Curriculum

Project Management Certificate

Days 1&2

The first two days of the program identify key factors that lead to a project’s success and describes the Project Management Institute's five Project Management Processes and each activity that occurs within each process. Participants will facilitate a work breakdown structure (WBS) on a real world project, describe techniques to influence project stakeholders (even when they don't have formal authority), and identify techniques to provide better estimates for projects. Teams will describe strategies for managing changes that inevitably occur within projects, learn about critical paths, and how to use them successfully to manage any project.

Topics for Days 1&2
Key Project Management Concepts What is a project? Why do projects fail? Rolling wave planning The triple constraint People and Projects Key insights into leading teams Managing stakeholder relationships Initiating a Project Aligning projects to business needs Developing a project charter Understanding project stakeholders Planning a Project The payback of planning Developing a scope statement Defining success criteria	Work Breakdown Structure Why develop a WBS? Practical techniques for facilitating WBS sessions Estimation Techniques Concepts to improve estimating Overview of estimation techniques Critical Path What it is and why it matters How to use critical path to deliver Risk Management Risks and projects Practical techniques to identify and plan for risks Control Planning & Closing Planning for quality Planning for effective communication Closing a project and drawing out lessons learned

Topics for Days 1&2

Key Project Management Concepts

What is a project?
Why do projects fail?
Rolling wave planning
The triple constraint

People and Projects

Key insights into leading teams
Managing stakeholder relationships

Initiating a Project

Aligning projects to business needs
Developing a project charter
Understanding project stakeholders

Planning a Project

The payback of planning
Developing a scope statement
Defining success criteria

Work Breakdown Structure

Why develop a WBS?
Practical techniques for facilitating WBS sessions

Estimation Techniques

Concepts to improve estimating
Overview of estimation techniques

Critical Path

What it is and why it matters
How to use critical path to deliver

Risk Management

Risks and projects
Practical techniques to identify and plan for risks

Control Planning & Closing

Planning for quality
Planning for effective communication
Closing a project and drawing out lessons learned

Day 3–5

The second half of the program covers advanced techniques designed to map participants toward earning credentials in Project Management. Participants will analyze which projects should be selected over others, helping to ensure project selection is accurate and efficient and that stakeholder expectations are managed. The course will touch on cost management and earned value analysis plus cover practices to build quality management and project procurement management into projects. Participants will learn to identify appropriate conflict handling styles for any situation in order to better manage project conflict, and to describe methods to improve accountability and influence skills among project team members.

Topics Day 3–5
Project Selection Methods Project lifecycle vs. Product lifecycle Benefit measurements methods Hands-on exercises to develop skills with each technique Stakeholder Analysis The importance of thoroughly identifying stakeholders Analyzing stakeholders and managing their expectations Dealing with stakeholders who are obstacles Cost Management Techniques to estimate project costs. Best practices for project cost budgeting Earned value management principles and formulas Hands-on exercises to develop skills with earned value principles Quality Management The importance of prevention over inspection Influential voices in quality management How to plan quality into projects Quality assurance and quality control	Procurement Management Best practices for procurement management Applying those practices in your organization Contract types and concepts Managing Conflict Sources of conflict on projects Conflict handling modes & techniques Accountability & Influence Techniques to improve accountability Techniques to improve influence on teams Negotiating Skills Stages of negotiating Hands-on negotiating exercise

Topics Day 3–5

Project Selection Methods

Project lifecycle vs. Product lifecycle
Benefit measurements methods
Hands-on exercises to develop skills with each technique

Stakeholder Analysis

The importance of thoroughly identifying stakeholders
Analyzing stakeholders and managing their expectations
Dealing with stakeholders who are obstacles

Cost Management

Techniques to estimate project costs.
Best practices for project cost budgeting
Earned value management principles and formulas
Hands-on exercises to develop skills with earned value principles

Quality Management

The importance of prevention over inspection
Influential voices in quality management
How to plan quality into projects
Quality assurance and quality control

Procurement Management

Best practices for procurement management
Applying those practices in your organization
Contract types and concepts

Managing Conflict

Sources of conflict on projects
Conflict handling modes & techniques

Accountability & Influence

Techniques to improve accountability
Techniques to improve influence on teams

Negotiating Skills

Stages of negotiating
Hands-on negotiating exercise

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