About This Training Course

The Advanced Project Management workshop gives seasoned project managers the knowledge and skills necessary to successfully manage increasingly complex project issues to meet desired goals and objectives. Assuming a mastery of project planning, this workshop extends skills to the remaining project management processes covering areas such as scope management, risk management, time management and quality management. This course is also suitable for past participants of our Project Management course.

Subjects Covered

"Lesson 1: The Project Management Framework
• Define a project
• Define Project Management
• Understand the Project environment
• Define Project Stakeholders
• Define the Project Management Office and its role
Lesson 2: The Project Management Knowledge areas
• Project Management Knowledge areas
• Develop a Project Charter
• Develop Preliminary Project Scope statement
• Develop Project Management Plan
Lesson 3: Project Scope Management
• Project Scope Management processes
• Scope Planning
• Follow rules for creating a good WBS
• Be able to control Project scope
Lesson 4: Project Time Management
• Define the Project Time Management processes
• Understand the activity sequencing process
• Develop a Schedule
• Develop a Schedule Control System
Lesson 5: The Project Schedule
• Project Cost Management
• Understand the Project Cost Management processes
• Define Cost Budgeting
• Develop a Cost Control system
• Use the Cost Control system Tools and Techniques
• Earned Value Analysis
Lesson 6: Project Quality Management
• Define Project Quality
• Project Quality Management processes
• Understand the Project Quality planning
• Perform Quality Performance Assurance
• Perform Quality Control
Lesson 7: Project Human Resource Management
• Identify the Project Human Resource Management processes
• Define Human Resource Planning
• Develop a Project Team
• Manage a Project Team
Lesson 8: Project Communication Management
• Identify the Project Communication Management processes
• Identify the Information Distribution chain
• Report on Performance
• Manage Stakeholders
Lesson 9: Project Risk Management
• Define Project Risks
• Identify the Project Risks Management processes
• Identify Project Risks
• Perform a Qualitative Risk Analysis
• Perform a Qualitative Risk Analysis
• Plan for Project Risk Response
Lesson 10: Project Procurement Management
• Define Project Procurement Management
• Identify the Project Procurement Management processes
• Plan Purchases and Acquisitions
• Plan Contracting
• Understand Contract Administration
• Identify the Contract Closure elements"

Training Course Outcomes

"Participants will discover how to:
• Identify key stakeholders, assess project feasibility, and solicit authorization.
• Communicate weekly tasks that are scheduled for completion with a focus on critical tasks.
• Collect actual work performed on projects.
• Update plan components, manage team and stakeholder expectations, and communicate progress and status consistently and predictably.
• Manage project risk and maintain a schedule and budget with consistent predictive power.
• Manage cost, scope, time, risk, quality, and project change according to a set of processes.
• Influence future project activities to meet project goals.
• Use project metrics and process documentation to learn how to manage projects better.
• Analyze projects and the project management process continually."

Prerequisites

Students enrolling in this class should have the following: Experience in reading and analysing outputs from scheduling software such as Microsoft® Project; Experience in managing projects; Project Management fundamentals.

Other Information

This workshop is aimed at participants who have mastered the planning process, are experienced with all aspects of the discipline, and are now looking for ways to develop their execution and control skills on larger, more complex projects.