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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