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PT27810
Training Summary
This course provides three days of practical, hands-on training in core project management tools, concepts and techniques. It builds on PMI® concepts with supplemental, field-proven best practices that are effective in any project setting. Participants are shown how to establish a strong foundation for the project, obtain stakeholder buy-in to project goals, and execute the project to optimize post-project Business Value. Students have an opportunity to compare Waterfall, Agile, and hybrid concepts. Course topics include:
- Sources of project success and failure
- Agile and Waterfall methodologies
- Projects as investments
- Planning to optimize Business Value
- Managing stakeholder engagement and expectations
- Defining scope: WBS / Product Backlog
- Developing useful estimates
- Working to budget and time targets
- Quality drives Value
- Minimizing issues through proactive risk management
- Project Change Control
- Management of Organizational Change
- Successful product release
- Administrative and contract closure
Prerequisites
This course assumes some experience with waterfall and/or agile project work. Prior training in Project Management fundamentals is helpful but not required.
Duration
3 Days/Lecture & Lab
Audience
This course is ideal for project managers, managers of project managers, functional managers with project responsibility, and Project Management Office staff who want to review and expand on essential principles of Project Management, especially in environments where both agile and waterfall methodologies are used.
Course Topics
- Sources of Project Success and Failure
- Core Concepts in Project Management
- Working with Stakeholders
- Create a Strong Project Foundation
- Managing Scope
- Developing the Project Schedule
- Project Budget
- Delivering Quality to Optimize Value
- Managing Project Risk
- Organizational Adoption
- Change Control
- Project Transition
- Project Close