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Getting Efficient with Project Management Basics

Gain knowledge to contribute to more successful projects. This course provides participants with an understanding of Project Management concepts and familiarization with key Project Management tools and procedures. Participants will gain skills to enable them to contribute to Project Management planning within teams and to help their organization achieve project completion goals.

Recommended Preparation: This class is designed for participants who have no knowledge of or experience in Project Management.

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Personalized training and consulting is available upon request.

Lesson 1: Getting Started with Project Management

  • Describe a project
  • Describe a Project Management Life Cycle
  • Identify the role of project manager
  • Project manager as a leader

Lesson 2: Initiating a Project

  • Determine the scope of a project
  • Project charter
  • Identify the skills for a project team
  • Identify the risks to a project

Lesson 3: The Project Team

  • Teamwork challenge
  • Selecting team members
  • Team charter

Lesson 4: Planning for Time and Cost

  • Create a Work Breakdown Structure
  • Time estimates
  • Sequence and activities
  • Lags and leads
  • Create a project schedule
  • Create the critical path
  • Network logic diagram
  • Determine project costs
  • Developing work package dependencies
  • Budget and schedule balancing

 

 

Lesson 5: Planning for Project Risks, Communication and Change Control

  • Analyze the risks to a project
  • Risk management
  • Risk register
  • Create a communication plan
  • Plan for change control

Lesson 6: Managing a Project

  • Begin project work
  • Meeting management and conflict resolution
  • Execute the project plan
  • Track projet progress
  • Repeat performance
  • Implement change control

Lesson 7: Project Quality

  • Defining quality
  • Quality assurance
  • Quality control

Lesson 8: Executing the Project Closeout Phase

  • Close a project
  • Evaluation of people and projects
  • Create a final report

 

 

Dates:
September 21
8:30-4:30
and
September 22
8:30-12:15


Price:
$359 for open enrollment courses, when available.

Corporate and NYS discounts do not apply for this course

Length:
12 Hours

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