Convertas Advanced Project Management and Control Convertas
Price: USD 3,195

Course details

Objective
  • Skill and confidence to use a practical project planning technique
  • Ability to determine if a project can truly be delivered on time and in budget
  • An understanding of how to discover the risks necessary to meet a constrained delivery date
  • Confidence to communicate project "trade-offs" clearly and set attainable goals with clients, managers, and team members
  • Knowledge of how to record actual project progress and then use the project baseline to spot and manage variance
  • Ability to "frame" your questions when analyzing the project plan to spot hidden variances
Outline

Project and Portfolio Management
  • Portfolio, program, and project management overview
  • Planning and control using appropriate life cycle
  • Managing matrix resources
  • The role of the project manager and skills required
  • A framework for planning and control
Project Initiation and Planning
  • Planning and control starts with the project charter
  • Exercise: Rank project using constraints flexibility assessment
  • Roles and responsibility
  • Exercise: Develop a RASCI chart
Organizing and Conducting
  • Define the project scope
  • Design the work breakdown structure
  • Identify project activities
Estimating Activity Duration
  • Estimating techniques
  • Reserve management
  • Balance effort/duration and allocation
Constructing and Analyzing the Project Network
  • Scheduling techniques
  • Milestones and Gantt charts
  • Network diagrams
Constructing and Analyzing / Resource Leveling
  • Applying accelerating techniques
  • Resource scheduling and availability conflict management techniques
  • Exercise: Resolve an over allocation problem using the least risk option
Monitor and Control Progress
  • Measuring and reporting progress (project governance)
  • Establishing a project dashboard
  • Exercise: Design a dashboard report
  • Earned value for tracking and forecasting time/cost
  • Closing Exercise: How techniques learned can be applied upon return to the workplace
Updated on 16 May, 2024

Eligibility / Requirements

There are no eligibility requirements to attend this course.

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