Objectives:

• Establish project goals and objectives that are directly linked to project stakeholders’ needs and expectation
• Establish the project scope using proven techniques
• Develop and use the project work breakdown structure for planning, scheduling and control purposes
• Develop realistic and measurable objectives to ensure positive result
• Effectively assign roles and responsibilities to the project team members
• Estimate project time and costs using proven techniques and the latest methods available
• Establish an effective and efficient earned-value project control system for monitoring and controlling project progress
• Monitor project progress and performance using critical success factors and key performance indicators
• Use a practical and effective, step-by-step process to manage project risks
• Identify threats and opportunities to your project, weigh their relative values in order to effectively develop, establish and implement response plans
• Identify and overturn the psychological barriers to risks in stakeholders
• Assess the importance of anticipating, managing and controlling project changes
• Plan, execute and control  an effective project closure

Outline:

Foundations of Project Management

• The Nature of Projects and Project Management
• Project/Program and Portfolio Management
• From Strategic Planning to Project Management
• Management Criteria versus Engineering Criteria
• The Project Life Cycle
• Managing the Triple Constraints
• Managing Project Risks
• Managing Stakeholders
• The Project Manager’s Responsibilities and the Role of Senior Management
• Steps in Managing a Project
• The “Hard” Skills of Managing a Project
• The “Soft” Skills of Managing a Project
• Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)
• Project Management Maturity Level
• Typical Project Organization Structure
• The Project Management Office (PMO) Concept
• Basic Contract Types in Managing Projects
• The Generic  Planning and Control Cycle in Project Management

Project Initiating, Planning and Scheduling

• The Project Charter
• Stakeholder Identification
• The Imperative of Planning
• Planning Definition
• Project Planning Overview
• The Project Plan
• Developing the Mission, Vision, Goals and Objectives of the Project
• Basic Project Planning Steps
• Identifying Success Criteria
• Developing the Requirements
• Scope Definition
• Procurement Planning: “Make or Buy” Decision
• Defining the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• The Organization Breakdown Structure (OBS)
• The Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)
• Defining and Sequencing Project Activities
• Estimating Activity Resources and Durations
• Staffing Management Plan
• Scheduling the Project Work
• Estimating  Costs and Determining Budgets
• The Performance Measurement Baselines (PMB)
• Communication Planning
• Quality Planning

Risk Management Planning & Control

• Risk Management Overview
• Definitions of Certainty, Risk and Uncertainty
• Definition of Project Risks
• Definition of Risk Management
• The Primary Aspects of Risk Management
• Risk Management Planning Process
• Risk Identification
• Risk Assessment and Prioritization
• Qualitative Risk Analysis
• Quantitative Risk Analysis
• Risk Issue Filtering
• Risk Avoidance Plans
• Risk Contingency Plans
• Risk Tracking and Reporting Approach
• Risk Management Organization and Responsibilities
• Risk Management Plan Documentation and Risk Database Preparation
• The Output of Risk Management Planning
• Risk Management Control Process
• Risk Avoidance Plan Implementation
• Risk Contingency Plan Implementation
• Risk Reports and Reviews
• Risk Activities Effectiveness Evaluation
• Risk Management Plan Updates
• Flow of Risk Management Planning and Control Responsibilities
• Risk Management Process Flow

Project Execution, Monitoring & Control

• Directing and Managing Project Execution
• Monitoring Work Performance Information
• Managing the Project Team
• Managing Stakeholder Expectation
• Project Deliverables Tracking
• Project Control Definition
• The Objectives of Project Control
• Project Control Approach
• The Earned Value Management (EVM) Concept: An Integrated Project  Control Approach
• Integrated Change Control
• Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC)
• Communication and Documentation Control
• Procurement  Administration

Project Closure

• Effective Project Closure
• Project Closure Objectives
• Project Closure Plan
• Administrative Closure
• Contract Closure
• Project Closure and Contract Closure Interaction
• Lesson Learned
• Post-Project Evaluation
• Success Celebration