Target
Audience:New
Project Managers, Business Analysts, and Developers
Description:
The course provides an overview of the project management
profession to new recruits and describes the knowledge areas
encompassing the learned processes and soft skills needed to
bring it together.It
further provides a structured approach to project management
and its application in the software industry.Participants will come away with a better understanding
of the challenges, opportunities and success factors in
project management through strategy and theory and be more
prepared to deal with the realities of day-to-day Project
Management.
Objectives:
Provide
background on project management and its evolution into
the service industry
Promote
the Project Management Methodology and life cycle
Point
out the General Management Skills and the PM realm of
reality
Discuss
strategy and project alignment
Review
tools and techniques applied to PM
Point
out the softer aspects of PM
Provide
exercises in Network Diagrams, Critical Path and Earned
Value Analysis
Understand
behavior and team development
Course
Outline:
History
and Overview of Project Management
Project
Management origin and needs
Evolution
and future direction
Project
Management definition
Purpose
of Project Management
Knowledge
and Processes Project Management Methodology
PMI
Body of Knowledge
Project
process groups
Phases
and Challenges Phases of the life cycle
Challenges
and difficulties facing development
PM
skills and responsibilities
Impact
on business
Setting
the Foundation Project documents
Management
by SMART objectives
Work
Breakdown Structure
Network
Diagrams
Project
constraints
Establishing
the baseline
Earned
Value Management
Change
management Human
Dimension Theory and needs
