Course Overview

PDU Credits: 7

Cost: $295.00 (plus GST)

Gain an understanding of project management methods with this fundamental course. Jumpstart your projects and gain practical experience in proven project management techniques. Discover valuable, flexible tools that can be used immediately on the job to ensure the success of any type of project in any type of organization. Apply your project management skills to the unique challenges of projects with strategies developed in the field by experienced project managers.

Using strategies developed in the field by experienced project managers Project Management Jump Start provides the foundation, techniques, and tools to:

• hit the road running on your projects!
• work within organizational and cost constraints
• set goals tied directly to stakeholder needs
• use state-of-the-art project management tools to get the work done on time and within budget

This course is based on the principles established in the Project Management Institute's® A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge® (PMBOK® Guide), which incorporates information essential to project success and establishes international standards and guidelines for project management. The focus is practical and based on “real life” projects.

You’ll learn project management skills through use of hands-on exercises, and a broad range of practical experiences that can immediately be applied to your project. This approach yields a comprehensive project management experience, including the early stages of defining project scope, requirements, developing work breakdown structures, risk management, and stakeholder management.

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Who Should Attend:

Designed for both new project managers and experienced project managers who wish to refresh their skills or develop an understanding of formal project management processes and techniques. You will gain an understanding of the strategies and skills necessary to manage projects of any size. Plus, you’ll receive tools to enhance your project management capabilities.

Learn How To:

• Develop a results-driven project plan
• Identify and manage stakeholder requirements
• Identify, analyze and manage risk
• Identify and analyze stakeholder acceptance

PMBOK® Guide Knowledge Areas Covered:

• Scope Management
• Time Management
• Cost Management
• Human Resources Management
• Communications Management
• Risk Management

Course Outline

DAY 1

Unit 1:

• Project management overview
• Benefits of Project Management – Why not just do the project? Project Sponsorship – Why is it Important?
• Project life cycle

Unit 2:

• Project Initiation & planning
• The project need, initiating processes
• Work breakdown structure
• Network diagram

Unit 3:

• Stakeholder management
• Stakeholder identification, analysis and buy-in!
• Stakeholder management plan

Unit 4:

• Risk management
• Risk Identification
• Risk Assessment
• Risk Management