2-Day Workshops

Essential Skills of Project Management

Analytical Skills for Project Management

Group Facilitation and Problem-Solving Skills for Project Management

Leadership, Influence and Team-Building Skills for Project Management

Execution, Integration and Closing Skills for Project Management

The AIM Workshop:
Anticipate, Innovate, Motivate

PMP® Exam Preparation Workshop

Essential Skills of Project Management

SUMMARY

The Essential Skills of Project Management establishes a firm foundation of solid project management practices. Whether your organization is initiating more structured project management methods or trying to standardize repeatable practices among veteran project managers, the Essential course gives people the hands-on experience ne4eded to begin using the techniques that are vital to successful project management.

OBJECTIVES

• Determine lifecycles, templates and checklists appropriate for various projects

• Assess priorities in order to optimize project success

• Evaluate the importance and best method of project authorization

• Define the project boundaries to minimize changes and focus resources

• Produce estimates for the creation of an accurate budget and schedule

• Develop project plans for communication, risk and change control

• Develop a system for resolving issues and reporting progress during the project

• Identify ways to increase or decrease management efforts depending on a project's scale

COURSE OUTLINE: 2-DAY WORKSHOP

I. Project Management Principles and Practices
   A. ProjectVision Exercise: The dynamics of project management
   B. Project work vs. operations
   C. Project management methodology
          Lifecycle, templates and checklists
   D. Balancing project constraints
   E. Project roles and responsibilities

II. Scope and Requirements
   A. Project charter
   B. Scope statement
   C. Stakeholder analysis
   D. Work breakdown structure
   E. Requirements management

III. Schedule and Budget
   A. Estimating
          Three methods, three-point estimates
   B. Scheduling
          Network diagrams, Gantt charts, crashing, fast-tracking
   C. Budgeting

IV. Additional Project Plans
   A. Human resources plan
   B. Communications plan
   C. Risk management plan
   D. Quality management plan
   E. Procurement plan
   F. Change control plan

V. Basic Project Execution Documents
   A. Status reports
   B. Issues logs
   C. Close-out checklist

VI. Project Management at Your Organization
   A. Scalability of project tools and techniques
   B. A methodology development plan
   C. Organization Project Management Maturity Assessment

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Project managers, upper-level managers who serve as project sponsors or lead organizational initiatives, project team members, functional managers who interact with organizational projects, people wanting Professional Development Units (PDUs).

Of all PMLEADER workshops, this is the one that upper management needs to understand the most. This workshop can be customized for executives only so that they will know their role and what to expect of the project manager and others. This is also the best workshop for project team members who may not be required to manage plans or people, but need to practice their important responsibilities, such as breaking down the project's components, estimating, risk management and issue resolution, as well as their role in producing project deliverables.

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

Phone: 515-276-5914 or 800-829-5550
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