Course Length: 5 days

Course Description

Your ability as a project manager to demonstrate best practices in project management—both on the job and through professional certification—is becoming the standard to compete in today's fast-paced and highly technical workplace.

Course Objective: You will apply the generally recognized practices of project management acknowledged by the Project Management Institute (PMI®) to successfully manage projects.

Target Student: This course is designed for experienced project managers who want to increase their project management skills, apply a standards-based approach to project management, and prepare for Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI®) Project Management Professional (PMP®) Certification.

Prerequisites: To ensure your success, we recommend you first take the following Element K courses or have equivalent knowledge:

• Microsoft Word 2000, 2002, 2003 or Microsoft Office Word 2007, Level 1

You should also have some work experience in the area of project management and be familiar with general project-management terms and concepts.

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Performance-Based Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• describe professional project management.
• initiate a project.
• plan project work.
• develop project schedules.
• develop cost estimates and budgets.
• plan project quality, staffing, and communications.
• analyze risks and plan risk responses.
• plan project procurement.
• manage project procurement.
• execute project work.
• monitor and control project work.
• monitor and control project schedule and costs.
• monitor and control project quality, staffing, and communications.
• monitor and control project risk and contracts.
• close the project.

 

Course Content

Lesson 1: Professional Project Management
Topic 1A: Project Management Processes
Topic 1B: Professional and Social Responsibilities
                             
Lesson 2: Initiating a Project
Topic 2A: Project Management Context
Topic 2B: Project Selection
Topic 2C: Prepare a Project Statement of Work
Topic 2D: Create a Project Charter
Topic 2E: Develop a Preliminary Project Scope Statement

Lesson 3: Planning Project Work
Topic 3A: The Elements of the Project Management Plan
Topic 3B: Create a Scope Management Plan
Topic 3C: Create a Scope Statement
Topic 3D: Develop a Work Breakdown Structure

Lesson 4: Developing Project Schedules
Topic 4A: Create an Activity List
Topic 4B: Create a Project Schedule Network Diagram
Topic 4C: Estimate Activity Resources
Topic 4D: Estimate Activity Durations
Topic 4E: Draft a Project Schedule
Topic 4F: Identify the Critical Path
Topic 4G: Optimize the Project Schedule

Lesson 5: Developing Cost Estimates and Budgets
Topic 5A: Estimate Project Costs
Topic 5B: Estimate the Preliminary Cost Baseline
Topic 5C: Reconcile Funding and Costs

Lesson 6: Planning Project Quality, Staffing, and Communications
Topic 6A: Create a Quality Management Plan
Topic 6B: Document the Project Roles, Responsibilities, and Reporting Relationships
Topic 6C: Acquire the Project Team
Topic 6D: Create a Communications Management Plan

Lesson 7: Analyzing Risks and Planning Risk Responses
Topic 7A: Create a Risk Management Plan
Topic 7B: Identify Project Risks and Triggers
Topic 7C: Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
Topic 7D: Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
Topic 7E: Develop a Risk Response Plan

Lesson 8: Planning Project Procurement
Topic 8A: Prepare a Contract Statement Of Work
Topic 8B: Prepare a Procurement Document

 

 

Lesson 9: Managing Project Procurement
Topic 9A: Request Seller Responses
Topic 9B: Select Sellers
                                     
Lesson 10: Executing Project Work
Topic 10A: The Direct and Manage Project Execution Process
Topic 10B: Execute a Quality Assurance Plan
Topic 10C: Develop the Project Team
Topic 10D: Distribute Project Information
Topic 10E: Establish a Schedule Baseline
Topic 10F: Develop a Change Control System

Lesson 11: Monitoring and Controlling Project Work
Topic 11A: The Monitor and Control Project Work Process
Topic 11B: Utilize the Change Control Process
Topic 11C: Review Deliverables and Work Results
Topic 11D: Control the Project Scope

Lesson 12: Monitoring and Controlling Project Schedule and Costs
Topic 12A: Control the Project Schedule
Topic 12B: Control Project Costs

Lesson 13: Monitoring and Controlling Project Quality, Staffing, and Communications
Topic 13A: Perform Quality Control
Topic 13B: Manage the Project Team
Topic 13C: Report on Project Performance
Topic 13D: Manage Stakeholder Relationships and Expectations

Lesson 14: Monitoring and Controlling Project Risk and Contracts
Topic 14A: Monitor and Control Project Risk
Topic 14B: Administer a Contract

Lesson 15: Closing the Project
Topic 15A: Close the Project Administratively
Topic 15B: Close Project Contracts

Appendix A: PMP Certification Mapping