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Planning the Project

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PMGNOB

 

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Course Description

Planning the Project
One-Day Seminar Program Number: PMGNOB PDUs: 6

Course Objectives:

Discover the project manager’s role in the planning phase and basic planning tools.

Learn about:

  • Define the term 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
  • Forge a Work Breakdown Structure
  • Explain the four methods of arriving at estimates of task duration
  • Describe the three fundamental task relationships
  • Explain the use of GANNT charts
  • Explain and resolve resource over allocations
  • Explain the multiple purposes of the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
  • State the components of the project management information system (PMIS)
  • Use the triple constraints to improve management of projects

1.0 Introduction

  • Introductions and overview of course material

2.0 Review the General Project Management Life Cycle

  • Define the four phases of the PM life cycle: concept, planning, execution, and closeout

3.0 The Project Planning Puzzle and Purposes of the Project Plan

  • Understanding and defining the pieces of the project planning puzzle
  • Define scope, schedule, resources, costs, contracts, risks, communication, and quality
  • Understand why we need a project plan
  • Review the Triple Constraints and what they mean

4.0 Defining Project Scope

  • Requirements and deliverables
  • Developing the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for a project

    Group exercise on developing a WBS

5.0 Project Schedule

  • Develop a project schedule and learn to identify constraints and milestones
  • Determine task duration and study Critical Path Methodology (CPM)
  • Discover the pros and cons of using a Gantt chart

    Group exercise on developing a schedule

6.0 Project Resources

  • Develop the resource responsibility matrix
  • Establish employee relations on the project team
  • Learn who the stakeholders are on a project

7.0 Project Budget

  • Develop project cost estimates using the WBS
  • Learn the importance of establishing managerial reserves

8.0 Contractual Arrangement

  • Develop a statement of contractual arrangements
  • Review and evaluate the project contract

9.0 Project Risk Assessment

  • Learn the seven steps involved in assessing risk
  • Discover how to identify possible risks
  • Study how to analyze risk impact
  • Identify the reports required for managing the project
  • Evaluate the project quality

    Group exercise on identifying risk

10.0 Project Reports (Communication)

  • Identify the reports required for managing the project

11.0 Project Evaluation Methodology (Quality)

  • Evaluate the project quality

 

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