Project Management Overview

    

Summary:
This workshop provides a full day of practical training in fundamental project management concepts and techniques. Participants are taught standard vocabulary and then shown how projects are designed, executed and controlled. They learn about scope definition and management, status reporting, risk management, cost control, communication techniques and much more. The format includes a mixture of short exercises, group discussions and lecture. In clear and simple language, this course explains what it takes to bring a project to a successful conclusion.

Duration:
1 Day/Lecture & Lab

Audience:
This course is ideal for functional managers, project team member's key project stakeholders and anyone with project responsibility who needs a basic understanding of core project management practices.

Topics:

• Project lifecycle and project environment
• Getting a project off to a good start
• Knowing who your stakeholders are
• Providing effective estimates
• Defining and managing scope, schedule and budget
• The Communication Strategy
• Resource Planning; Quality
• Managing Project Risk
• Status Reports
• Change Control
• Controlling cost
• Lessons Learned

Prerequisites:
This course assumes minimal experience with project work. No prior PM training is required.

Last Update: May 23, 2012