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Overview:
Learn to organize your project, track costs and time expenditures, manage quality and risk, evaluate human resources requirements and overcome potential obstacles. Whether managing an office move, implementing a new accounting system or launching a special program initiative, this course gives you the crucial skills for success.
Note: This course is aligned with the Project Management Institute's Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®) Guide-4th Edition , which covers all related best practices.
This course is also part of the Certificate of Accomplishment in Program and Management Analysis , Personal Property Management , Human Resources Management and Project Management .
Project managers, team leaders, team members and other professionals who want to learn how to complete projects on time and within budget, and meet quality standards.
Distance Education Option: Basic Project Management (PROJ7001N) . View Course Selection Guides . 24 PDU (Professional Devt. Units)
Be familiar with the project management processes and best practices defined in the PMBOK® Guide. Understand how to use the Road Map to Good Project Management Apply the most important tools and techniques needed to plan and manage projects Be able to effectively plan, schedule and control your projects
Syllabus -- Project Management, Graduate School, USDA
Day one of four
What is Project Management
Definition of a project
Definition of project management
Relationship to other management disciplines
Examples
The Project Management Context
Stakeholders
Project organization managerial styles
The project manager's role
Project Management Processes
Phases of project management
Stages of a major project
Day two of four
Project Management Integration
Project plan development: tools and techniques
Project plan execution: tools and techniques
Overall change control
Project SCOPE Management
Initiation - does the project all (and only) the work required?
Problem definition
Determining feasibility
Generating project ideas
Establishing project objectives
Case study
Day three of four
Project Time Management: Planning, Scheduling and Controlling
Work breakdown structure
Precedence relationships
Sequencing project tasks
Precedence diagrams
PERT diagrams
Cost and time estimating
Gantt charts
Day four of four
Cost Management
Resource planning
Estimating
Budgeting
Control
Quality Management
Planning: tools and techniques
Assurance
Control
Project Human Resource Management
Skill identification/utilization
Planning for project staffing needs
Case study
Project team lifecycle
Effective Project Communication
Communications planning
Elements of project documentation
Performance reporting
Project Risk Management
Risk identification
Quantification
Exercise
Procurement Management
Procurement planning
Solicitation/source selection
Contract administration
Contract close-out
