Project Management Training – Understanding Project Management

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Recommended Prerequisites

No prerequisites are required for this course.

Course Overview

Project management isn’t just for construction engineers and military logistics experts anymore. Today, in addition to the regular duties of your job, you are often expected to take on extra assignments and to get that additional job done well, done under budget, and done on time. This course is not intended to take you from a supervisory or administrative position to that of a project manager. However, this course will familiarize you with the most common terms and the most current thinking about projects.

In this course, we will walk you through the nuts and bolts of project management, from setting priorities to controlling expenses and reporting on the results. You may still have to cope with the unexpected, but you’ll be better prepared.

Learning Objectives

• Understand what is meant by a project
• Recognize what steps must be taken to complete projects on time and on budget
• Have a better ability to sell ideas and make presentations
• Know simple techniques and tools for planning and tracking your project
• Have methods for keeping the team focused and motivated

Course Outline

1. Course Overview
2. What is a Project?
3. Project Management Basics
4. Pre-Assignment Review
5. How Can Projects Help Me?
6. The Benefits of Projects
7. Case Study: Mary Marvelous
8. A Project’s Life Cycle
9. Selling a Project
10. Tom Peters
11. The Priority Matrix
12. Preparing Your Project
13. The Role of a Project Manager
14. A Project Manager’s Skills
15. Key Skills
16. Project Goals
17. Laying Out the Project
18. The Statement of Work
19. Individual SOW
20. Project Planning Worksheet
21. Writing Reports
22. Project Risks
23. Risk Tolerance
24. About Risks
25. Reducing Risks
26. Contingency Planning
27. What Really Needs To Be Done?
28. Beginning to Plan
29. Preparing a Basic Schedule
30. Other Scheduling Factors
31. Scheduling My Project
32. The Work Breakdown Structure
33. Planning Tools
34. Two Basic Tools
35. PERT
36. Gantt Charts
37. The Network Diagram
38. The Flow Chart
39. Budgets
40. Teamwork
41. Why is Teamwork Important?
42. Building a Winning Team
43. Developing Teams
44. Four Issues to Address with Project Teams
45. Team Development
46. Putting it Into Practice
47. Decision Information
48. Individual Action Steps
49. Communication Tips
50. Closing Out a Project
51. Team Meetings
52. Presentation Primer
53. Project Presentations
54. Personal Action Plan
55. Recommended Reading List
56. Post-Course Assessment