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Project Management Fundamentals

2-day course    $895    14 PDUs

Project management is quickly becoming a core competency for most organizations as they move toward a project-oriented approach to managing their businesses.  This two-day course is designed to provide an overview of project management.   It provides the “big picture” of how project management tools and techniques are used to establish a firm foundation for a project, select and organize a team to perform project tasks, create schedules, budgets and project plans, monitor and control ongoing project performance, and close the project upon its completion. Students will learn how to minimize risk throughout the project life cycle by using contingency planning techniques.  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:

  • Overview of project management

  • Project life cycle

  • Developing goals and objectives

  • Project charter

  • Kickoff meeting

  • Project team

  • Roles and responsibilities

  • The project process

  • Project planning

  • Developing the project schedule

  • Critical path analysis

  • Risk analysis

  • Managing the project team

  • Controlling the project

  • Closing the project

You will learn to:

  • Understand the definition of a project and project management

  • Understand the project and product life cycle

  • Learn how to define goals and objectives for a project

  • Learn how to identify the project team and assign roles and responsibilities

  • Understand the project charter

  • Understand the project process

  • Understand the planning process and the importance of planning

  • Understand critical path analysis and its importance

  • Learn how to assess scope and schedule risk

  • Understand techniques in managing a project team

  • Learn how to track and control a project

  • Learn how to close a project

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