Course Overview
This 4-day, instructor-led training course is ideal for current project managers and project team members. This training provides students with an understanding of:
- IT Project Management skills
- Roles and responsibilities
- Context and process groups
- Controlling costs
- Managing scope
- Effective time management
- Integration management
Schedule
Currently, there are no public classes scheduled. Please contact a Phoenix TS Training Consultant to discuss hosting a private class at 240-667-7757.
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Course Objectives
- 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
Course Outline
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