Certificate in Advanced Project Management Program

Introduction

This program is for those responsible for implementing large or complex projects. It may involve managing many projects at once, or projects that span multiple departments with shared resources. The project may be implementing information technology, construction, petrochemical, marketing, manufacturing, and so forth. We will see how to plan and control such projects using manual and automated methods, using case study class exercises. This seminar teaches how to run a project according to the standards published in the Project Management Institute's Project Management Body of Knowledge. The knowledge gained will not only help the attendee run a project properly, but it can be the basis for receiving the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Objectives

• Learn advanced project planning, scheduling, and control skills.
• Learn how to manage large, complex projects, or multiple simple projects.
• Learn how to manage multiple projects at once with shared resources.
• Learn how to set up teams; motivate, delegate, negotiate, and manage the people on your project.
• Learn how to do information rollup and report summarized information to different levels of the organization.
• Learn how to manage risk by anticipating it, controlling it, and including it in the project estimate.
• Learn how to estimate the effort, duration, and cost of a project. Learn how to plan a project balancing the constraints of time, cost, and quality.
• Learn how automated project management tools assist in project planning and control. Learn how to detect problems and fix them before crises arise.
• Achieve measurable improvements in leadership performance
• Develop action plans to improve leadership effectiveness Re-focus and Re-engineer your department or organization
• Learn how to manage and motivate staff to outstanding performance
• Generate staff ownership and responsibility for change Measure and improve the performance of your people
• Lead difficult staff and colleagues through feedback processes.

Training Methodology

This is an interactive course. There will be open question and answer sessions, regular group exercises and activities, videos, case studies, and presentations on best practices. Participants will have the opportunity to share with the facilitator and other participants on what works well and not so well for them, as well as work on issues from their own organizations. The online course is conducted online using MS-Teams/ClickMeeting.

Who Should Attend?

Program and Project Managers, Technical Project Team Leaders, Project Team members, users and clients involved in the development of a large, or complex project. All project stakeholders in a multiple project environment. 

Course Outline

Day 1: Project Scope Planning

Project Development Plan Outline Project Proposal/Project Charter Feasibility Study/Business Case The Work Breakdown Structure Milestones That Are Meaningful To Others Planning For Information Rollup Using Software Such As Microsoft Project.

Day 2: Project Time And Cost Planning And Risk Management

Estimating Methods Accuracy Of Estimates At Each Stage Of The Plan Advanced Scheduling Methods: Correlating Multiple Projects Resource Assignment And Leveling Individual Time Management Project Cost Planning: Cost Sanity Checks: Is It Realistic? Risk Identification, Quantification, Response, Control Risk As A Monetary Value: Pricing In The Risk Factors.
Day 3: Integration And Reporting Progress

Integrating Scope, Quality, Time, Cost Constraints Optimizing The Plan: Speeding It Up, Making It Cost Less Monitoring: Receiving Truthful Information About Project Progress Showing Progress Against The Baseline: Realizing That The Project Is Behind Schedule Or Over Budget Using Earned Value To Report Accomplishment.

Day 4: Managing Project Communications, Procurement, and Quality

Communication: Who, What Where, When, How, Why: Information Needs Of Different Stakeholders Effective Status And Review Meetings Efficient Progress Reporting Using Short, Meaningful Status Reports Other Reports, Based On Deliverables, Milestones, Issues Information Roll-Up and Project Summary Reporting Project Procurement Planning And Control RFP, Proposal, Contracting And Contract Administration Quality Management: Standards, Methods And Literature Quality Planning, Assurance and Control.
 Day 5: Project Human Resources Management, Project Control, and Advanced Topics

Project Manager Skills Required Building And Managing The Project Teams: Motivation, Demotivation, Growth, Burn-Out, and Turnover Establishing A Project Management Office Critical Chain Scheduling Project Risk Control Problems: Detecting And Solving Handling Dependencies On Other Groups Over Whom You Have No Control Project Close-Out: Post Project Review And Report Project Management Proverbs Eams