| Introduction to Project Management |
PMI® Houston Chapter, Inc.
Course Syllabus
Introduction to Project Management
Course Objective
This Project Management course examines project management in theory and practice and the roles and responsibilities of the project manager. The course offers a practical approach to managing projects, focusing on organizing, planning, and controlling the efforts of the project. Students participate in structured workshops where simulated project plans are designed and implemented. The course is based on the best and most current thinking in the field, particularly the Project Management Institute’s (PMI®) approach described in A Guide to the Project Management Body of KnowledgeTM (PMBOK® Guide). Case studies, active participation in team exercises, and practical information reinforce learning. At the end of the course, attendees will understand why project management requires a high degree of professionalism, and how to achieve that end in future projects.
Who Should Attend
The course is intended for first time or new project managers, business managers and project team members with little or no formal project management training. It is also appropriate for experienced project managers, or managers of project managers, who lack knowledge of the structured processes outlined in A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide).
Course Benefits
Senior Executives
| Project Managers
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Course Schedule
DAY 1 Introduction
- Participant introductions
- What is management? What is project management?
- Where do projects come from? What are they? How good are we at them?
- The challenges faced by the project manager
Project Management Framework
- Lifecycles. Standards. Methodologies
- The difference between the business and technical management of the project process.
- PMI®, the PMBOK® Guide, and the ANSI Standard
- Phases, Process Groups, and Knowledge Areas
- Project Initiation
- PM Process Flow. The Management components: Organize, Plan, Control
Project Organization
- The project management organization model
- The Project Board and the project manager
- The PMO (Program Management Office). PMO models, what each does
- The project team.
- Organizational causes of failure
- Workshop 1 – organizing for the case study project
Project Planning Introduction
- Why plan? Planning and its linkage to failure.
- Types of plans. Product oriented planning versus project management planning
- Product/technical oriented plans
- Scope, Time, Cost, and Quality plans
- Project management plans: Risk, Communications, Procurement, and Organization and
Project Technical Planning
- Scope planning and definition
- Product decomposition
- The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Workshop 2 – The case study WBS
DAY 2
Project Technical Planning (continued)
- Time planning:
- Activity definition. The activity list
- Activity sequencing
- Duration estimating
- Scheduling – resource planning, schedule development
- The critical path
- Cost estimating. Budgeting
- Quality planning
- Workshop 3 – The case study technical plan
Project Management Planning – the subsidiary plans
- Risk Management Plan
- Identifying risks and triggers
- Risk response plan
- Managing project issues
- Human Resource Management Plan
- Identifying specific resources
- Resource calendars
- Acquiring resources
- Procurement Management Plan
- Planning and executing a procurement plan
- Going outside for people
- Communication Management Plan o Identifying key stakeholders
- Defining information needs and mechanisms
- Workshop 4 – the case study subsidiary plans
DAY 3
Project Planning (conclusion)
- Pulling the plans together
- The Project Plan
- Integrated Change Control
- Workshop 5 – pull together the project plan
Executing the Project
- Team development
- Procure outside resources
- Quality Assurance
- Information distribution
Controlling the Project
- What is control?
- Life cycles – end stage assessments – Controlling the big picture
- Levels of responsibility for control – Business and product quality controls
- Integrated change control during the life of the project
- Performance reporting – monitoring and control
- Exceptions – technical and management
- Technical:
Scope verification and deviation from specification – acceptance Change requests and scope change control
Errors (defects) and quality control
- Technical:
- Business:
- Schedule control
- Cost control
- Earned Value analysis
- Risk monitoring and control, including issues
- Project failures related to controls
- Workshop 6 – case study exception evaluation for potential action
Closing the Project
- Contract close-out
- Administrative close-out
- Lessons learned
- Archiving project information
Course Wrap-up
- Workshop 7 – Lessons learned in the case study
Course Instructors
- Practicing project managers and/or project management consultants with years of experience and recognized teaching skills
- Certified (PMP®) Project Management Professional
Availability
Introduction to Project Management is offered bi-monthly by PMI® Houston. See the PMI® Houston Calendar of UPCOMING CLASSES.
PMI® is a federally registered trade and service mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
PMBOK" is a trademark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
PMP® is a certification mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
PMI® supports the development and use of resources to advance the project management profession. This seminar is not sponsored or endorsed by the Project Management Institute.
