Course Description
Using our years of experience training IT professionals, ASPE-SDLC has developed a course uniquely suited to the needs of the IT Project Management professional.
Students of this project management training course report major improvements in project estimation, increased credibility with their customers, effective risk management, better control over scope creep, and an overall satisfaction with the positive impact on their company's operations.
Learn the fundamentals and best practices of project management methodology as applied to IT initiatives, and practice and master the skills you need to deliver IT projects on time, within budget, and to specification. Examine all aspects of IT projects, including hardware, software, vendor relationships, communicating with different audiences, and working with virtual teams. Learn to determine project scope through effective requirements identification, set and manage stakeholder expectations, identify and manage IT risks, and meet quality standards. Learn how to overcome the most common pitfalls of IT project success.
In this course, you will learn how to:
Foundations of project management
IT project life cycle
Quality requirements
Project stakeholders, scope, and uncertainty
Project requirements
Create a work breakdown structure
Create a network diagram based on activity sequence and duration
Assign responsibility for project activities
Estimate project cost
Create a communication management plan
Assess project risk and determine risk response strategies
Manage Vendors
Who should attend this course:
Associate project managers
project managers
IT project managers
Project coordinators
Project analysts
Project leaders
Senior project managers
Team leaders
Product managers
Program managers
In Class Exercises:
Identify Quality Requirements
Identify the Stakeholders
Complete the Project Charter
Trace Requirements
Determine the Work Breakdown Structure
Break Down the Work into Activities
Sequence the Activities
Estimate Activity Duration
Use Network Diagramming
Identify Resource Requirements
Create a Responsibility Assignment Matrix
Develop a Project Cost Estimate
Create a Communication Management Plan
Assess Project Risks
Determine Risk Response Strategies
Manage a Vendor Driven Change
Develop a Change Management Plan
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
Agenda
1. IT Project Foundations
IT Project Success and Failure
Practical Project Methodologies
Software Development Methodologies and Processes
Definition of a Project
Project Management as a Service Industry
Formal vs. Informal Management
Complexity and Uncertainty in Projects
Influences of Organizational Structure on Project Management
Project Management Institute (PMI®)
Project Management Life Cycle
Project Management as a Subset of Overall Management Skills
Iterative Nature of the Project Management Life Cycle
2. Quality in IT Projects
Quality Management
IT Project Testing
3. Project Initiation
Activities of Project Initiation
4. Project Scope Definition
Scope
Defining and Gathering Requirements
Tracing
Work Breakdown Structure
5. Time Management and Scheduling
Time Decomposition
Network Diagramming
6. Resource Planning
Identification of Required Project Resources
Roles and Responsibilities Chart
Staffing Management Plan
Resource Constraints
Responsibility Assignment Matrix
7. Cost Management and Control
Cost Planning and Analysis
Cost Estimating Techniques
Levels of Accuracy in Estimates
Cost Estimates at Planning Milestones
Contingency and Management Reserves
8. Communications Management
Management of Stakeholder Expectations
Considerations for Effective Communication
Lines of Communication
Forms of Communication
Communication Management Plan
Project Status Report
9. Risk Management
Essentials of Project Risk Management
Risk Sources for the IT Project
Stakeholder Risk Tolerance
Risk Identification Techniques
Risk Ranking
Risk Triggers
Risk Response Strategies
10. Vendor Management
Procurement and Sourcing Management
Overview of Vendor Management
Vendor Management Success
Measures of Vendor Management Success
11. Change Management
Project Changes
Integrated Change Control
Change Control Process
12. Phase and Project Closure
Phase and Project Closing
Lessons Learned
Phase and Project Reports