Course Description
Learn How To:
Select the level of staffing, resources, and management support required for a project
Assemble a project team and gain commitment on project objectives
Assign tasks based on work breakdown structure
Estimate time and costs and present a project plan to team members and stakeholders
Create a project binder documenting each stage of the project and lessons learned
Watch basic concepts come to life in this course, a comprehensive synthesis of core project management principles designed to reinforce skills learned throughout the core curriculum. Build on your new competencies and test your skills as you work in teams to complete an extensive, realistic, project case study.
You’ll propose, plan and execute a full-scale project under typical organizational constraints. Follow your project through the life cycle, resolving issues of performance, scheduling and control as you address questions of leadership and management. Each team member will take a turn as project manager, defining objectives and performing tasks and producing deliverables critical to the project’s success.
Confirm your mastery of the core principles of project management in this experiential course and gain the hands-on confidence to practice new skills in your organization.
Participants in this course will receive ESI’s Earned Valued Formula Finder.
Recommendation: Please bring a calculator to class. You may also find a laptop computer useful during this class.
Reminder: This practice-based course integrates the knowledge, skills and competencies that are gained in the other ESI core project management courses. Having a foundation in industry standard project management practices is a vital component to your success in this course. Typically, this can be ach
Agenda
Team Building
Project assignment
Initial project assessment
Team ownership
Organizational assessment: working with what you have
Staffing
Resources
Management support
Options assessment
Preemptive troubleshooting
Historical review
Preproposal Analysis and Planning
Analyzing the market
Assessing risk
Building the team and reviewing roles
Developing a plan to complete the proposal
Proposal Kickoff and Preparation
Evaluating the requirement
Evaluating bid contracts
Obtaining the team’s commitment
Writing the winning proposal
Delegating to team members
Managing time constraints
Postaward Planning
Project kickoff meeting
Goals
Participants
Principal points
Detailed project planning
Negotiation/Agreement
Four steps of prenegotiation preparation
Negotiation performance
Exploratory session
Joint-gain resolution
Postnegotiation activity
Memoranda and documentation
Communication
Implementation
Measuring performance
Managing risk and uncertainty
Reporting progress and following up
Managing change and achieving project control
Leveling resources
Closeout
Team
Review
Closeout
Reassignment
Project
Documentation
Lessons learned
Organization
Client
Sign-off
"Ownership"
Revenue enhancement
Comments
Field of StudyManagement Advisory ServicesAce RecommendationsUndergraduate 2 credit hoursCourse CPE33Course PDUs28Course CEUs2.8E-training PDUs28