• Cairo

    Cairo

Project Control, Planning Scheduling and Cost Management

Objectives:

Upon Completion of the Course, 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

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Individuals from all industries, government bodies, non-profit organizations and anyone who are interested in learning techniques for managing projects will find this course valuable.

  • project managers
  • Senior project Engineers
  • project team members from Members of Process Improvement Teams
  • Administrators responsible for managing projects
  • Technical professionals and engineers moving into project leadership

Course 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

Change Control and Configuration management

  • Reasons for change and configuration management
  • Change control procedures
  • Role of change control boards
  • Configuration management
  • Configuration items and product baselines

Project Communications and Project Organization

  • Identifying stakeholders and their concerns
  • The project sponsor
  • Establishment of the project authority
  • Reporting structures and responsibilities
  • Desirable characteristics of project manager
  • Role of the project support office
  • The project team and matrix management
  • Management styles and communication

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 Implementation

  • Project Baselines
  • Project Control: Monitoring, Evaluation and Forecasting
  • Earned value
  • Causes of variances
  • Project audits
  • Dealing With Changes

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
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