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The Practice of Project Management

3-day course    $995    21 PDUs

This hands-on, highly interactive course is designed to provide practicing project managers and team members the essential skills for managing projects.  This course covers all aspects of project management from startup to closeout.  Participants will learn how to structure and plan a project, how to form the team, how to monitor and control the project, assess risk, build quality into the project and much more.  This course provides a common language for project management and utilizes the terminology and concepts provided in the Project Management Body of Knowledge^® published by the Project Management Institute.  This course is designed to be interactive and informal and includes practical exercises and a class book for each student.

This course covers:

• Project life cycle

• Project goals and objectives

• Business Case

• Project Charter and Kickoff Meeting

• Roles and responsibilities

• The project process

• Project communication

• Planning the project and the project plan

• Defining project scope

• Developing the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

• Task relationships

• Estimating

• Developing the project schedule

• Critical path analysis

• Risk analysis

• Budgeting

• Project Baselines

• Managing the project team

• Controlling the project

• Change control

• Closing the project

You will learn to:

• Understand the benefits of project management and the role of key participants

• Understand the responsibilities and characteristics of a project manager

• Understand leadership in project management and the challenges of team building

• Understand the project process and the importance of project planning

• Learn how to define scope and gather requirements

• Learn how to develop a good work breakdown structure

• Learn how to develop a project schedule and budget

• Learn how to control a project from a time and cost standpoint

• Learn how to monitor a project and manage change

• Learn how to assess scope and schedule risk

• Understand effective project communication and learn tips for managing expectations

• Understand prioritization and when to escalate

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