Project Planning and Risk Training / Onsite Program

Principles of Project Management Planning

(15 PMI PDU's)

Description:
Project planning takes both time and money. The payback? Increased awareness of risks, clarity of responsibility, greater visibility of resource requirements, and higher probability of project success.

Effective project planning and control starts with proper project definition.

Project Planning involves having the skills, knowledge, and practices for project work breakdown structures, project network diagrams, project work package estimates, project scheduling, project Gantt Charts, project resource leveling, project management software, and estimating.

Project Control entails project monitoring, project communication, closing out a project, and project corrective action.

Benefits

• Create realistic project schedules.
• Get the most from project management software using the 5 steps of project planning.
• Create effective project plans with clear responsibilities and milestones.
• Identify problems when they are still small enough to solve.
• Transform ambiguous projects into focused, productive projects with tangible results.

Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Understand how project management can increase productivity, improve communication and cut development costs.
• Systematically apply the proven techniques of project management to define, plan and control a project.
• Create a project plan using standard project management techniques.
• Use the project plan to manage the team, customers, management and project sponsors.
• Understand the relationship between the science of project management and the art of leadership.

Course Outline

1. Successful Projects

• Why project management?
• Project success factors
• What is a project?
• The goal of project management
• Project management responsibilities
• Project life cycle
• Product development lifecycles

2. Project Definition

• Project definition: Establishing the rules of the game
• Identify project stakeholders
• Create a statement of work
• Develop a Project Responsibility matrix
• Publish a project charter

3. Project Planning

• The project plan
• Step one: The work breakdown structure
• Step two: Define task relationships
• Step three: Make work package estimates
• Step four: Determine the initial schedule
• Step five: Assign and level resources
• Accurate project estimating
• Project estimating techniques

4. Project Control

• Monitoring project cost and project schedule
• Planning for Project Quality
• Project Change control
• Project communication
• Project close out
• Project Corrective action

5. Project Leadership

• Project manager skills
• Project art based on project science

6. Lessons Learned

Target Audience:
Anyone associated with projects benefits from understanding the tools of project management. Project managers and project team leaders, project managers with multiple projects, and project team members with special assignments will get the greatest benefit from this course.

This workshop if often tailored to focus on your specific project management tools, project management practices, and project software .  It is also often used as part of a project kickoff, definition, or planning phase by having an intact project team work on their actual project throughout the course.