Course Objectives
Project Management Skills - Virtual Learning
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Plan projects using statement of work and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Schedule projects activities and build the project network model
- Calculate project budgets and schedule variances using Earned Value (EV) techniques
Target Audience
Project managers, members of project offices, project sponsors, functional managers, senior management and individuals interested in project management. This course is worth 12 Professional Development Units (PDUs).
Target Competencies
- Planning projects
- Organizing projects
- Executing projects
- Controlling projects
- Cognitive abilities
- Communication
Course Outline
- Planning projects
- Project management definitions
- Projects versus operations
- Applications of project management
- Managing project constraints
- Potential benefits of project management
- Project charter
- Project scope statement
- Project specifications
- Work breakdown structure
- Project decomposition
- Scheduling projects
- Linking activities and WBS sequencing
- Estimation tools and techniques
- Program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
- Network diagram
- Gantt chart
- Milestone chart
- Critical Path Method (CPM)
- Forward and backward scheduling
- Slack management
- Schedule compression techniques
- Resource planning and leveling
- Controlling projects
- Mastering earned value management
- Schedule and budget variances
- Schedule and cost performance indexes
- Project forecasting
- Project management reporting