Course duration
- 3 days
Course Benefits
- Learn guidelines for project initialization and prioritization
- Learn Project Execution Methodology
- Learn to measure and control project variance
- Learn about Project Closure Reporting and Archiving Processes
- Learn about selecting a Project Management Methodology
- Learn about managing multiple projects simultaneously
- Learn to assess and respond to Stakeholder Change
- Learn to scale Project Management to meet the needs of the project
Public expert-led online training from the convenience of your home, office or anywhere with an internet connection. Guaranteed to run .
Private classes are delivered for groups at your offices or a location of your choice.
Course Outline
- Project Selection and Initiation
- Initiating Projects
- When Do Projects Start? Defining the Project Life Cycle
- Tips for Defining the Start of a Project
- Considerations for Initiating Projects
- Strategic Planning
- Prioritizing Projects
- Selecting Projects
- Key Elements of the Initiating Process
- Guidelines for Project Initiation
- Project Execution Methodology
- Project Execution Methodology
- Starting Project Work
- The Value of a Good Start
- Ensuring a Successful Start to Project Work
- Stakeholder Commitment and Team Resources
- Inhibitors to Future Success and How to Deal with Them
- The Process for Commencing Project Work
- Getting Work Done
- Facilitating Project Work
- Communicating Work Expectations
- Managing Issues and Action Items
- Key Learning Points
- Progress, Status, and Forecasting
- Capturing Progress
- Updating the Schedule
- Forecasting - Predicting Future Project Work
- Recognize Process Groups
- Project Variance and Control
- Project Variance and Control
- Performance Metrics
- A Framework for Performance Reporting
- Understanding Different Types of Metrics
- How Metrics Interact
- Measuring Projects and Generating Metrics Reports
- Interpreting Project Metrics
- Baseline Metrics
- Earned Value Analysis Metrics
- Understanding the Causes of Variance
- Defining Project Variance
- Understanding Different Types of Project Variance
- Root Contributors to Variance
- Methods for Identifying Root Contributors
- Taking Corrective Action to Overcome Variance
- Definition/Intention of Corrective Action
- Understanding Points of Leverage
- Managing Change, Quality, and Risk
- Responding to the Dynamic Nature of Projects
- Using Process to Create Transparency
- Control Processes for Project Change
- Quality Control
- Quality Assurance
- Risk Monitoring and Control Process
- Project Closure and Learning
- The Closing Process
- The Challenge of Project Closure
- When and How to Learn from Projects
- Initial Sizing
- Detailed Estimating
- Unforeseen Events
- Project Closure Reporting and Archiving Processes
- Step 1 - Obtain Formal Acceptance
- Step 2 - Shut Down the Work Engine
- Step 3 - Analyze Metrics, Baseline, and Change Data
- Step 4 - Evaluate Processes and Documentation
- Step 5 - Documenting Project Events and Circumstances
- Step 6 - Generating Lessons Learned
- Step 7 - Finalize and Share the Project Closure Report
- Step 8 - Celebrating the End of the Project
- Step 9 - Archive the Project Records
- Step 10 - Conduct Follow-Up Surveys as Negotiated
- Summary and Conclusion
- Where We've Been
- Where to Go Next
Class Materials
Each student will receive a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the class examples.
Instructor-led courses are offered via a live Web connection, at client sites throughout Europe, and at our Geneva Training Center.