Project management - the complete guide
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Workshop
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Course Description
Designed for those who work as full-time project managers, or have prior experience of project management methodology, this intensive three-day course provides a professional coverage of all the topics in the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). For those seeking formal certification, this course satisfies the training requirements for candidates for the PMP qualification. Alternatively, participants may work towards a nationally recognised diploma, subject to meeting recognition of prior learning requirements and the completion of additional assessments. More details about these are provided in the Assessment section below.
CONTENT
Introduction
Course format, case study, review some basic PM concepts
Scope Management
Project initiation, defining and verifying scope, and controlling changes to it, managing stakeholders
Time Management
Work breakdown structure (WBS), estimating effort, schedule development and control, critical path
Cost Management
Project approvals – financial and other criteria, types of costs, deriving budgets and monitoring performance against them, earned value analysis
Human Resource Management - Part 1
PM competency model, training issues, performance agreements, project organisation models, resource plans video on conflict resolution
Risk Management
Identifying and managing risk
Quality Management
How we manage customer satisfaction by ensuring quality of deliverables – quality planning, controls and QA
Procurement Management
Planning for and selecting goods and services from external suppliers – contract administration
Human Resource Management- Part 2
Team development
Video on counselling staff
PM behaviours on-the-job
Communications Management
Status reporting, information dissemination both within team and outside to stakeholders, correcting variances to plan
Project closure – capturing lessons learned
Integration Management
Overall Project Plan, integrated change control, executing the plan, work allocation
A brief review of tools which can be used to assist in running projects – scheduling, risk, change and issue management and new developments
Integration exercise
Based on the case study scenario during the project – recommend actions to be taken
Review
Review material – develop a context for future personal action
Please note: This course makes references to the features of planning tools such as Microsoft Project but it does not teach participants how to use it. The material covered in the course outlines the process for collecting the data to drive such tools.
OUTCOMES
The course covers the activities in each of the 5 processes of Project Management(PM), namely Initialising, Planning, Executing, Controlling and Closing. Participants will learn how to:
1. Clearly define scope, and manage changes to it
2. Develop a realistic schedule which meets the project owners constraints
3. Prepare a plan, its purpose and why it is more than just a schedule
4. Identify the project’s quality objectives and implement appropriate controls to ensure they are achieved
5. Develop status reports which reflect reality
6. Identify and continually manage risks which could de-rail your project
7. Manage stakeholders to ensure they remain committed and involved for the project
8. Control external groups on which the project is dependent
9. Ensure you obtain the appropriate resources for the project which will raise confidence in achieving the goals
10. Build effective teams which are committed to the project goals
11. Evaluate performance of the team
12. Estimate and control project budgets.
As well as providing a sound grounding in Project Management principles the course encourages the participants to consider how effective Project Managers behave and to adopt these models on their projects.
ASSESSMENT
Certificate of Attainment
The course incorporates a number of optional assessment tasks for attendees and those who successfully complete these tasks will receive a ‘statement of attainment’.
'Project management - the Complete Guide' also satisfies the training requirements for the PMP (Project Management Professional) qualification, generally favoured by service-based industries. Advice on this qualification is given at the end of the course.
After attending ‘Project management – the Complete Guide’ participants may pursue an Australian Qualifications Framework(AQF) accredited Diploma in Project Management subject to meeting recognition of prior learning requirements and completing a portfolio of evidence from their workplace projects. They may also consider a professional accreditation from the AIPM (Australian Institute of Project Management) (generally more common in traditional project management industries construction, engineering, etc) IF:
• They meet similar recognition of prior learning requirements using workplace projects (see AIPM for details)
• And they satisfy additional formal assessment requirements through AIPM (additional certification costs apply, see AIPM for details).
Our presenters are registered assessors and can provide advice on the choice of assessment method at the end of the course.
READING
Please obtain your pre-course readings from this link
http://www.cce.usyd.edu.au/extras/PM_practitioners_extras.pdf
Some of the material has been taken from the book A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge published by the Project Management Institute Standards Committee. The content of this book has also been accepted by the Australian Government as the basis for National Competency Standards for Project Management. Excerpts from the Guide can be downloaded free of charge from www.pmi.org or it can be purchased on-line from the PMI or Standards Australia
CONTENT
Introduction
Course format, case study, review some basic PM concepts
Scope Management
Project initiation, defining and verifying scope, and controlling changes to it, managing stakeholders
Time Management
Work breakdown structure (WBS), estimating effort, schedule development and control, critical path
Cost Management
Project approvals – financial and other criteria, types of costs, deriving budgets and monitoring performance against them, earned value analysis
Human Resource Management - Part 1
PM competency model, training issues, performance agreements, project organisation models, resource plans video on conflict resolution
Risk Management
Identifying and managing risk
Quality Management
How we manage customer satisfaction by ensuring quality of deliverables – quality planning, controls and QA
Procurement Management
Planning for and selecting goods and services from external suppliers – contract administration
Human Resource Management- Part 2
Team development
Video on counselling staff
PM behaviours on-the-job
Communications Management
Status reporting, information dissemination both within team and outside to stakeholders, correcting variances to plan
Project closure – capturing lessons learned
Integration Management
Overall Project Plan, integrated change control, executing the plan, work allocation
A brief review of tools which can be used to assist in running projects – scheduling, risk, change and issue management and new developments
Integration exercise
Based on the case study scenario during the project – recommend actions to be taken
Review
Review material – develop a context for future personal action
Please note: This course makes references to the features of planning tools such as Microsoft Project but it does not teach participants how to use it. The material covered in the course outlines the process for collecting the data to drive such tools.
OUTCOMES
The course covers the activities in each of the 5 processes of Project Management(PM), namely Initialising, Planning, Executing, Controlling and Closing. Participants will learn how to:
1. Clearly define scope, and manage changes to it
2. Develop a realistic schedule which meets the project owners constraints
3. Prepare a plan, its purpose and why it is more than just a schedule
4. Identify the project’s quality objectives and implement appropriate controls to ensure they are achieved
5. Develop status reports which reflect reality
6. Identify and continually manage risks which could de-rail your project
7. Manage stakeholders to ensure they remain committed and involved for the project
8. Control external groups on which the project is dependent
9. Ensure you obtain the appropriate resources for the project which will raise confidence in achieving the goals
10. Build effective teams which are committed to the project goals
11. Evaluate performance of the team
12. Estimate and control project budgets.
As well as providing a sound grounding in Project Management principles the course encourages the participants to consider how effective Project Managers behave and to adopt these models on their projects.
ASSESSMENT
Certificate of Attainment
The course incorporates a number of optional assessment tasks for attendees and those who successfully complete these tasks will receive a ‘statement of attainment’.
'Project management - the Complete Guide' also satisfies the training requirements for the PMP (Project Management Professional) qualification, generally favoured by service-based industries. Advice on this qualification is given at the end of the course.
After attending ‘Project management – the Complete Guide’ participants may pursue an Australian Qualifications Framework(AQF) accredited Diploma in Project Management subject to meeting recognition of prior learning requirements and completing a portfolio of evidence from their workplace projects. They may also consider a professional accreditation from the AIPM (Australian Institute of Project Management) (generally more common in traditional project management industries construction, engineering, etc) IF:
• They meet similar recognition of prior learning requirements using workplace projects (see AIPM for details)
• And they satisfy additional formal assessment requirements through AIPM (additional certification costs apply, see AIPM for details).
Our presenters are registered assessors and can provide advice on the choice of assessment method at the end of the course.
READING
Please obtain your pre-course readings from this link
http://www.cce.usyd.edu.au/extras/PM_practitioners_extras.pdf
Some of the material has been taken from the book A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge published by the Project Management Institute Standards Committee. The content of this book has also been accepted by the Australian Government as the basis for National Competency Standards for Project Management. Excerpts from the Guide can be downloaded free of charge from www.pmi.org or it can be purchased on-line from the PMI or Standards Australia
Presenter
John Flynn
John Flynn has wide experience in management consulting, project management, market research and analysis, economic forecasting, and PC software package design and development, as well as in marketing, divisional and general management in Australia, the United States and in the Far East. He has advised or consulted with all the major computer vendors, as well as major software vendors and users. He has also written numerous reports on market projections and technical trends in the industry for clients throughout the world.
Who Should Attend
The course is designed for those who manage projects on a full time basis and whose projects involve the need for more formal approaches to managing, including projects in which there are significant external dependencies to be controlled.
Start Date
Wednesday, 17/03/2010
Time
9 AM - 5 PM
Course Duration
3 days
Venue
See http://www.cce.usyd.edu.au/
Cost
$1,121
Contact Details
Centre for Continuing Education - The University of Sydney
(02) 9036 4789
cce.info@usyd.edu.au
(02) 9036 4789
cce.info@usyd.edu.au