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Project Management for Small and Medium Projects

Course Objective:

  • Achievements by the end of the course:

    • Define projects, project management, and project managers.

    • Identify the importance of the PM methodology in your organization.

    • Identify the five process groups and nine knowledge areas.

    • Describe the triple constraint model.

    • Perform a project need assessment.

    • Create key project scoping and planning documents.

    • Build a project schedule by estimating time, costs, and resources.

    • Understand and use the work breakdown structure.

    • Use planning tools including the Gantt chart, network diagram, and RACI chart.

    • Establish and use baselines.

    • Monitor and maintain the project.

    • Perform basic management tasks, including status meetings and successful project close.

  • Importance of the course:

    • Enhances project management skills.

    • Provides practical tools and techniques for effective project management.

    • Offers certification from the International Organization of PM.

  • Values and benefits:

    • Improved project outcomes.

    • Enhanced leadership and management capabilities.

    • Better resource management and risk mitigation.

Participant’s Profile:

  • Project Managers/Aspiring Project Managers

  • Team Leads/Team Managers

  • Project Associates

  • Project Assistants/Engineers

  • Project Analysts, Project Coordinators

  • Software Developers

  • Business Executives

Requirements:

  • Three or more years of experience in a leadership role.

  • Previous project management roles, supervisory roles, or other management roles.

  • Work experience in specific industries or fields depending on project types.

Length of the Course:

  • 20 hours (5 days)

Delivery Format:

  • Offline/Blended

Evaluation:

  • Attendance: 20%

  • Class Activities: 30%

  • Final Project: 50%

Certification:

  • Project Manager certification from the Int’l Organization of PM

Learning Outcomes:

  • Define projects, project management, and project managers.

  • Identify the importance of the PM methodology in your organization.

  • Identify the five process groups and nine knowledge areas.

  • Describe the triple constraint model.

  • Perform a project need assessment.

  • Create key project scoping and planning documents.

  • Build a project schedule by estimating time, costs, and resources.

  • Understand and use the work breakdown structure.

  • Use planning tools including the Gantt chart, network diagram, and RACI chart.

  • Establish and use baselines.

  • Monitor and maintain the project.

  • Perform basic management tasks, including status meetings and successful project close.

Course Content:

 

Day Topic for the Session Activities/Forms of Learning
Day 1
  • Benefits and value of project management
  • Communication as the key to project success
  • Definition of a project
  • Definition of projects, programs, and portfolio management
  • Project management process
  • Phases of project management
 Examples and case studies
Day 2
  • Planning documents
  • Definition of stakeholders
  • How they contribute to the development of a project plan
  • Stakeholder analysis
  • Stakeholder engagement plan
  • Stakeholder communication plan
  • Creating the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
  • Definition of WBS
  • How the WBS is developed
  • Sequencing project activities (creating a network diagram)
  • Resource allocation (Identification, Allocation, Optimization)
  • Finalizing the schedule (Determining project duration, Understanding the critical path, Refining the project to meet objectives and constraints)
  • Creating the WBS for the class project
  • Creating the project schedule
  • Identifying activities
  • Estimating activities
  • Determining the duration of project activities
  • Sequencing activities
Day 3
  • Sequencing project activities (creating a network diagram)
  • Resource allocation (Identification, Allocation, Optimization)
  • Finalizing the schedule (Determining project duration, Understanding the critical path, Refining the project to meet objectives and constraints)
  • Definition of risk management
  • Risk identification
  • Analyzing probability and impacts
  • Risk registers
  • Planning risk responses
  • Developing a risk register for the class project
  • Contingency plans
  • Early warning signs
 Creating a project charter
Day 4
  • Change control
  • Defining the process
  • Scaling the process to fit the project
  • Project team guidelines
  • Status meetings
  • Schedule updates
  • Issue and risk tracking and reporting
  • Other considerations
  • Quality management plan
  • Project procurement plan
  • Getting approval to execute the plan
  • Developing a risk register for the class project
  • Contingency plans
  • Early warning signs
Day 5
  • Quality management plan
  • Project procurement plan
  • Getting approval to execute the plan
  • Defining execution/monitoring and controlling processes
  • Management processes
  • How to monitor and control key plan elements
  • Project status reports
  • Analyzing data against a baseline to determine progress
  • Taking corrective action to meet project constraints
  • Determining if a project is ready to close
  • Transfer of project deliverables to operational control
  • Determining if project objectives and business value have been attained
  • Conducting lessons-learned review
  • Appropriate celebrations
  • Building project management capabilities in organizations
  • Reviewing the project status report and schedule
  • Course review and sharing of learnings