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  Course Catalog : Project Management :

Introduction to IT Project Management

4 day

Course # 12-4550


Description

This is an interactive workshop that reviews the processes involved in planning and managing IT projects. It reviews project management methods outlined in the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK) and identifies the roles and responsibilities of project team members. The workshop provides opportunities for refining project management skills through extensive role-plays, discussions, and written exercises.

Audience
Project managers and IT professionals involved in an IT development project.

Prerequisites
Participants should have an understanding of the Software Development LifeCycle

Classroom Requirements
Room set up as horseshoe and large enough for team activities, or with break-out rooms for team activities. Overhead projector, flipcharts.

 

 


Format

  • Presentation
  • Written Exercises
  • Interactive Activities

Objectives
After completing this course, participants should be able to:

  • Initiate a project
  • Perform core and facilitating processes in the planning process
  • Assess project risks
  • Manage a team
  • Track the status of a project
  • Implement change control
  • Evaluate and review a completed project




Topics


Project Management Overview and Project Initiation

  • Project Management Overview
    • What is a project?
    • History of project management
    • Types of Project Management Methodologies
  • Project Initiation
    • The PMBOK
    • Inputs to Initiation
    • Tools and Techniques for Initiation
    • Outputs from Initiation

Project Planning

  • Project Planning Core Processes
    • Scope Planning
    • Scope Definition
    • Activity Definition
    • Activity Sequencing
    • Activity Duration Estimating
    • Schedule Development
  • Resource Planning, Cost Estimating, Cost Budgeting, and Project Plans
    • Resource Planning
    • Cost Estimating
    • Cost Budgeting
    • Project Plan Development
  • Project Planning Facilitating Processes
    • Quality Planning
    • Organizational Planning
    • Staff Acquisition
    • Communications Planning
    • Procurement Planning
    • Solicitation Planning
  • Managing Risk
    • Risk Identification
    • Risk Qualification
    • Risk Response Development

Project Closing

  • Contract Close-out
    • Inputs to Contract Close-out
    • Tools and Techniques for Contract Close-out
    • Outputs from Contract Close-out
  • Administrative Closure
    • Inputs to Administrative Closure
    • Tools and Techniques for Administrative Closure
    • Outputs from Administrative Closure



 


Project Execution

  • Project Plan Execution
    • Inputs to Project Plan Execution
    • Tools and Techniques for Project Plan Execution
    • Outputs from Project Plan Execution
  • Project Execution Processes
    • Scope Verification
    • Quality Assurance
    • Information Distribution
    • Solicitation
    • Source Selection
    • Contract Administration
  • Team Development
    • Inputs to Team Development
    • Tools and Techniques for Team Development
    • Outputs from Team Development

Project Control

  • Performance Reporting
    • Inputs to Performance Reporting
    • Tools and Techniques for Performance Reporting
    • Outputs from Performance Reporting
  • Overall Change Control
    • Inputs to Overall Change Control
    • Tools and Techniques for Overall Change Control
    • Outputs from Overall Change Control
  • Project Control Facilitating Processes
    • Scope Change Control
    • Schedule Control
    • Quality Control
    • Risk Response Control