8 Day Curriculum for:

• New job function Development Project Manager

(or are in transition to this job function)

• High Potentials or Top Performer (recommendation)

• Project leads of a currently running project (in order to ensure practical application and learning transfer)
  

Course Agenda

Day 1

• Introduction to Project Management

• Something to think-about-&-do

• What is a Project

• Project Characteristics

• What is Management (in brief)

• Project Management responsibility bandwidth

• Project Context and Organizational Types

• Discussion: What type of organization do we have here?

• Project Roles and Responsibilities

• Project Stakeholders and their concerns

• Brief overview of the project management processes (Project Triple Constraint)

• Project Integration Management (Project Initiation to Project Closure)

• Discussion: Issues for the Project Manager and the Project Team

• Project Roles

• Appreciation of present-day project management realities

Day 2

• Brief overview of Project Origination
  
  

• Project Scope Management

• Doing a right project

• Doing the project right vis-à-vis Project Scope

• Scope Planning

• Scope Definition

• Create WBS

• Scope Verification

• Scope Control
  

• Brief Overview to Project Initiation

• Discussion on activities associated with Project Start-up Activities

• Listing tasks associated with Project Initiation

• What happens at a Project Initiation Meeting
  

Day 3

• Overview to Project Estimation and associated issues
• Activities in Project Sizing & Estimation
• Attributes for Size, Effort & Schedule
• How to estimate – challenges, basis & tips
• Overview of estimation techniques
• Delphi Wideband Technique
  
  
  • Basis
  • Procedure
  • Key Success Factors
    

Project Planning

• Developing the Project Plan as a basis of project acceptance
• Introduction to Project Planning
  
  
  • Environment of Project Planning
  • Processes, Tools and Deliverables for Project Planning
  • Refine the CSSQ
  • Prepare the Project Work Breakdown Structure
  • Refine the Project Plan
    
    
• Define the Change Control Process
• Define the Acceptance Management Process
• Define the Issue Management Process
• Define the Change Control Process
• Refine the Communications Plan
• Establish the Time and Cost Baseline
• Define the Organization Change Management Plan
• Develop the Project Team
• Confirm Approval to Proceed
• Important Tasks in Project Planning
  

Day 4

• RISK Management
• Risk Management associated processes
• Types & Categories of Risks
• Quantitative and Qualitative Risk Management
• Prioritizing risk based on risk value
• Risk Response Planning
• Risk Reduction Strategies
• Risk Monitoring & Control

Risk Case Study

Day 5

• Addressing Change Management and Project Control
• Purpose and importance
• Planning Vs Project Reality & Performance
• Tracking & Control process
• Project Review Baselines
• Finalizing Tracking Requirements
• Status Reports – Weekly, Monthly, Review discipline
  

Managing Project Communications

• Communication Planning
• Information Distribution
• Performance Reporting
• Information & Document Control
• Administrative Closure

Case Study: Woody’s Business Upgrade

Day 6

• Optimizing Project People Resources
• Understanding Sources of Power
• Understanding Methods of Influence
  
  
  • What People want from their jobs
  • Work Styles and the Project Team
    
    
• Project Success Factors
• Organizational Planning
• Staff Acquisition
• Team Development and Team Dynamics
• Training Planning & Tracking
  

Day 7 & 8

• Project Quality Management
• Quality Planning
• Quality Control
• Quality Assurance
  
• Configuration Management, Backup & Recovery Planning
• Project Execution and Control
  
  

• Reviewing Outputs of Project Planning and Current Project Status

• Work Authorization methodology

• Kicking Off Project Execution and Control

• Managing Project Cost, Scope, Schedule and Quality

• Monitoring and Control Risks (Monitoring Impact on Cost, Scope, Schedule and Quality)

• Managing Project Execution

• Managing the Change Control Process

• Managing the Acceptance of Deliverables

• Managing Issues

• Executing the Communications Plans

• Managing Organizational Change

• Managing the Project Team

• Managing Project Implementation and Transition
• Gaining Project Acceptance
  
  
  • Conducting the Final Status Meeting
  • Gaining Acceptance Signature from the Project Sponsor
    
    
• Project Closeout
• Conducting Post-Implementation Review
  
  
• Soliciting Feedback
• Conducting the Project Assessment
• Preparing Post-Implementation Report
  
  
• Performing Administrative Closeout
  
  
  • Updating the Skills Inventory and Provide
  • Performance Feedback
  • Archiving Project Information
    
    
• Recap of what we have learnt