Project Management Essentials according to PMBOK

Everybody actively involved in projects, functional managers or those who want to become a project manager.

• Knowledge about PMBOK Fourth Edition
• the various project management processes according to PMBOK with emphasis on project delivery, planning and execution strategies
• effective project administration and control procedures
• the identification of the key stages in a project life cycle
• the tools and techniques to complete the project on time, within budget and to the required technical specifications
• the effective concepts, tools and techniques that can be applied to successfully manage projects with greater responsibilities.

• Project Management Foundation
  • General product, service development issues
  • Project Management
  • Project Definition
  • Projects versus Programs
  • Project Management Process Groups
  • Skills needed by a project manager
  • Roles, responsibilities and authority of a Project Manager
  • Setting up the right project organisation

• Project Management Methodology
  • Project Initiation activities and related mandatory documents
  • Project Planning activities and related mandatory documents
  • Project Execution and Control activities, and related mandatory documents
  • Project Closure activities and related mandatory documents

• Initiating a project
  • Activities to perform
  • Statement of Work
  • Stakeholder analysis
  • Needs, objectives and requirements
  • Project Charter
  • Business case
  • Preliminary Scope Statement

• Planning the project
  • Activities to be performed
  • Perform a WBS workshop
  • Make, buy or outsource the developments of parts of the development
  • Estimate time required
  • Select the team members for project execution
  • Plan the project activities
  • Define your Quality Assurance strategy
  • Perform a Risk Assessment
  • Define your Change Control procedure
  • Define your detailed Communication Plan
  • Calculate final budget
  • Write Project Management Plan
  • Get Management Approval

• Project Execution and Control
  • Activities to be performed
  • Performance measurement using Earned Value techniques
  • Performance Reporting
  • Managing expectations
  • Team development
  • Risk Management
  • Quality Management
  • Change Management
  • Configuration Management

• Project Closure
  • Activities to be performed
  • Prepare final status reports
  • Lessons Learned
  • Closing the project files
  • Closing the subcontracts
  • Perform Close-out meeting