Course Objective:

At the end of this training, the participants will be able to apply formal project management techniques for:

• Defining tasks.
• Assigning responsibilities.
• Identifying alternatives.
• Forecasting timelines.
• Measuring Progress.
• Identifying critical path.
• Developing project plan using MS Project.

Who Should Attend:

This course is intended for professionals , leaders and engineers involved in managing projects.

Course Contents :

• Introduction Characteristics of successful project managers Managing the project processes Creating high-confidence plans.
• Launching Your Project.
• Applying a project framework for success.
• Identifying the project life cycle stages.
• Working with the challenges of project management.
• Selecting and applying best practices Core project leadership skills. Identifying stages of team development.
• Building and managing team effectiveness Building a project charter.
• Identifying and tracking issues.
• Creating and managing an issues list.
• Determining key project stakeholders the 6-step Planning Method Defining clear project objectives.
• Determining and clarifying the goals.
• Defining key project deliverables.
• Running the objective-setting meeting Structuring project work.
• Defining project scope with Work Breakdown Structures (WBS).
• Driving the plan down to task level.
• Eight ways to make better estimates.
• Three-point estimating to refine accuracy.
• Managing the estimating process scheduling the project.
• Converting WBS to precedence networks.
• Determining the critical path.
• Creating the project timeline with a Gantt chart.
• Setting key milestones to track and control the project developing a risk management process.
• Identifying the project risks and assumptions.
• Evaluating risk impacts.
• Managing key risks with the Risk Register.
• Reducing risks through contingency plans effectively matching resources to work.
• Identifying and assigning resources to tasks.
• Analyzing resource use in the schedule.
• Optimizing the use of resources.
• Preparing and agreeing on task contracts.
• Building task ownership through collaboration and delegation running the Project.
• Establishing an effective control process.
• Establishing change control procedures.
• Employing milestone tracking.
• Setting the baseline schedule implementing the plan.
• Monitoring actual task progress.
• Analyzing progress against the baseline.
• Correcting the project plan to achieve the objectives.
• Picking up warnings of trouble ahead.
• Knowing when and how to re-plan Tracking and reporting progress.
• Tracking planned vs. actual task performance.
• Avoiding the 90-percent-complete trap.
• Communicating project status to stakeholders leading throughout the project life cycle.
• Coping with common project scenarios.
• Managing communications in the project.
• Building ownership, Motivation and commitment across the tea Successful Project Closure Managing systematic project close down the payoff of post-implementation review Transferring project and personal lessons learned Documenting project experience for process improvement.
• Ensuring project closure.