Project Management Fundamentals

Participants will walk away from the course with an enhanced understanding of how to initiate and plan a project, how to successfully capture a customer’s project requirements, how to effectively engage and communicate with project stakeholders, how to build a vibrant project team, and how to manage risks and quality through the project life cycle.  Participants will be able to apply these principles in a collaborative environment using a case study project.
 
Learning Outcomes:

• Understand the difference between projects and operations
• Define the stages of the project life cycle
• Understand how organizations should select projects
• Define the purpose of the project charter
• Understand how to identify, categorize and manage stakeholder expectations
• Define the triple constraint
• Understand the purpose of the project management plan
• Understand how to identify and manage, risk, communications, human resources
• Understand the process of developing a project budget and schedule
• Understand the importance of capturing and storing lessons learned

 
Day 1: Learning Outcomes, Project Management Fundamentals, and Project Initiation
Day 2: Project Initiation (continued), Project Planning and Execution
Day 3: Project Execution (continued) and Closing