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Essential Skills of Project Management

Analytical Skills for Project Management

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Anticipate, Innovate, Motivate

PMP® Exam Preparation Workshop

Analytical Skills for Project Management

SUMMARY

The ability to analyze project requirements and other information enhances a project team's chances of meeting project customer needs in the most efficient way and with the fewest number of changes. Basic statistical and financial savvy allow team members to understand the benefits, costs and risks inherent in each decision. This workshop allows you to practice various analytical skills and solidify your ability to communicate with people who want to know about the project from many perspectives.

OBJECTIVES

• Illustrate processes for clear communication with executives and team members
• Identify project requirements to ensure customer satisfaction along with team efficiency
• Apply basic statistical principles in order to ensure sound team decisions
• Select sound ways to make decisions when future events are uncertain
• Conduct benefit-cost analysis so the project receives the greatest return on resources

COURSE OUTLINE: 2-DAY WORKSHOP

I. Process Analysis
   A. Understanding systems and processes
   B. Flowcharting and process mapping techniques
   C. Describing "as is" and "to be" systems

II. Requirements Analysis
   A. Stakeholder analysis
   B. Checking for strategic organizational alignment
   C. Requirements elicitation techniques
          1. Interviewing
          2. Focus group facilitation
          3. Joint development meetings
          4. Site visit and observation planning
          5. Prototyping and experimentation
   D. Flushing out implied needs
   E. Customer requirements and technical specifications
   F. Characteristics of good requirements
   G. Documenting and tracking requirements

III. Statistical Analysis
   A. Probability distributions and histograms
   B. Averages and standard deviation
   C. Sampling guidelines
   D. Modeling uncertainty
          1. Monte Carlo simulation
          2. Decision trees

IV. Financial Analysis
   A. Benefit-cost analysis -- quantifying benefits, soft dollars, NPV, ROI
   B. Make or buy decisions

V. Analysis Simulation
   A. Applying the analytical skills in a small-group contest

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Project managers, business and systems analysts, functional managers, project team members serving as subject matter experts (SME), upper level managers, people preparing for the PMP Exam, and those wanting Professional Development Units (PDUs).

This course is particularly useful for systems and business analysts, subject matter experts, as well as project managers. This course is available in a format specific to information technology projects, including the creation of "use cases" as a method of development requirements.

PMLEADER
A Division of Innovators International, Inc.
9700 Valdez Drive
Des Moines, IA 50322-1325

Phone: 515-276-5914 or 800-829-5550
Fax: 515-334-0914
Email: lee@pmleader.com

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