Project Management for the IT Professional Training

• Define and explain the importance of managing risks and managing knowledge
• Learn the evolution of project management along with the key people and events
• Identify the role of today’s IT project manager
• Identify the goals of IT project management: deliverables, standards, documentation
• Name and define the stages and importance of the project lifecycle
• Understand the purpose, objectives, activities, roles, inputs and outputs of the Project Planning Phase
• Understand the purpose, objectives, activities, roles, inputs and outputs of the Analysis and Design Phases
• Understand the purpose, objectives, activities, roles, inputs and outputs of the Construction Phase
• Understand the purpose, objectives, activities, roles, inputs and outputs of the Test Planning and Preparation Phase
• Understand the purpose, objectives, activities, roles, inputs and outputs of the Roll-out Planning and Implementation Phase
• Learn various project management methodologies and the best implementation of each

Initiating the Project

• Defining projects
• Defining the Project Management Lifecycle
• Gathering project information
• Identifying project needs

Planning the Project

• How to form a plan
• Establishing project priority
• Creating an approach
• Introducing Agile methodologies

Working with Management

• Defining the organizational structure
• Presenting the project to management
• Defining management’s role
• Inventing a project kickoff
• Creating management alliances

Managing the Project Scope

• Creating the project scope
• Defining the work breakdown structure
• Gaining stakeholder approval

Creating the Budget

• Budget basics
• Implementing bottom-up cost estimates
• Using top-down estimating
• Budget at completion
• Zero-based budgeting
• Determining project expenses
• Tracking budgetary expenses

Building the Project Plan

• Building the project plans
• Management plan

Organizing a Project Team

• Assessing internal skills
• Creating a team
• Serving as project coordinator
• Working with a project stakeholder
• Managing team issues
• Using external resources

Managing a Team

• Leading the team
• Establishing the project authority
• Mechanics of leading a team
• Team meetings
• Maintaining team leadership
• Working toward project completion
• Motivating the team

Implementing the Project Plan

• Reviewing assignments with the project team
• Focusing on the work
• Hosting a project status meeting
• Tracking progress
• Tracking financial obligations

Revising the Project Plan

• Defining the need for revision
• Establishing change control
• Implementing project changes
• Holding issue management meetings
• Delaying a project

Enforcing Quality

• Defining quality
• Quality of deliverables
• Process quality
• Quality management as a process
• Ensuring quality throughout the project
• Creating a strategy for quality

Completing the Project

• Completing final tasks
• Conducting project postmortem
• Obtaining final sign-off
• Application development acceptance agreement
• Post-project audit
• Creating the final report