Project Management Essentials

Duration:
One day

Description:
This ILT Series course teaches the fundamentals of project management. Students learn how to identify project participants, goals, objectives, activities, and constraints. Course activities also cover activity dependencies, activity analysis, project schedules and budgets, network diagrams, Gantt charts, CPM scheduling, and activity duration compression. Students will also learn how to optimize project activities, estimate costs, control project changes, measure project performance, use project performance reports, accommodate change, control the project schedule and budget, and close a project. The manual is designed for quick scanning in the classroom and filled with interactive exercises that help ensure student success.

Table Of Contents:
Unit 1: Define the project
Topic A: Project participants
Topic B: Project objectives and planning

Unit 2: Activities and dependencies
Topic A: Project activities
Topic B: Sequence activities
Topic C: Analyze activities
Topic D: Estimate activities
Topic E: Sequence dependencies

Unit 3: Project scheduling
Topic A: Develop the project schedule
Topic B: Techniques for schedule development
Topic C: The CPM and PERT

Unit 4: Project change control
Topic A: Define project change control

Unit 5: Financial issues
Topic A: Estimate costs

Unit 6: Project performance
Topic A: Measure project performance
Topic B: Report project performance

Project Management Basic
Duration:
One day

Description:
This ILT Series course teaches students basic project-management techniques, including managing time and costs. Students will identify the features and attributes of a project, the steps and variables of the project management process, the effects of environmental, socioeconomic and organizational structure issues, and the responsibilities of a project manager. Course activities also cover defining the project scope, writing a project charter, developing a work breakdown structure, identifying time management components, describing schedule development, using mathematical analysis techniques, and assigning resources. Students will also learn how to estimate resource costs, create a capital budget, control the project costs, and compute a project's estimate at completion (EAC) and variance at completion (VAC). The manual is designed for quick scanning in the classroom and filled with interactive exercises that help ensure student success.

Table Of Contents:
Unit 1 : Fundamentals of project management
Topic A: Projects
Topic B: The project management process
Unit 2 : Characteristics of a project
Topic A: The project environment
Topic B: The project manager
Topic C: The project team
Unit 3 : Project initiation and scope planning
Topic A: Project initiation
Topic B: Scope planning
Unit 4 : Scope definition, verification, and change control
Topic A: Scope definition
Topic B: Scope verification
Topic C: Scope change control
Unit 5 : Time management
Topic A: Activity definition and sequencing
Topic B: Activity duration
Unit 6 : Schedule development and control
Topic A: Schedule development
Topic B: Schedule control
Unit 7 : Resource identification and cost approximating
Topic A: Resource identification
Topic B: Cost approximating
Unit 8 : Budgeting and cost control
Topic A: Cost budgeting
Topic B: Cost control

Project Management Advanced
Duration:
One day

Description:
This ILT Series course builds on the skills taught in Project Management: Intermediate. In the Advanced course, students will learn about contracts, procurement, solicitation, integration, and the project management process. Course activities will cover discussing types of contracts, identifying the role of procurement planning, soliciting contractors, evaluating proposals, negotiating contracts, developing a project plan, and implementing a work authorization system. Students will also identify process groups and variables, write closeout reports, and identify different methods of project termination. The manual is designed for quick scanning in the classroom and filled with interactive exercises that help ensure student success.

Table Of Contents:
Unit 1: Procurement planning
Topic A: Fundamentals of contracts
Topic B: Procurement planning

Unit 2: Planning, soliciting, and selecting
Topic A: Solicitation planning
Topic B: Selection

Unit 3: Contract administration and closeout
Topic A: Contract administration
Topic B: Elements of contract administration

Unit 4: Project integration and plan development 
Topic A: Integration
Topic B: Project planning

Unit 5: Implementing plans and controlling change
Topic A: Implementing the plan
Topic B: Controlling change

Unit 6: The project management process
Topic A: The process
Topic B: Initiation and planning

Unit 7: Execution, control, and project closeout
Topic A: Project execution
Topic B: Controlling a project
Topic C: Closing a project

IT Project Management 
Duration:
Two days

Description:
This course, based on the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) Guide 2004, teaches students the full range of IT Project Management topics. Coverage includes project manager roles and responsibilities, context and process groups, integration management, scope management, time management, and cost management. Students will also learn about quality management, human resource management, communications management, risk management, and procurement management.

Table Of Contents:
Unit 1: Introduction to Project Management
Topic A: Introduction to project management
Topic B: The role of the project manager
Topic C: The project management profession

Unit 2: Context and process groups
Topic A: A systems view of project management
Topic B: Stakeholder management
Topic C: The project life cycle
Topic D: Process groups

Unit 3: Integration management
Topic A: Project Integration Management
Topic B: Project charter
Topic C: Monitoring and controlling project work

Unit 4: Scope management
Topic A: Managing scope
Topic B: The work breakdown structure

Unit 5: Time management
Topic A: Project schedule
Topic B: Schedule development
Topic C: Controlling changes to the project schedule

Unit 6: Cost management
Topic A: Components and principles of cost management
Topic B: Cost estimating and budgeting
Topic C: Cost control

Unit 7: Quality management
Topic A: The importance of quality planning
Topic B: Quality control
Topic C: Improving information technology project quality

Unit 8: Human resource management
Topic A: Managing people
Topic B: Acquiring team members
Topic C: Developing the team
Topic D: Managing the team

Unit 9: Communications management
Topic A: Planning for good communication
Topic B: Improving project communications

Unit 10: Risk management
Topic A: Risk management planning
Topic B: Risk identification
Topic C: Qualitative risk analysis
Topic D: Quantitative risk analysis
Topic E: Response and control

Unit 11: Procurement management
Topic A: Procurement planning
Topic B: Sellers and contracts

Project Management Intermediate

Duration:
One day

Description:
This ILT Series course builds on the fundamentals taught in Project Management: Basic. In the Intermediate course, students will learn how to implement quality measures, handle project risks, acquire and motivate team members, and communicate effectively. Course activities cover identifying the characteristics and goals of quality management, create a quality management plan, conduct an audit, develop a quality control system, design a risk management plan, follow a qualitative risk analysis process, create a decision tree, and monitor and control project risks. Students will also discuss the characteristics of a good manager, build and maintain a productive team, and use analysis tools and reports to evaluate the performance of a project.

Table Of Contents:
Unit 1: Quality management
Topic A: Fundamentals of quality management
Topic B: Quality planning

Unit 2: Quality assurance and control
Topic A: Quality assurance
Topic B: Quality control

Unit 3: Risk identification and management
Topic A: Fundamentals of risk management
Topic B: Risk management planning
Topic C: Risk identification

Unit 4: Risk analysis, response, and control
Topic A: Qualitative analysis
Topic B: Quantitative analysis
Topic C: Risk response
Topic D: Risk monitoring and control

Unit 5: Organizational planning
Topic A: Project managers
Topic B: Organizational planning

Unit 6: Staff acquisition and team building
Topic A: Staff acquisition
Topic B: Team building

Unit 7: Planning and distributing information
Topic A: Communications planning
Topic B: Distributing information

Unit 8: Project performance and conclusion
Topic A: Performance reporting
Topic B: Concluding a project

Project Management 4th Edition

Duration:
Self-study

Description:
Build a building. Develop software. Relocate your office. Whatever initiative you need to accomplish, the proven principles of Project Management will help you achieve success. Developed as a discipline during the U.S. space program, today Project Management helps businesses and their leaders identify and leverage the talent, facilities, techniques and finances to achieve their objectives.

Table Of Contents:
Part 1: Project Management Concepts
Project Management Basics
The Project Life Cycle
Project Parameters
Project Management Software
Common Terms and Abbreviations
Part Summary

Part 2: Defining the Project
The Origin of Projects
Getting Underway: Action Items
Testing Your Preliminary Strategy
Part Summary

Part 3: Planning the Project
Planning the Three Project Dimensions
Planning the Quality Dimension
Planning the Time Dimension
Planning the Cost Dimension
Assigning Responsibility
Part Summary

Part 4: Implementing the Plan
The Implementation Phase
Controlling Work in Progress
Providing Feedback
Negotiating for Resources
Ten Guidelines for Effective Negotiation
Resolving Differences
Communicating
Part Summary

Part 5: Completing the Project
Bringing the Project to a Successful Conclusion
Project Management in a Nutshell
Part Summary