

Project Management, Scheduling & Compliance: Planning, Scheduling & Control
Overview:
Introduction
Covering the entire project life cycle, this course is based on the best practices found in the Project Management Institute's A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide). In this program you will learn how to:
- Establish and accomplish goals that are linked directly to stakeholder needs.
- Utilize tried and proven project management tools to get the job done on time, within budget, and in accordance with requirements.
- Work through a proactive approach to risk that will give you a clear understanding of both qualitative and quantitative risk analysis.
Course Objectives:
At the end of this course, the participants will be able to:
- Establish project goals and objectives that are directly linked to stakeholders’ needs.
- Develop and use work breakdown structures.
- Develop realistic and measurable objectives to ensure positive results.
- Estimate project time and costs using proven techniques.
- Establish a project control system and monitor progress.
- Use a practical, step-by-step process to manage project risk.
- Identify threats and opportunities to your project, and weigh their relative value.
- Identify and overturn the psychological barriers to risk in stakeholders.
Targeted Audience:
- Project managers and team leaders
- Program managers
- Project planners and schedulers
- Project coordinators
- Project engineers
- Construction managers and supervisors
- Project control professionals
- Compliance officers
- Risk managers
- Business analysts and consultants
Course Outlines:
Unit 1: 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 Rroject.
- 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.
Unit 2: 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.
Unit 3: 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.
- The flow of Risk Management Planning and Control Responsibilities.
- Risk Management Process Flow.
Unit 4: 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.
Unit 5: 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.