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Fundamental
Government Project Management Courses |
The CAPM Certification
Program
- Five-Day Seminar
Day 1—Project Management Overview
- Gain an overview of a project manager’s
role in every phase of the project and some basic project
management tools
- Learn how to define project management paradigm
- Define and discuss the four phases of the
project life cycle
- Define the activities associated with each
phase of the project life cycle
- Formulate a working definition of the terms
project manager and project
- Define the roles and responsibilities of
a project manager
- Define the five organizational structures
Day 2—Planning the Project
- Discover the project manager’s role
in the planning phase and basic planning tools
- Define scope statement and explain its role
in the process
- Catalog the elements in the planning phase
- Define the benefits of having a project plan
- Develop a project plan
- Explain the purposes of a Work Breakdown
Structure (WBS) and develop one;
- Explain the four methods of arriving at estimates
of task duration
- Describe the three charts
- Explain ad resolve resource over-allocations
- State the components of the project management
information system
- Use the triple constraint method to improve
project management.
Day 3—Team Management for a Project
- Learn the project manager’s role in
managing team members
- Learn how to manage the behavioral issuers
in a team
- Identify the characteristics of an effective
team and the different types of teams
- Identify and use the different roles in a
team
- Motivate a team to be its best
- Give feedback to team members
- Set up a successful team
- Use group decision making when necessary
- Use problem-solving models for team management
Day 4—Monitoring and Controlling
the Project
- Understand the project manager’s role
during the execution phase
- Define the term baseline and explain its
role in the project management process
- Define the elements of the executing phase
- Perform progress reporting
- Use earned value analysis
- Describe formats of weekly reports
- Explain the use of Gantt charts in tracking
progress
- Explain and resolve resource over-allocation
- Document the project
- Use monitoring tools
- Use the triple constraint method
- Use methods of crashing and fast tracking
the schedule
- Learn how to motivate and influence teams
Day 5—Project Closeout/Integration
- Learn the project manager’s role in
the closeout phase of a project
- Define lessons learned and their role in
the project management process
- Define the elements of the closeout phase
- Prepare for transition to maintenance and
customer teams
- Perform customer evolution
- Celebrate the project's success
- Reward team members
- Document project's lessons learned
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