Project Management:
Intermediate,
Second Edition
Topic-Level Outline
Days: 1
Prerequisites: Project
Management: Basic, Second Edition or equivalent experience
Unit 1: Quality management
Topic A:0 Fundamentals of quality management
A-1: Defining quality and quality management
A-2: Following quality management directives
A-3: Addressing quality management issues
A-4: Exploring quality management concepts
Topic B:0 Quality planning
B-1: Identifying aspects of initial project planning
B-2: Planning activities to ensure project quality
B-3: Identifying elements of quality planning
B-4: Identifying quality planning techniques
B-5: Identifying the characteristics of a good quality management plan
Unit 2: Quality assurance and control
Topic A:0 Quality assurance
A-1: Conducting an audit
A-2: Identifying an auditor’s responsibilities
A-3: Classifying the costs of quality
A-4: Identifying the categories of quality costs
A-5: Identifying the effects of non-quality work
A-6: Identifying ways to reduce project costs
Topic B:0 Quality control
B-1: Developing a quality control system
B-2: Differentiating between quality control concepts
B-3: Exploring statistical terms
B-4: Exploring quality control tools
Unit 3: Risk identification and management
Topic A:0 Fundamentals of risk management
A-1: Exploring risk management
A-2: Identifying risk management goals
A-3: Identifying when to take and avoid risks
Topic B:0 Risk management planning
B-1: Designing a risk management plan
B-2: Identifying the issues to address in a risk management plan
Topic C:0 Risk identification
C-1: Identifying sources of risks
C-2: Exploring risk identification tools
C-3: Identifying ways to classify project risks
Unit 4: Risk analysis, response, and control
Topic A:0 Qualitative analysis
A-1: Following the qualitative risk analysis process
A-2: Discussing quality and scheduling in risk assessment
Topic B:0 Quantitative analysis
B-1: Exploring quantitative analysis techniques
B-2: Exploring decision trees
Topic C:0 Risk response
C-1: Following the risk response process
C-2: Identifying the categories for possible risk response plans
Topic D:0 Risk monitoring and control
D-1: Applying the monitor and control methods
D-2: Identifying the outcomes of monitoring and control
Unit 5: Organizational planning
Topic A:0 Project managers
A-1: Identifying the characteristics of a successful project manager
A-2: Distinguishing the positions of project manager and functional manager
A-3: Identifying types of authority
A-4: Avoiding negative use of power
A-5: Identifying project organizational structures
Topic B:0 Organizational planning
B-1: Creating a project team
B-2: Exploring organizational planning factors
B-3: Identifying the elements of organizational planning
B-4: Identifying the effects of conflicts on organizational planning
Unit 6: Staff acquisition and team building
Topic A:0 Staff acquisition
A-1: Identifying desirable characteristics of team members
A-2: Developing a negotiating plan
A-3: Identifying categories of personnel problems
Topic B:0 Team building
B-1: Identifying the factors affecting team development
B-2: Developing a project team
B-3: Handling team development barriers
B-4: Exploring motivational theories
B-5: Identifying ways to motivate team members
Unit 7: Planning and distributing information
Topic A:0 Communications planning
A-1: Planning for project communication
A-2: Identifying factors that influence people’s perception of communication
A-3: Communicating effectively
Topic B:0 Distributing information
B-1: Exploring information distribution
B-2: Distributing information during meetings
B-3: Encouraging informal communication
Unit 8: Project performance and conclusion
Topic A:0 Performance reporting
A-1: Writing performance reports
A-2: Classifying performance reports
A-3: Measuring a project’s progress
A-4: Conducting performance reviews
Topic B:0 Concluding a project
B-1: Identifying the benefits of close-out reporting
B-2: Identifying ways to close a project
B-3: Writing a project’s final report