For newly assigned project managers or those who have never attended formal training, this course is a necessity.

Get the practical and insightful knowledge you need to initiate, plan, execute, control and close a project successfully. Your abilities as a project manager depend on understanding the competencies and structure of project management.

Through discussion, facilitation and practical exercises, you will understand how to integrate and apply the PMBOK^® Guide into effective processes for establishing priorities and proactively managing your projects.

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK^® Guide) areas covered: All.

Who should attend?

• Individuals from various industries new to project management
• Those who have never had formal project management training.

 What will my seminar experience cover?

• Project manager role: Define project manager/project sponsor/functional manager/team member roles and responsibilities, and understand the impact of different organizational structures and reward/recognition strategies.
• Document relationships: Relate the statement of work (SOW), Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and specifications to each other.
• Scheduling processes: Identify activities, establish logical relationships, estimate durations and determine critical path activities.
• Estimating methodologies and budgeting practices: Gain techniques for estimating costs and assigning resources, and acquire methods for measuring earned value and performance.
• Quality: Distinguish and apply quality planning, assurance and control methods.
• Risk management: Learn identification, qualitative and quantification methods, response development strategies and risk control techniques.
• Communications: Understand the various types of communications, and learn different methods and formats for gathering and disseminating project information.
• Procurement: Identify the differing types of contracts, their intended usage, the motivations of the customer and supplier in each type, and their ramifications on completing projects successfully.
• Team structures/practices: Foster effective communications and feedback among team members, customers, suppliers and managers.
• Understanding the need to establish variance and change thresholds for scope, time and cost control.

Reference Book: Seminar includes the PMBOK Guide^®—Fourth Edition.

How will I benefit?

Develop and enhance the contributions you make to your organization by learning to:

• Establish norms and ground rules for effective team communication
• Generate project requirements and the operational success criteria to be achieved by the project’s outcome
• Create a project WBS with associated specifications
• Design a project schedule with activities, durations and interdependencies
• Delineate, assign and track project resources and associated costs
• Identify and quantify project risks and develop resolution strategies
• Understand basic contract types and the project ramifications
• Identify, capture, measure and analyze important project metrics
• Create a high-performing project team focused on customer satisfaction
• Develop and document a comprehensive and integrated project plan.

 What instructional materials will be used?

Discussion, lecture, group exercises and presentations.