Project Planning and Management

Project Planning and Management

Course Description

Overview:

Project management is the application of processes, methods, knowledge, skills and experience to achieve the project objectives. It is the initiation, planning and control of a wide range of tasks required to deliver this end product. Essentially it is aimed at producing an end product that will effect some change for the benefit of the organization that instigated the project. This project management course covers the activities in each of the five processes of Project Management (PM), namely Initializing, Planning, Executing, Controlling and Closing.

If you are taking this course, you probably have some professional exposure to the duties of a project manager, or you may be considering embarking on a career in professional project management. 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. In this course, you will apply the generally recognized practices of project management acknowledged by the BSI to successfully manage projects.

Project managers who have proven skills and experience can find exciting, high-visibility opportunities in a wide range of fields. This course is specifically designed to provide you with the proven, practical body of project management knowledge and skills that you need to demonstrate project management mastery on the job. Additionally, this course can be a significant part of your preparation for the Project Management Professional Certification Exam. The skills and knowledge you gain in this course will help you avoid making costly mistakes and increase your competitive edge in the project management profession.

This project management course covers the activities in each of the five processes of Project Management (PM), namely Initializing, Planning, Executing, Controlling and Closing.

Course Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to apply the generally recognized practices of project management acknowledged by the Buena Suerte Investments to successfully manage projects. They will:

• Get started with project management fundamentals.
• Identify organizational influences and project life cycle.
• Work with project management processes.
• Initiate a project.
• Plan a project.
• Plan for project time management.
• Plan project budget, quality, and communications.
• Plan for risk, procurements, and stakeholder management.
• Execute a project.
• Manage project work, scope, schedules, and cost.
• Control a project.
• Close a project.

Target Audience

This course is designed for individuals who have on-the-job project management experience (whether

or not project manager is their formal job role), who are not certified project management professionals, and who might or might not have received formal project management training. The course is appropriate for these persons if they wish to develop professionally, increase their project management skills, apply a formalized and standards-based approach to project management, and seek career advancement by moving into a formal project manager job role, as well as to apply for any Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

The aim of this course

This will provide learners with skills and competences on the best practices in project planning, project performance and management as well as project controls.

Prerequisites:

Familiarity with project management concepts and some working experience with project management

are required. Experience with a specific project management software tool is not required. Basic computing skills and some experience using Microsoft Office is desirable but not required.

Course Content

MODULE 1: Getting Started with Project Management

❖  What is Project Management

❖  Components of Project Management

❖  Project Management and the Business

MODULE 2: Project Management and the Organization

❖  Identify Organizational Influences

❖  Project Stakeholders and Governance

❖  The Project Team

❖  The Project Life Cycle

MODULE 3: Working with Project Management Processes

❖  Project Management Processes and Knowledge Areas

❖  Identify Project Information

MODULE 4: Initiating a Project

❖  Develop a Project Charter

❖  Identify Project Stakeholders

MODULE 5: Planning a Project

❖  Develop a Project Management Plan

❖  Plan Scope Management

❖  Collect Project Requirements

❖  Define Project Scope

❖  Create a WBS

MODULE 6: Planning for Project Time Management

❖  Plan Schedule Management

❖  Define Project Activities

❖  Sequence Project Activities

❖  Estimate Activity Resources

❖  Estimate Activity Durations

❖  Develop a Project Schedule

MODULE 7: Planning Project Budget, Quality, and Communications

❖  Plan Project Cost Management

❖  Estimate Project Costs

❖  Determine the Project Budget

❖  Plan Quality Management

❖  Plan Human Resource Management

❖  Plan Communications Management

MODULE 8: Planning for Risk, Procurements, and Stakeholder Management

❖  Plan Risk Management

❖  Identify Risks

❖  Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis

❖  Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis

❖  Plan for Risk Response

❖  Plan Project Procurements

❖  Plan Stakeholder Management

MODULE 9: Executing a Project

❖  Direct and Manage Project Work

❖  Perform Quality Assurance

❖  Acquire Project Team

❖  Develop Project Team

❖  Manage a Project Team

❖  Manage Communications

❖  Conduct Procurements

❖  Manage Stakeholder Engagement

MODULE 10: Managing Project Work, Scope, Schedules, and Cost

❖  Monitor and Control Project Work

❖  Perform Integrated Change Control

❖  Validate Project Scope

❖  Control Project Scope

❖  Control the Project Schedule

❖  Control Project Costs

MODULE 11: Controlling the Project

❖  Control Project Quality

❖  Control Communications

❖  Control Project Risks

❖  Control Project Procurements

❖  Control Stakeholder Engagement

MODULE 12: Closing a Project

❖  Close Project or Phase

❖  Close Procurements

Course outcome

By the end of training the learners will learn how to:

• • Clearly define project scope and management
  • Develop a realistic schedule which meets the project constraints
  • Prepare a plan, understand its purpose and why it comprises more than just a schedule
  • Identify the project’s quality objective and implement appropriate controls to

ensure they are achieved

• • Develop status reports which reflect reality
  • Identify and continually manage risks which could derail the project
  • Manage stakeholders to ensure they remain committed to be involved in the project
  • Build effective teams which are committed to the project goals
  • Evaluate performance of the team
  • Estimate and control project budgets

Eligibility:

The course is designed for Project managers, Project leaders, Project team members, engineers, project procurement staff, project accountants and all those who have the responsibility for project management.