Description
No matter What You do – Project Management in becoming one of the most critical skill set required in any kind of job at all levels.
Sales, Marketing, Operations, Finance, Product Development, HR, Training, Procurement, Legal, Risk – all of them deal with projects.
Knowlettwoods Two (02) Days Fundamentals of Project Management has been designed to expose participants to Best Practices in Project Management in an interactive & collaborative way and Learn to Apply the same using project management software – Microsoft® Project.
Throughout the program, participants manage a project throughout its life cycle in the context of a Case Study project.
Focus of this program is on ensuring & encouraging – “How the participants can make a difference in their work environment by applying the Best Practices in Project Management using Microsoft® Project”
As such, over and above understanding key project management concepts, they also create important project management documents in a trainer led safe environment.
Also, Fundamentals of Project Management adopts jargon-free training approach to Project Management and as such, participation levels are considerably high throughout the program.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
- Appreciate structured approach to project management is‚ how a project team is organized‚ and how the project schedule is created and used.
- Understand what all Project Management Documents need to be created and Why?
- Arriving at the overall Project Schedule
- Understand the Project Quality Management Concept
- Understand the importance of Risk Management in projects
- Effectively Track the Overall Progress of the Project
- Effectively Monitor and Control the Project
- Successfully complete and close the Project
- Optimally use Microsoft®Project to plan and manage project throughout its Life Cycle
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
- Project Staff with 0-4 Years’ Experience
- PMO Staff, Project Coordinator, Project Controls Specialist, Project Supervisor
- Professionals from Sales, Marketing, Operations, Finance, HR Department, Procurement, Legal Departments responsible for project execution
- Professionals looking to make a career in the field of Project Management
- Mid-Level Project Staff (4-8 Years’ Experience) looking to build their Project Management Competency and appear for PMI®Certifications
- Business Owners who are looking to learn How to plan, execute and control a project effectively
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MODULE I: INTRODUCING PROJECT MANAGEMENT
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MODULE II: BEFORE INITIATING A PROJECT
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MODULE III: INITIATING A PROJECT (STARTING THE PROJECT)
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Lab Exercises using MSP
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MODULE IV: PLANNING A PROJECT (HOW WE PLAN TO MEET THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES)
- Collecting Requirements
- Defining Scope
- Building WBS – Work Breakdown Structure
- Creating Activity List & Milestone List
- Understand the logical sequence of the activities
- Estimating resources, duration – Ways to estimate resources, duration
- Developing Schedule – Critical Path Method
- Working with Cost, Quality, HR, Communications, and Risk
- Working with Procurement
- Obtaining approval for the Plan
- Setting a Baseline
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Lab Exercises using MSP
- Creating WBS
- Creating Tasks – Manual, Automatic
- Sequencing Tasks
- Adding Leads, Lags
- Creating Resource Pool
- Customizing Resource Availability, Cost
- Creating Activity Duration
- Developing the Schedule
- Adjusting Leads, Lags, Relationships
- Assigning Resources
- Analyzing Schedule, Resources
- Finalizing the Schedule – Baseline
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MODULE V: EXECUTING A PROJECT (DOING THE WORK)
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Lab Exercises using MSP
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MODULE VI: MONITORING AND CONTROLLING (CHECKING IF WE ARE ACCORDING TO THE PLAN)
- Obtaining Progress, Cost and Schedule Data
- Checking if the Project is on Time – Schedule variance analysis
- Checking if the Project is within budget – Cost variance analysis
- Checking if all the work planned is actually being done and nothing is left out – Scope variance analysis
- Earned Value analysis
- Control Stakeholder Engagement – Optimum involvement of all stakeholders
- Getting the Project back on Track – Fast Tracking, Crashing
- Reporting project performance
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Lab Exercises using MSP
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MODULE VII: CLOSING THE PROJECT
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Lab Exercises using MSP
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