Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Project Management for Professionals


Project Management for Professionals
Learning Method: Instructor-led Classroom Learning

Duration: 5.00 Day(s)

Overview:
In this course, students will apply the generally accepted project management best practices recognized by the PMI® to successfully manage projects.

Who Should Attend:
This course is designed for experienced project managers who desire to increase their project management skills, apply a standards-based approach to project management and apply for Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI®) Project Management Professional (PMP®) Certification.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- initiate a project
- plan project work
- develop project schedules, cost estimates, and budgets
- plan project quality, staffing, and communications
- analyze project risks
- plan project procurement
- execute project work
- monitor and control project work
- monitor and control project schedule and costs

Pre-requisite(s):
Project 2000 - Level 1Project 2000 - Level 2Project Management FundamentalsWord 2000 - Level 1Word 2000 - Level 2

Lesson 1: Initiating a Project
- Apply Project Management Processes
- Create a Project Charter
- Develop a Preliminary Project Scope Statement

Lesson 2: Planning Project Work
- Develop a Project Management Plan
- Create a Scope Management Plan
- Create a Scope Statement
- Develop a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Lesson 3: Developing Project Schedules, Cost Estimates, and Budgets
- Create an Activity List
- Create a Project Network Diagram
- Estimate Activity Resources
- Estimate Activity Durations
- Identify the Critical Path
- Develop a Project Schedule
- Estimate Project Costs
- Establish a Cost Baseline

Lesson 4: Planning Project Quality, Staffing, and Communications
- Create a Quality Management Plan
- Document Roles, Responsibilities, and Reporting Relationships
- Acquire Project Team
- Create a Communications Management Plan

Lesson 5: Analyzing Risks and Planning Risk Response
- Create a Risk Management Plan
- Identify Project Risks and Triggers
- Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
- Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
- Develop a Risk Response Plan
Lesson 6: Planning Project Procurement
- Prepare a Contract Statement of Work
- Prepare a Procurement Document

Lesson 7: Executing Project Work
- Direct and Manage Project Execution
- Perform Quality Assurance
- Develop Project Team
- Information Distribution
- Request Seller Responses
- Select Sellers

Lesson 8: Monitoring and Controlling Project Work
- Monitor and Control Project Work
- Manage Changes to Performance Baselines
- Review Deliverables and Work Results
- Control Project Scope

Lesson 9: Monitoring and Controlling Project Schedules and Costs
- Control the Project Schedule
- Control Project Costs

Lesson 10: Monitoring and Controlling Project Quality, Staffing, and Communications
- Perform Quality Control
- Manage Project Team
- Report Project Performance
- Manage Stakeholders

Lesson 11: Monitoring and Controlling Project Risk and Contracts
- Monitor and Control Project Risk
- Administer a Contract

Lesson 12: Closing the Project
- Close a Project
- Close a Contract



New Horizons w 5555 San Felipe, Suite 1500, Houston, TX 77056 w 713-552-1414 w https://owa.nhhouston.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.nhhouston.com