Topic-Level Outline
Days: 1
Prerequisites: None
Unit 1: Defining the project
Topic A:0 Project participants
A-1: Determining influence of stakeholders
Topic B:0 Project objectives and planning
B-1: Identifying benefits of project planning
B-2: Prioritizing constraints in a project
Unit 2: Activities and dependencies
Topic A:0 Project activities
A-1: Creating a WBS
A-2: Identifying types of project activities
A-3: Creating PERT charts
Topic B:0 Activity analysis
B-1: Determining appropriate level of detail
B-2: Creating activity analysis forms
B-3: Assigning work
Topic C:0 Activity estimation
C-1: Estimating project activities
C-2: Identifying problems and opportunities
Topic D:0 Dependencies
D-1: Identifying dependencies
D-2: Identifying lags and slack
Unit 3: Project scheduling
Topic A:0 Schedule development
A-1: Identifying benefits and constraints
A-2: Identifying mathematical techniques for analysis
A-3: Understanding network diagrams
A-4: Identifying arrow charting methods
A-5: Creating Gantt charts
Topic B:0 CPM and PERT
B-1: Understanding critical path
B-2: Understanding CPM scheduling and calculations
B-3: Understanding duration compression
B-4: Calculating float
Unit 4: Project change control
Topic A:0 Project change control system
A-1: Understanding project change control system
Topic B:0 Controlling change
B-1: Accommodating change
B-2: Understanding project change control board
Unit 5: Financial issues
Topic A:0 Fundamentals of cost estimating
A-1: Analyzing historical information
A-2: Understanding activity duration and cost estimates
A-3: Identifying problems while estimating costs
Topic B:0 Organizational financial systems
B-1: Understanding organizational financial issues
B-2: Budgeting factors
Unit 6: Project performance
Topic A:0 Measuring project performance
A-1: Determining project performance
A-2: Using calculations in earned value analysis
A-3: Controlling project cost
Topic B:0 Reporting project performance
B-1: Understanding performance reports
B-2: Understanding status reports
B-3: Understanding progress reports
B-4: Closing projects
B-5: Understanding final project report