Individuals who undergo the training are equipped with the practical skills and applicable tools to lead projects from ideation stage, through planning, execution, monitoring and control and closure to achieve the project objectives and create value for organizations. It also covers the agile methodology – introducing participants to developing product roadmaps, prioritization methods for a product backlog, managing/executing work through SCRUM and kanban practices, and measuring value delivery through agile reporting.
Fundamentals of project management is a practical course conducted over a period of 4 weeks either as in person classes or in a virtual mode.
Training Methodology: Participants are provided with training materials including instructional slides, workbooks and templates. Case studies and role playing are used to simulate real workplace situations .
Course syllabus
Topic 1. The Project Management Framework6 topics
- Defining a project and understanding why projects are initiated.
- Understanding the different roles on a project team.
- The project life cycle.
- Developing a Project Charter – a formal project initiating document (PID).
- What constitutes project planning documentation.
- Agile project management – product vision, product roadmap, release planning, sprint planning and daily planning.
Topic 2. Initiating a project1 topic
- This topic provides the information needed to start a project. Some critical elements to establish at the beginning of any project include creating a business case to justify the project for your organization, identifying your stakeholders and a plan to manage them, defining the project requirements that must be accounted for, and setting up a project team with the characteristics needed to support and complete this specific project.
Topic 3. Project Scope Management4 topics
- Collecting and documenting product and project requirements.
- Defining the project scope.
- Creating a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
- Agile planning stages – developing user stories, the product backlog, the sprint backlog and increments.
Topic 4. The Project Schedule Management6 topics
- Define Activities – identifying all project activities from the WBS/scope baseline.
- Sequence Activities – developing a logical order of performing project activities.
- Estimate Activity Duration – applying different techniques to estimate activity durations.
- Develop Schedule – using dependencies to effectively develop a project schedule.
- Control Schedule – tracking and managing schedule changes against the baseline.
- Agile – Kanban chart, Burndown/Burnup charts, Sprint velocity.
Topic 5. Project Resource Management6 topics
- Defining team roles and responsibilities – project organizational chart and resource assignments.
- Estimating types and quantities of the human and physical.
- Defining the appropriate mode of resource acquisition.
- Building and supporting project teams.
- Agile – scrum roles and ceremonies.
- Agile – team collaboration, agile work spaces and decision-making techniques.
Topic 6. Project Cost Management4 topics
- Estimating Costs – applying different techniques to estimate project activity costs.
- Determining Budget – aggregating cost estimates/reserves to determine project budget/cost baseline.
- Controlling Costs – tracking and managing scope changes against the baseline.
- Agile estimating – T shirt sizing and story point sizing.
Topic 7. The Project Quality Management.3 topics
- Setting quality goals – putting project quality objectives and requirements in place – understanding and documenting the customer’s expectations of product quality; developing a description of how quality is handled at project level based on customer requirements.
- Controlling Quality – carrying out activities such as inspection, testing and verification as a means of ensuring that the specified quality criteria is met.
- Agile – Sprint review; the definition of ready and definition of done.
Topic 8. The Project Risk Management4 topics
- Identifying Risks – determining which risks may affect the project activities and documenting their characteristics.
- Analyzing Risk – determining what impact the identified risks will have on the project objectives such as time, budget and quality and the probability that they will occur.
- Implementing Risk Responses – proactively implementing actions in response to risks .
- Agile – Impediment detection and removal in daily stand-ups and sprint reviews.
Topic 9. Project Stakeholder Management3 topics
- Identifying project stakeholders and documenting their expectations.
- Developing a stakeholder engagement plan – continuous and effective communication.
- The roles of product owner and customers in giving frequent feedback as well as making changes.
Topic 10. Managing Changes and Project Closure3 topics
- Developing a procedure for managing changes – change requests, assessment of changes and approvals or rejection.
- Reasons why projects may come to a closure – successful completion or premature closure.
- The key processes during project closure – formal acceptance of deliverable and releasing the project team.
Topic 11. Using Microsoft Project in project planning and control1 topic
- Using the software to plan, schedule, assign project resources and costs, and employ MS Project to manage and control resources. During this course, participants will follow a hands-on instructor led demo .
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