Project Management Course Outline
3 day workshop
Chapter 1: Nature of Projects
1.1 Project Management Defined
1.2 Why Projects?
1.3 Characteristics of Projects
1.4 The “Triple Constraint”
1.5 The Characteristics of Effective Project Leaders
1.6 Project Management Functions
1.7 Management Framework
1.8 What We Manage
Chapter 2: Project Life Cycle
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Project Life-cycle (4 phases)
2.3 Input, Process and Output Format
2.4 Key Activities, Milestone, Hold-Points and Approvals
2.5 Overlap Between Phases (fast tracking)
2.6 Level of Effort
2.7 Level of Influence vs Cost of Changes (front-end importance)
2.8 Some Typical Project Life Cycle Models
2.9 Using Project Life Cycles
Chapter 3: Project Planning and Control Techniques
3.1 Define the Work – Publish a Project Charter
3.2 Define the Work – Write a Statement of Work (SOW)
3.3 Define the Work – Defining Project Size
3.4 Define the Work / Techniques
Chapter 4 : Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
4.1 Introduction
4.2 WBS Uses
4.3 Implementing a WBS
4.4 Do Not Make the WBS Too Tall
4.5 Estimating Threshold
Chapter 5: Estimating Effort
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Estimating Effort
5.3 Estimating Duration
5.4 Estimating Costs
5.5 Estimating Techniques
Chapter 6: Risk Control
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Identify the risks
6.3 Developing A Response Strategy
6.4 Control
6.5 Risk Factors
Chapter 7: Realistic Scheduling
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Identify Task Relationships
7.3 Estimate Work Packages
7.4 Calculate an Initial Schedule
7.5 Critical Path
7.6 Gantt charts and Time-Scaled Networks
7.7 Assign and Level Resources
7.8 The Process of Resource Levelling
Chapter 8: Manage Issues
8.1 Definition
8.2 Small Projects
8.3 Medium Projects
8.4 Resolve Issues as Soon As Possible
8.5 Try to Solve the Root Cause, Not Just Symptoms
8.6 Making Decisions Among Bad Alternatives
8.7 When Can Team Members Make Decisions?
8.8 Issues Vs Action Items
8.9 Identifying Problems and Solutions
8.10 Engage the Client Early in Issues Management
8.11 Dealing with Very Large Issues
8.12 Dealing with Multiple Issues
Chapter 9: Manage the Workplan / Process
9.1 Small Projects
9.2 Medium and Large Projects
9.3 Make Sure Team Members Know What Their Assignments Are
9.4 Tolerances
Chapter 10: Manage Scope
10.1 Definition
10.2 Purpose of Scope Management
10.3 Small Projects
10.4 Medium Projects
10.5 Manage Scope – Techniques
Chapter 11: Managing Communication
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Small Projects
11.3 Medium Projects
11.4 Communication Plan Examples
11.5 Communication – Techniques
Chapter 12: Manage Quality
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Manage Quality – Process
12.3 The Cost of Quality
12.4 The Benefits of Quality
12.5 The Cost of Poor Quality
12.6 Quality Control Activities
Chapter 13: Project Closure
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Documentation and training
13.3 Timing of the transfer
13.4 On-going support
13.5 Completing the Transfer
13.6 Closing Out the Project
Workbook Exercises
- Meta-plan for project start-up
- Good and Bad Objectives
- Work Breakdown Structure
- Risk Analysis
- The Carpet Layers
- House construction exercise
- Petro-world resource levelling
Appendices
- The Project Charter
- Abbreviated Statement of Work
- Project Scorecard Template
- Project Planning Workshop
- Project Information Flow Summary
- Tips for Writing Project Definitions
- Appointment To Project Manager - Memo
- End of Project Report - Example
- End of Project Assessment
- Project Schedule Risk Assessment
- Individual Status Report
Microsoft Projects 2003 & 2007
Beginners (Planning a Project) – 1 day
Lesson 1: Creating a Project Plan File
Topic 1: Create a Project Plan File
Topic 2: Create and Assign a Project Calendar
Topic 3: Add Tasks to the Project Plan File
Topic 4: Add a Project Summary Task
Topic 5: Add a Recurring Task
Topic 6: Enter Task Duration Estimates
Lesson 2: Creating a Work Breakdown Structure
Topic 1: Outline Tasks
Topic 2: Link Dependent Tasks
Topic 3: Identify Deliverables in the Project Plan File
Topic 4: Constrain Tasks
Topic 5: Set a Task Deadline
Lesson 3: Creating and Assigning Resources
Topic 1: Create Resources
Topic 2: Create a Resource Calendar
Topic 3: Assign Resources
Topic 4: Assign Additional Resources to a Task
Topic 5: Resolve Resource Conflicts
Lesson 4: Finalizing the Project Plan
Topic 1: View the Critical Path
Topic 2: Shorten the Project Duration
Topic 3: Set a Baseline
Topic 4: Display Project Summary Information
MS Projects 2003 & 2007 Advanced (Implementing and Tracking a Project) – 1 day
Lesson 1: Exchanging Project Plan Data with Other Applications
Topic 1: Import a Task List from an Excel File into a New Project Plan
Topic 2: Create a Custom Import Map
Topic 3: Export Project Plan Cost Data into Excel
Topic 4: Copy a Picture into a Word Document
Topic 5: Save Project Plan Information as a Web Page
Lesson 2: Updating a Project Plan
Topic 1: Enter Task Progress Information
Topic 2: View Task Progress
Topic 3: Split a Task
Topic 4: Reschedule a Task
Topic 5: Filter Tasks in a Project Plan
Topic 6: Save an Interim Project Plan
Topic 7: Create a Custom Table
Topic 8: Add Custom Columns to a Table
Topic 9: Hyperlink Documents to Tasks
Lesson 3: Creating Custom Reports
Topic 1: Create a Custom Report
Topic 2: Modify a Custom Report's Header and Footer
Topic 3: Add a Picture to a Report
Topic 4: Modify a Custom Report's Margins
Topic 5: Print a Custom Report
Lesson 4: Re-using Project Plan Information
Topic 1: Create a Project Plan Template
Topic 2: Create a Custom Combination View
Topic 3: Make Custom Views Available to Other Project Plans
Topic 4: Share Resources
Topic 5: Create a Master Project Plan
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