Outline

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Participants will receive a short assignment after each class. Each of these assignments will be used to tie the whole program together and serve as the background work for project simulation in Module 9.

MODULE 1 (1 day): Program Introduction

  • Program introduction and review of objectives
  • Overview of the knowledge areas of project management as defined by the Project Management Institute and others
  • Introduction to the project simulation/case study to be used throughout the program
  • Delivery of tools and technology to be used throughout the program
  • Discussion and exercise around team leadership and effectiveness

MODULE 2 (3 days): Project Planning and Control

  • How to form a project team, scope projects and manage within a Matrix Environment
  • Developing detailed and high-level project management plans
  • Creating activity-based network diagrams and working with the critical path
  • Understanding Earned Value Management
  • Meeting stakeholder requirements with various control strategies

MODULE 3 (2 days): Effective Communications and HR Management

  • Understanding communication dynamics and your communication style
  • Team development: Understanding yourself, stakeholders and team members
  • Linking team life cycle stages with project communication needs
  • The impact of change curve stages on your project team and stakeholders
  • Building a communication plan and templates for your project
  • Communication strategies for virtual teams

MODULE 4 (2 days): Project Quality Management

  • Quality: Defined and measured
  • The basic process for achieving quality
  • How preventive quality action reduces project cost dramatically
  • Reducing total cost of quality through problem-solving
  • Overcoming obstacles to front-end planning and achieving results

MODULE 5 (2 days): Effective Project Cost Management

  • Cost estimating: Micro versus macro
  • Resource planning, budgeting and cost control
  • Earned value concepts
  • Fixed, variable and unit costs
  • Status reporting

MODULE 6 (2 days): Procurement and Contracting Management

  • Procurement and solicitation planning
  • Solicitation and negotiation principles
  • Source selection
  • Contract close-out and contract law

MODULE 7 (2 days): Assessing and Managing Project Risk

  • Project risk management framework
  • Risk management in project planning and execution
  • Quantitative and team facilitation techniques to identify risks and responses
  • Utilizing decision trees and expected monetary value
  • Applying techniques such as Delphi method and Monte Carlo simulation

MODULE 8 (2 days): Filling in the Gaps

  • Review of complex issues in scope, time, cost, quality, human resource, communications and risk management
  • Review all areas covered in the program to date
  • The PMBOK® Guide as a complete unit
  • Preparing for the Masters Certificate final test
  • Preparing for the PMP® certification examination
  • Review question styles to improve your chances of success

MODULE 9 (2 days): Final Exam and Project Simulation

  • Final exam spanning all program material (marks to be handed out the same day)
  • In Project Simulation, all participants will apply their learning to propose, plan, execute and deliver a full-scale realistic project in teams