Project Management

Project Management

 

Course Outline:

1.      Introduction to Project Management

a.       Overview

b.      Foundation Principles of Project Management

2.      Defining the Project

a.       Project Initiation

b.      Stakeholder Roles

c.       Project Rules

3.      The Planning Process

a.       Risk Management

b.      Work Breakdown Structure

c.       Realistic Scheduling

d.      Managing Development

e.       Estimating Fundamentals

f.       Balancing a Project: Cost, Schedule, and Quality

4.      Executing a Project

a.       Kicking off a project

b.      Taming processes, problems and conflicts

c.       The keys to successful meetings

d.      Transforming people into a team

5.      Monitoring and Controlling the Project

a.       Framework for Building High-Performance Teams

b.      Communication Among Project Stakeholders

c.       The Change Control Process

d.      Measuring Schedule Performance

e.       Solving Common Project Problems

6.      Closing the Project

a.       Obtaining acceptance and other wrap-up tasks

b.      Documenting a project

7.      Advancing Practice of Project Management

a.       Enterprise Project Management

b.      Requirements Engineering Scope and Processes

c.       Project Portfolio Management

d.      Project Management Software

8.      Develop a Project Budget, Business Plan, and Feasibility Study

 

 

References:

 

GS(R) 658-404 V629f 2016	Verzuh, Eric, 5th Ed. The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management
GS 658-404 B47y 2012	Biafore, Bonnie and Stover, Teresa, Your Project management Coach: Best Practices for Managing Projects in the Real World
GS 658-404 W697m 2015	Wilson, Randal, Mastering Project Management Strategy and Processes
GS 658-404 St82 2015	Wang, Feng and Zhang, Gang, Strategic Planning for Project Management
	Stevenson, William J. and  Choung,  Sum Chee, Operations Management
	Cabrera, MEB, Management Consultancy