COURSE OUTLINE - Guilford County Schools



This highly interactive program is designed to give participants a solid foundation in the concepts, tools and techniques of formal project management. While introductory in nature, this course is extremely comprehensive, covering the five key process groups and 38 core competencies associated with effective and efficient project management practice. Participants not only acquire technique-based proficiencies, but also explore and practice essential people skills and teamwork using a case study. The concepts and methods learned are immediately usable in the workplace, leading to a greater retention of newly acquired skills, measurable project improvements, and the achievement of desired project results.

This program also includes PMP Exam Preparation. It focuses on key concepts in each of the process and knowledge areas, including the recently added professional responsibility section. The exam preparation begins with an introduction to the exam and why it exists. Students are then given a practice test and the facilitator adapts the duration of each section of the course accordingly based on the needs of the program participants.

FEATURES

▪ Our facilitators bring real-world experience to every workshop.

▪ You will be led, not lectured, through a hands-on

case study.

▪ As a team, you will work through scenarios that provide an experimental environment where you can take risks and make adjustments based on your results before taking on big projects.

▪ You will learn concepts and techniques applicable to any tool or methodology.

▪ This program is consistent with the Project Management Institute’s A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide).

▪ A broad base of information for participants who will be taking the PMP exam.

▪ PMP certified facilitators

▪ Course materials containing 200 practice exam questions

▪ A copy of the PMBOK Guide for each student

▪ Students will leave the program with an Exam Test Plan for ensuring their success on the PMP Exam. Students should anticipate an additional 50-100 hours of study after this program to pass the exam.

DISCOVER HOW TO

▪ Build a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).

▪ Use a network diagram to display a Project Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) chart.

▪ Use the Critical Path Method (CPM) in the network diagram to ensure the correct project duration.

▪ Estimate and schedule project tasks.

▪ Apply resources to a project plan.

▪ Explore different personality types and learn how they affect project management.

▪ Experience no surprises when you take the exam.

▪ Gain exposure and awareness of the broad range of project management terms, conditions, and business situations that mirror the scenarios presented on the exam.

▪ Understand their personal baseline knowledge, comfort level, and what areas that will require additional study.

▪ Know the intellectual, physical, and emotional effort required to pass the PMP Exam.

COMPETENCIES

• Initiation

• Cost Budgeting

• Procurement

• Staff Acquisition

• Scope Planning & Definition

• Quality Planning &Control

• Schedule Development &Control

• Solicitation

• Quality Assurance

• Cost Estimation & Control

• Activity Definition

• Team Development

• Source Selection

• Activity Sequencing

• Resource Planning

• Change Control

• Risk Identification & Analysisj

• Resource Planning

• Change Control

• Risk Identification & Analysis

• Scope Verification

• Contract Close-Out

• Performance Reporting

• Organizational Planning

• Project Plan Development &Execution

• Scope Change Control

• Risk Response Planning

• Contract Administration

• Administrative Closure

• Information Distribution

• Risk Monitoring and Control

• Communications Planning

• Risk Management Planning

OUTLINE SUMMARY

An Overview of Project Management

The characteristics of a project.

Project management processes.

Project success and failure.

Critical success factors and components.

The effective project manager — skills and characteristics.

Roles and responsibilities.

The time, cost, and scope target.

The People Side of Project Management

Understanding people.

Learn the use style models.

Flexing your style.

Understanding differences.

Communicating.

Planning the Project

The components of the plan.

Introduction to the case study.

The project charter.

The work plan.

The control plans.

The functions of a good project plan.

Work Breakdown Structure

(Work Plans)

Defining the work to be done.

Creating the WBS — demonstration of technique.

The WBS task and the work package.

Methods of subdivision.

Uses of the WBS.

Estimating

Estimating accuracy.

Estimating concepts and methods.

Task-based estimation.

Effort, productivity factors, influence factors.

Scheduling

Schedule concepts and methods.

Network diagrams.

Precedence logic.

Estimate duration.

Create a network diagram — demonstration of technique

PERT/CPM.

Allocation of resources.

Gantt charts/histograms.

Risk Management

Evaluation of risk.

Identification, assessment, quantification, and contingency planning.

Risk consequences and contingencies.

A technique for planning for risk.

Cost/benefit/risk considerations.

Project Control

Measurement, evaluation, and quality control.

Prerequisites to effective control.

Key indicators.

Change management and control.

Progress reporting.

Project Completion

Management of project completion.

Post implementation.

PMP Preparation Outline:

Becoming a PMP®

Benefits of PMP® certification

Review of the certification process

Project Management Framework

Project phases

Project life cycles

Areas of knowledge

Project stakeholders

Process Groups

Project Integration Management

Project plan development

Project plan execution

Overall change control

Project Scope Management

Project initiation definition

Work breakdown structure (WBS)

Scope verification

Scope change control

Project Time Management

Schedule network development

Resource loading and leveling

CPM and PERT

Project Cost Management

Definitions, types of costs

Economic analysis

Cost estimating and budgeting

Cost control

Earned value

Project Quality Management

Quality planning

Quality assurance

Quality control

Statistical process control

Project Human Resource Management

Motivation and leadership

Team development

Project Communications Management

Communications planning

Information distribution

Performance reporting

Project Risk Management

Risk Planning

Risk identification

Qualitative and quantitative risk management

Risk response development and control

Monte Carlo simulation

Project Procurement Management

Procurement planning

Solicitation and source selection

Contract administration and close-out

Professional Responsibility

PMI® Code of Conduct

Professional responsibility performance domain

Legal, ethical and professional behaviors

International cultural sensitivities

Final Review

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DURATION: (5) Weekday sessions from 8:30AM-4:30PM

CAPACITY: Up to 20 people.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Those who want to understand basic project management skills and concepts and sit the PMP exam.

PREREQUISITES: It is recommended that for the PMP preparation portion of the class, students should familiarize themselves prior to joining the class with the PMBOK Guide.

PDUs: 40 credits.

PM Knowledge Areas

Integration Management

Scope Management

Time Management

Cost Management

Quality Management

Human Resource

Management

Communications

Management

Risk Management

Procurement Management

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Advanced Project Management

Advanced Project Management

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