
Topic A: Risk management planning
Topic B: Risk identification
Topic C: Qualitative risk analysis
Topic D: Quantitative risk analysis
Topic E: Response and control
Unit 11: Procurement management
Topic A: Procurement planning
Topic B: Sellers and contracts
Project Management Intermediate
Duration:
One day
Description:
This ILT Series course builds on the fundamentals taught in Project Management: Basic. In the
Intermediate course, students will learn how to implement quality measures, handle project risks,
acquire and motivate team members, and communicate effectively. Course activities cover identifying
the characteristics and goals of quality management, create a quality management plan, conduct an
audit, develop a quality control system, design a risk management plan, follow a qualitative risk analysis
process, create a decision tree, and monitor and control project risks. Students will also discuss the
characteristics of a good manager, build and maintain a productive team, and use analysis tools and
reports to evaluate the performance of a project.
Table Of Contents:
Unit 1: Quality management
Topic A: Fundamentals of quality management
Topic B: Quality planning
Unit 2: Quality assurance and control
Topic A: Quality assurance
Topic B: Quality control
Unit 3: Risk identification and management
Topic A: Fundamentals of risk management
Topic B: Risk management planning
Topic C: Risk identification
Unit 4: Risk analysis, response, and control
Topic A: Qualitative analysis
Topic B: Quantitative analysis
Topic C: Risk response
Topic D: Risk monitoring and control
Unit 5: Organizational planning
Topic A: Project managers
Topic B: Organizational planning
Unit 6: Staff acquisition and team building
Topic A: Staff acquisition
Topic B: Team building
Unit 7: Planning and distributing information
Topic A: Communications planning
Topic B: Distributing information
Unit 8: Project performance and conclusion
Topic A: Performance reporting
Topic B: Concluding a project
Project Management 4th Edition
Duration:
Self-study
Description:
Build a building. Develop software. Relocate your office. Whatever initiative you need to
accomplish, the proven principles of Project Management will help you achieve success.
Developed as a discipline during the U.S. space program, today Project Management helps
businesses and their leaders identify and leverage the talent, facilities, techniques and finances
to achieve their objectives.
Table Of Contents:
Part 1: Project Management Concepts
Project Management Basics
The Project Life Cycle
Project Parameters
Project Management Software
Common Terms and Abbreviations
Part Summary
Part 2: Defining the Project
The Origin of Projects
Getting Underway: Action Items
Testing Your Preliminary Strategy
Part Summary
Part 3: Planning the Project
Planning the Three Project Dimensions
Planning the Quality Dimension
Planning the Time Dimension
Planning the Cost Dimension
Assigning Responsibility
Part Summary
Part 4: Implementing the Plan
The Implementation Phase
Controlling Work in Progress
Providing Feedback
Negotiating for Resources
Ten Guidelines for Effective Negotiation
Resolving Differences
Communicating
Part Summary
Part 5: Completing the Project
Bringing the Project to a Successful Conclusion
Project Management in a Nutshell
Part Summary