Course Description
For
"accidental project managers" or entry-level project staff:
Real-world tools for any project. Master practical basics and earn your
Associate's Certificate in project management from the John Cook School of
Business.
Project management skills aren't just for
"official" project managers.
In recent years, work traditionally associated with project managers and PMPs
is being required by other types of professional. As projects become more
complex and work in general becomes more project-based, these skills are
critical at every level of the team. "Project manager" may not be
your job title, and you may not have chosen the profession of project
management, but you are performing project management if you are responsible
for:
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Estimating tasks and deliverables
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Vendor management
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Reporting
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Stakeholder communication
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Issue logging
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Contract administration
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Risk management
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Monitoring scope
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Leading teams
Quickly learn the essential tools and skills to manage
and perform project-related work.
Whether you are an "accidental" project manager or a member of a team
who shares project-related duties, this course provides the critical real-world
skills and tools you need to be successful with basic project management. Learn
to maximize and combine human skills — such as informal authority and
communication — with quantitative tools such as three-point estimation, work
breakdown structures, Delphi analysis and many others. This toolkit will give
you the skills to keep project work coordinated, on schedule, on budget, and
within scope.
Leave class ready to receive your associate certificate
from the John Cook School of Business at Saint Louis University.
Many de facto project managers don't yet have the extensive experience required
for a credential such as the PMP®. However, professionals and employers still
need to prove qualifications with a respected credential. We have partnered
with Saint Louis University's fully accredited John Cook School of Business to
provide the Associate's Certificate in Project Management. Once you complete
the class, you will have the training and resources you need to immediately
submit your application to JCSB and earn your associate's certificate in
project management essentials.
About the PM Associate Certificate
After class, you will be provided with access to the "Managing Project
Work" online skills assessment and a survey asking about your work
experience on projects. After you take the assessment and complete the survey,
you will submit this info to JCSB with proof of course completion and be
awarded your PM Associate Certificate in project management.
We
provide easy step-by-step instructions for you to follow after class, as well
as all the materials you need for obtaining our certificate from JCSB.
Managing
Projects Training Course Outline
1. Introduction
We'll begin with the basics. Get an industry-standard overview of project
management and what constitutes project work.
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Logistics and objectives of the course
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What is a project?
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What is project management?
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Comparison to other types of work (operational,
strategic, program management, others)
2. Project Management Basics
PMI is the most influential industry body in the world of project management.
Without getting too deep into the world of PMI, we will look at some of the
most useful concepts and tools they have provided to the industry.
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The five process groups
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The nine knowledge areas
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The project management life cycle
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What is expected of a good project manager
3. Baselines and Constraints
Successful projects begin with a clear definition of boundaries, scope,
limitations, and establishing clear plans that take these factors into account.
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The triple constraints triangle
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The "essential eight" PM skills: SCESIRRS
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The three baselines: scope, schedule, cost
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Creating the baselines
4. Managing Across the Project Life Cycle
In this section we'll begin learning the practical tools that make up the
majority of project management work.
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Integration
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Planning
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Executing
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Monitoring and Controlling
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Closing
5. Different Project Management Methodologies
It's very helpful to look at the major methodologies that are used for most
projects in today's world. Each has its own merits, and each has its own
approach to baselines and constraints.
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Waterfall projects
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Agile (Adaptive) projects
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Iterative projects
6. Starting (Initiating) Projects
We will now begin walking through how to manage virtually any project, whether
small or large, using.
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The project charter
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Working with the three types of requirements
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A basic business analysis toolbox
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Analyzing requirements
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Identifying stakeholders
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Analyzing stakeholders
Exercise – Identifying High Level Requirements
Exercise – Stakeholder Analysis
7. Planning Project Work
Planning is one of the most critical ingredients of successful project
management. There are proven methods for using planning to set your project up
for success. We'll show you what they are and how to use them.
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Integrating baselines and subsidiary management plans
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Scoping
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Scheduling
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Budgeting
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Decomposing the work
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Estimating and sequencing
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Generating the schedule network diagram
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Other practical estimating tools
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Identifying, planning for, and mitigating inefficiencies
Exercise – Create a Work Breakdown Structure
Exercise – Decompose Work Packages to Activities
Real-world – Setting up a project with Microsoft
Project
Real-world – Creating a Task List with Microsoft
Project
8. Scheduling
Keeping projects on schedule is a key component of managing any project. We'll
show you how the pros do it.
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Integrating baselines and subsidiary management plans
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Schedule network analysis
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The critical path method
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Schedule compression and crashing the schedule
Exercise – Develop a Dependency Network
Real-world – Developing Task Dependencies in
Microsoft Project
Real-world – Adding Time Estimates with Microsoft
Project
Real-world – Adding Resources with Microsoft Project
9. Cost
Next we'll look at how good project managers keep projects within budget and
use basic tools to monitor and control costs.
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The cost baseline
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Using estimates and the work breakdown structure
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Determining the budget
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Tools and techniques
10. Subsidiary Management Plans
Your project may not always need every subsidiary plan, but many will. We will
prepare you to manage other common factors that are important to project work.
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Human Resources
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Communication
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Risk
Exercises – Managing risk in a project
1. Risk Planning
2. Perform Qualitative Risk
Analysis
3. Risk Probability and
Impact Assessment
4. Probability & Impact
Matrix
11. Monitoring, controlling, & executing projects
Throughout a project, some basic tools can keep everything on track. We'll
teach you how to use common management tools for controlling and executing your
project.
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Earned value and planned value
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Actual cost and Cost Performance Index
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Schedule performance index
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Estimate at completion (EAC)
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Forecasting
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EAC and typical variances
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EAC and atypical variances
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To-complete performance index
12. Closing a Project
Project closure does not need to be complicated, but it is critical. You can
use information garnered during the project for future work, and proper closure
also ensures that the deliverables are accepted and correct.
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Capturing lessons learned
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Reviews: Scope, schedule, budget
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Project signoff
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Transfer of products, services, or results
Substitution & Cancellation Policy:
You may cancel or reschedule up to 21 days prior to the start date of the class at no penalty. For any cancellation or reschedule requests within 21 days, the full course tuition is still due and not eligible for refund. Any paid tuition will be credited towards a future class and must be used within 12 months.
*Partner delivered courses may be subject to different cancellation terms