PMI_PM_0620: Project Management Essentials

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About this Course

The ability of a project manager to demonstrate best practices in project management on the job is becoming standard in order to compete in today’s fast-paced and highly technical workforce. In this course students will learn how to apply the formally recognized practices of project management to successfully manage projects. Materials for this course are a valuable on-the-job resource. Files for simulated hands-on activities and exercises included on a CD-ROM, enable students to practice new skills. This course is approved by the Project Management Institute and is eligible for 18 Professional Development Units (PDU’s).

Audience Profile

This course is designed for any individual needing to perform project management activities in their job role on either a formal or informal basis, or any project team members who want to enhance their knowledge of project management in order to interact more productively with a project manager and perform more effectively on a project team.

At Course Completion

• Identify the basic concepts and terminology of professional project management
• Launch a project
• Estimate project work
• Create a project schedule
• Plan project costs
• Plan for project risks
• Plan for project quality and compliance
• Manage human resources for your project
• Manage project procurements
• Plan for change management and plan for the project scope
• Monitor and optimize project schedule and cost
• Monitor quality of project work and the risks involved
• Plan communication strategies and manage stakeholder relationships
• Perform project closure

Outline

Getting Started with Project Management

• Describe the basics of project management
• Recognize the factors influencing a project

Launching Projects

• Identify how an organization selects projects
• Identify stakeholders and their expectations
• Identify the project scope
• Prepare an effective Statement of Work (SOW)
• Formally authorize a project through a project chart

Estimating Project Work

• Estimate project effort and resources using the top-down estimation technique
• Estimate project effort and resources using the bottom-up estimation technique
• Identify the techniques used to reduce risks in project estimate

Creating a Project Schedule

• Illustrate project flow
• Identify activity resources
• Schedule project work

Planning Project Costs

• Estimate project costs
• Establish the cost baseline
• Reconcile funding and cost

Planning for Risks

• Create a risk management plan
• Identify project risks and their causes
• Analyze risks
• Develop a risk response plan

Planning for Quality and Compliance

• Create a quality management plan to deliver the expected project results
• Verify project compliance requirements

Managing Human Resources

• Plan your dream team
• Put the project team together
• Build the team; manage the project team
• Identify steps to assess team performance

Managing Project Procurements

• Plan for project procurements
• Conduct a make-or-buy analysis
• Obtain responses from vendors
• Examine types of contracts and warranties
• Manage vendors and procurements

Managing Change During Project Execution

• Execute the planned project
• Transition from planning to implementing
• Define the PMIS and identify common PMIS problems
• Manage project changes
• Avoid scope creep
• Identify change control systems
• Monitor the project scope

Monitoring and Controlling Project Schedule and Cost

• Monitor and control the project schedule
• Understand Earned Value Management (EVM)
• Optimize the project schedule
• Understand schedule compression and fast-tracking
• Crashing the schedule
• Monitor and control project costs

Monitoring Risk and Quality

• Monitor and control project risk
• Put quality plans into action
• Use quality assurance tools
• Control the quality of the project
• Conduct root cause analysis
• Use Pareto charts

Communicating and Reporting

• Communicate effectively using various methods
• Distribute project information
• Manage stakeholder relationships and expectations
• Report on project performance

Closing the Project

• Deliver the project to the customer or the operations team
• Close project procurements
• Wrap-up a project

*As a PMI R.E.P., Springhouse may update or change content or course material as standards require.

Prerequisites

Students should have completed Project Management Fundamentals, a course which will provide knowledge of terminology, roles and concepts of project management.  A working knowledge of Microsoft Office is also required.