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PT27809
Training Summary
This course builds on our one-day PM course with additional hands-on training in core project management concepts and techniques. It extends basic PMI® concepts with supplemental, field-proven best practices that are designed to overcome common sources of project failure. 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 and Agile 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 minimal experience with project work.
Duration
2 Days/Lecture & Lab
Audience
This course is ideal for new project managers, functional managers, project team members and key project stakeholders. It can also provide a quick but in-depth look at project management practice for anyone with project responsibility. Environments where both agile and waterfall methodologies are used will find this training especially useful.
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
- Change Control
- Project Transition
- Project Close