Project Management: The Basics and Beyond

Formats: 8-hour virtual course  |  2-day instructor-led onsite

Projects are always completed for a customer, whether internal or external to your organization. A good project manager must anticipate their customers’ ongoing needs and adjust to inevitable changes that occur on a regular basis. This power-packed 2-day course covers all the fundamentals of project management found in our introductory course, and then goes beyond. You will learn how to flex, adapt, and reschedule—and still finish on time.

Learning Objectives »

  • Understand the project process and lifecycle
  • Set project goals and action plans
  • Use standard methods to prepare for projects
  • Learn practical tools to map project paths
  • Anticipate external factors
  • Manage project changes, personnel, and conflicts
  • Meet customer expectations
  • Manage expected and unexpected risks
  • Monitor and control project execution
  • Evaluate projects and adjust to project changes

Course Agenda »

Project Process

  1. Defining Project Management
  2. The Project Manager
  3. The Project Lifecycle

Project Planning

  1. Planning Costs
  2. Planning Components
  3. Project Action Plan
  4. Work Breakdown Structure
  5. Responsibility Matrix
  6. Project Budgeting
  7. Resource Allocation and Leveling

The Project Owner

  1. Technical Objectives
  2. Customer Expectations
  3. Understanding Conflict
  4. Hitting the Target
  5. The Partnering Process

Project Scheduling

  1. Gantt Charts
  2. CPM Activity on Node
  3. PERT Activity on Arrow
  4. Estimating for Projects with High Uncertainty

Risk Management

  1. Uncertainty vs. Risk
  2. Risk Management
  3. Risk Analysis
  4. Project Turnaround

Project Maturity

  1. Execution
  2. Monitoring
  3. Control
  4. Evaluation
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Project Management: The Basics and Beyond

Formats: 8-hour virtual course  |  2-day instructor-led onsite

Projects are always completed for a customer, whether internal or external to your organization. A good project manager must anticipate their customers’ ongoing needs and adjust to inevitable changes that occur on a regular basis. This power-packed 2-day course covers all the fundamentals of project management found in our introductory course, and then goes beyond. You will learn how to flex, adapt, and reschedule—and still finish on time.

Learning Objectives »

  • Understand the project process and lifecycle
  • Set project goals and action plans
  • Use standard methods to prepare for projects
  • Learn practical tools to map project paths
  • Anticipate external factors
  • Manage project changes, personnel, and conflicts
  • Meet customer expectations
  • Manage expected and unexpected risks
  • Monitor and control project execution
  • Evaluate projects and adjust to project changes

Course Agenda »

Project Process

  1. Defining Project Management
  2. The Project Manager
  3. The Project Lifecycle

Project Planning

  1. Planning Costs
  2. Planning Components
  3. Project Action Plan
  4. Work Breakdown Structure
  5. Responsibility Matrix
  6. Project Budgeting
  7. Resource Allocation and Leveling

The Project Owner

  1. Technical Objectives
  2. Customer Expectations
  3. Understanding Conflict
  4. Hitting the Target
  5. The Partnering Process

Project Scheduling

  1. Gantt Charts
  2. CPM Activity on Node
  3. PERT Activity on Arrow
  4. Estimating for Projects with High Uncertainty

Risk Management

  1. Uncertainty vs. Risk
  2. Risk Management
  3. Risk Analysis
  4. Project Turnaround

Project Maturity

  1. Execution
  2. Monitoring
  3. Control
  4. Evaluation