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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: The Project Management Life Cycle

  • What is a project?
  • Project Management Life Cycle
  • Roles of project manager
  • Project manager as leader

Lesson 2: Setting Up for Success

  • What is a successful project?
  • What happens in the initiation phase?
  • Value proposition
  • Project charter
  • Project scope
  • Statement of work

Lesson 3 : The Project Team

  • Teamwork challenge
  • Selecting team members
  • Team charter

Lesson 4: Risk Management

  • Risk identification
  • Risk assessment
  • Risk management
  • Risk register

Lesson 5 : Project Plans

  • Work Breakdown Structure
  • Developing work package dependencies
  • Network logic diagram
 

Lesson 6: The Project Schedule
Scheduling process

  • Time estimates
  • Lags and leads
  • Calculating a critical path

Lesson 7: The Project Budget

  • What is a budget?
  • Creating a preliminary budget
  • Budget and schedule balancing

Lesson 8: Project Tracking and Control

  • Moving a project forward
  • Conflict resolution
  • Monitoring for project progress
  • Earned value analysis
  • Getting back on track

Lesson 9: Project Quality

  • Defining quality
  • Quality assurance
  • Quality control

Lesson 10: Project Reports

  • Communications plan
  • Project performance reports
  • Project change requests

Lesson 11: Project Close-out

  • Elements of close-out
  • Evaluation of people and projects
  • Final report

 

 

Dates:
12 hours total training time

October 30
8:30-4:30
and
October 31
8:30-12:15

November 24
8:30-4:30
and
November 25
8:30-12:15

January 22
8:30-4:30
and
January 23
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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