Project Management Essentials

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