5 Day Course

Performance-Based Objectives

• Initiate a project.
• Plan project work.
• Develop project schedules, cost estimates, and budgets.
• Plan project quality, staffing, and communications.
• Analyze project risks.
Plan project procurement.
• Execute project work.
• Monitor and control project work.
• Monitor and control project schedule and costs.
• Monitor and control project quality, staffing, and communications.
• Monitor and control project risks and contracts.
• Close the project.

Prerequisites

This course is designed for experienced project managers who want to increase their project management skills, apply a standards-based approach to project management, and apply for Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification. To ensure your success, we recommend you first take the following Element K courses or have equivalent knowledge: Project Management Fundamentals, Microsoft Project 2000, 2002, or 2003 Level 1 and 2 and Microsoft Word Level 1, 2 and 3.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Initiating a Project

• 1A: Apply Project Management Processes
• 1B: Create a Project Charter
• 1C: Develop a Preliminary Project Scope Statement

Lesson 2: Planning Project Work

• 2A: Develop Project Management Plan
• 2B: Create a Scope Management Plan
• 2C: Create a Scope Statement
• 2D: Develop a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Lesson 3: Developing Project Schedules, Cost Estimates, and Budgets

• 3A: Create an Activity List
• 3B: Create a Project Network Diagram
• 3C: Estimate Activity Resources
• 3D: Estimate Activity Durations
• 3E: Identify the Critical Path
• 3F: Develop a Project Schedule
• 3G: Estimate Project Costs
• 3H: Establish a Cost Baseline

Lesson 4: Planning Project Quality, Staffing, and Communications

• 4A: Create a Quality Management Plan
• 4B: Document Roles, Responsibilities, and Reporting Relationships
• 4C: Acquire Project Team
• 4D: Create a Communications Management Plan

Lesson 5: Analyzing Risks and Planning Risk Response

• 5A: Create a Risk Management Plan
• 5B: Identify Project Risks and Triggers
• 5C: Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
• 5D: Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
• 5E: Develop a Risk Response Plan

Lesson 6: Planning Project Procurement

• 6A: Prepare a Contract Statement of Work
• 6B: Prepare a Procurement Document

Lesson 7: Executing Project Work

• 7A: Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 7B: Perform Quality Assurance
• 7C: Develop Project Team
• 7D: Information Distribution
• 7E: Request Seller Responses
• 7F: Select Sellers

Lesson 8: Monitoring and Controlling Project Work

• 8A: Monitor and Control Project Work
• 8B: Manage Changes to Performance Baselines
• 8C: Review Deliverables and Work Results
• 8D: Control Project Scope

Lesson 9: Monitoring and Controlling Project Schedule and Costs

• 9A: Control the Project Schedule
• 9B: Control Project Costs

Lesson 10: Monitoring and Controlling Project Quality, Staffing, and Communications

• 10A: Perform Quality Control
• 10B: Manage Project Team
• 10C: Report Project Performance
• 10D: Manage Stakeholders

Lesson 11: Monitoring and Controlling Project Risk and Contracts

• 11A: Monitor and Control Project Risk
• 11B: Administer a Contract

Lesson 12: Closing the Project

• 12A: Close a Project
• 12B: Close a Contract

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