Project Management

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of this program, participants will know how to:

- Define project goals and scope clearly

- Prioritize conflicting tasks and responsibilities

- Create a network diagram to track project process

- Evaluate project process using performance as criteria

- Establish an organizational approach to project management and set standards

- Fix or bypass project roadblocks

- Develop realistic project plans using modest but effective PM techniques and tools such as GANTT, PERT, Critical Path Analysis, etc.

- Understand the interrelationship of different strategies in successful project management 

Training Content:

I. Project Design: Setting the Baseline

A. Effects on the organization

B. Project start-up

C. Team formation and the impact of member selection

D. Assigning responsibilities

E. Managing or eliminating conflict

F. Creating a linear responsibility chart

II. Execution and Management: Quantifying Progress by Use of Project Tracking Measures

A. GANTT chart

B. Critical path

C. Status report

D. Risk assessment

E. Contingency planning

III. Implementation and Follow through: Results and Progress

A. Determine that your project is really complete

B. Evaluate project success

C. Review and archive both success and failure data

D. Evaluate lessons learned and leverage results/expectations