10STEPS TO SUCCESSFUL PROJECT MANAGEMENT
 
Let’s face it; most people spend their days in chaotic, fast-paced, time- and resource-strained organizations. This course is designed for today’s busy professional who needs advice and guidance on a wide array of tools designed to provide you with the flexible structure necessary to have increased success delivering business results through your projects.  

This course is currently offered as a 1-day workshop.  Ask about our customization options.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Individuals attending this session are involved in one or more of the following areas:

  • Accurately estimating project duration.
  • Planning, tracking, and controlling multiple projects.
  • Communicating project status effectively.
WHAT THE SESSION PROVIDES
This workshop will guide and help the Project Manager to plan, organize and control the project effort as well as costs.  You can deliver the results the business demands!
WHAT PARTICIPANTS LEARN
After attending this session, the participants will be able to:

  • Differentiate between project management and project work.
  • Define the roles of the Project Manager, Project Sponsor, and other key individuals on a project.
  • Create a Project Charter.
  • Build a Project Plan including schedules, resource allocations, and a budget.
  • Create activity networks (PERT, Gantt, and CPM) and other tools for communication project scope and activities.
  • Create criteria for monitoring and reporting progress, including Control Point Identification charts, Project Costing charts, and Milestone charts.
  • Identify and manage project risk.
  • Determine and anticipate changes that occur during project execution.
  • Develop a detailed work plan to accurately determine the project completion date.
  • Accurately estimate project activities.
  • Discover the power of the Review process to improve future performance.

 

 

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EXERCISE: Orientation Project

STEP 1  Decide If It’s a Project

·          Steps to Great Projects

 

STEP 2  Prove the Worth of the Project

·          Determining the Business Case

·          Building Business Objectives

 

STEP 3  Manage Scope Creep

·          Establish Project Scope

·          Set Initial Project Objectives

 

STEP 4  Identify, Rate and Manage Risks

·          Document Risk and Constraints

·          Plan for Change

EXERCISE: DEFINE your project

 

STEP 5  Seek First to Collaborate

·          Treating people as unique

·          Managing conflict and feedback

 

STEP 6  Make a Schedule for Your Team

·          Tasks/Activities, Milestones

·          Estimates

·          Assign Resources

EXERCISE: PLAN your project

 

STEP 7  Adjust Your Schedule

·          Using Critical Path Method

·          Using a Spreadsheet Planning Method

EXERCISE: Schedule your project

 

STEP 8  Embrace the Natural Chaos of People

·          Managing Change

·          Managing Resources

·          Seek First to Collaborate

 

STEP 9 Know When You’re Done

·          Establish ending criteria

·          Transition cleanly to ‘production’

·          Build a maintenance process

EXERCISE: Capstone Project

 

STEP 10  Follow Up to Learn Lessons

·          A Sample Evaluation Form

Celebrate the Accomplishments

PMI INFORMATION
Program # 1265-10STEPS1

 PDU: 7
Prerequisites: None