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Project
Management
Projects are frequently behind schedule or over budget, and
customers are frequently disappointed with project outcomes. Many project managers have trained
in project management fundamentals, including planning, budgeting,
tracking performance, and risk management. Project Management
is an intense 8-hour program focused on fundamental project management
skills.
Materials
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A
Handbook for First-Time
Managers:
Managing Effectively, Berk and Berk, Sterling Publishing Company,
1998.
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Project
Management, a bound set of
approximately 100 presentation charts used for the Project Management
training program, ManufacturingTraining Seminars, 2007.
Who Should Attend
Project managers,
project engineers, and members of project teams should attend Project Management.
Project Management Syllabus
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Class 1:
Project Management Overview. Project management
definitions. Objectives,
schedules, and budgets, and how they interact. The nature of project
planning. Developing
requirements. Customer,
company, and external requirements.
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Class 2:
Project Planning. Integrating objectives and
schedules. Defining tasks
to meet objectives. The
backwards planning method.
The PERT planning method.
Gantt charts.
Advantages and disadvantages of the PERT and Gantt
techniques. Class
exercise.
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Class 3:
Budgeting. The nature of a budget. Cost estimation approaches,
including historical, manloaded, and task-based budgets. Developing a milestone-based,
time-phased expenditure profile.
Cash flow and cash flow profiles. Matching budgets and
milestones. Budget tracking
tools. Earned value
systems. Class
exercise.
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Class 4:
Project Teams. Translating objectives into
personnel requirements. The
attributes of a project leader.
Selecting the appropriate talent mix. Functional integrity. Personality profiles. Theories of motivation. Managing the team. Project meetings.
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Class 5:
Deliverables. Defining success. Recommended reports and
reporting formats. Typical
customer requirements and expectations. Typical company requirements and
expectations.
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Class 6:
Project Control. Work authorizations. Work breakdown structures. Financial reporting. Identifying and responding
to budget and schedule variance.
The IOC concept.
Typical project management pitfalls. Hidden cost areas. Situational leadership. Preventing project failure. Escalation.
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Class 7:
Risk Management and Course Wrap-Up. Risk definitions. Risk management approaches. Program, product, and process
risk. Risk analysis and
risk analysis timing.
Yes-No risk analysis.
Audits. Identifying
and solving problems. The
four-step problem solving-process.
Training program summary.
Course critique.
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