Planning and Managing Project

The P&MP training course is necessary for all who are involved in the project either as a project manager, team lead or key project team members.

This P&MP Training denotes that the individual possesses the knowledge in the principles and terminology of A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), the standard of project management’s generally recognized good practices.

Individuals who contribute specialized skills to a project team can benefit from this certification by allowing them to align their work with that of project managers. The knowledge a practitioner gains from attending the P&MP training can be applied to on-the-job experiences which help develop growing levels of competence in the practice of project management.

This program will be conducted with interactive lectures, PowerPoint presentation, discussions and workshop

· Different knowledge delivery formats are used at different times during the Course. Mainly, these are:

· Slides Presentation - of concept set by concept set

· Q&A session - relating what has been learned to actual work items

· Workshop - at the end of each major concept set to ensure know-how transfer.

This course is workshop-oriented as project management know-how transfer is only ensured if applied and confirmed during a class session under trainer’s guidance. Project management concepts, methods and techniques are such that it must be seen to be correctly applied to a participant’s actual work scenario to ensure success. And that is our goal

Upon completion of this program, participants should be able to :

· Understand the foundations of project management

· Know that project management is made up of knowledge areas and processes

· Key activities for the different phases of a project

· Setting up the Project Management Office (PMO)

· Creating a project plan

· Develop a work breakdown structure

· The project manager and the required skills

· Develop a project schedule

· Resource management and cost management

· What is a baseline/s?

· Considering risk and quality in the plan

· Develop a performance measurement baseline

· Monitor and status reporting

· Key activities in closing a project

· Key activities during the Initiation phase

· Establish the Project Organization-Project sponsor

· Project key stakeholders

· Types of stakeholders

· Influences on a project

· Selection of projects

· Project charter

· Project Charter Development

· Formulating good objectives

· Problems in defining project objectives

· Sources of Information

· Project Brief/Requirements

· Top 3 Key Points – Initiating Process

· Planning Process

· Why Plan Projects?

· Steps for Planning

· Project Management Plan Components

· Approaches to Planning

· Benefits of having a Plan

· How do you define project scope?

· Project Scope & Product Scope

· Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

· Advantages of the WBS

· Developing a WBS

· WBS Formats

· OBS and WBS Mapping

· OBS- Hierarchical- Type charts

· Task List Generation- Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)- Type Charts

· Cross Reference between WBS and OBS to establish RAM

· Control Scope

· Activities and tasks?

· Schedule Development

· Activity Sequencing

· Scheduling Methods and Tools

· Activity Estimates

· Good estimating practices

· Analogous Estimating

· Expert Judgment Estimating

· Parametric Estimating

· Three-Point Estimate Formulas

· Schedule Risk

· Analyzing and prioritizing schedule risk using PERT

· Project Network Diagram

· Common scheduling tools

· Network diagram steps

· Ghatt chart

· Project calendar

· Milestone charts

· Displaying the schedule

· Compressing the schedule

· Project Cost Planning

· Rough Order Magnitude

· Accuracy of Estimates

· Resource, duration and cost estimation

· Cost Baseline

· What is a Project Budget?

· Types of Cost

· The Cost Plan

· Resource planning

· Resource planning tools/ techniques

· Resource Breakdown Structure (RBS)

· Resource Planning- Ghatt Chart

· Resource Loading Table

· Resource Loading Histogram

· Risk Definition

· Risk Factors

· Project Risk Management

· Risk Management Spectrum

· Risk Management Process

· Risk Identification

· How do you identify risk?

· Probability and Impact matrix

· Risk Analysis

· Risk Assessment

· Risk Response Strategies for Threats

· Risk Response Strategies for Opportunities

· Risk Management Template

· Scope Risks Register

· Expected Monetary Value (EMV)

· Communication Management

· Communication Planning

· Identify stakeholders

· Stakeholder Analysis

· What is Project Change?

· Components of a Change Management Plan

· Change Management

· Quality Management

· Project Baselines

· Performance Measurement Baseline

· Why Baseline?

· Controlling Project

· Project Monitoring & Controlling

· Identifying Variance

· Typical Project Report

· Determining Corrective Action

· Managing Scope and Quality

· Managing Cost

· Performance Measurement

· Earned Value Methodology

· Earned Value Terminology

· Performance Indicators

· Guidelines for closing projects

· Capture lessons learnt

· Project success criteria

· Key closeout activities

· Formal Closure Obstacles