• Develop a foundation in core project management concepts. 
• Apply core project management concepts to managing projects. 
• Discover and apply project management tools and techniques applicable to each phase of a project’s Life Cycle. 

Unit 1 – Introduction

• Course Goals
  • Student Introductions
  • Class Objectives
  • Class Materials
  • Class Norms

• How do you define success? Project Constraints
• Where do projects come from?
• Why is there interest in project management? What is Project Management?
• Goals of Project Management
• Exercise – Word Association
• Role of the Project Manager
• Program Management/Portfolio Management
• Role of the PMO
• Phases & Life Cycles Product Life Cycle What is a Process?
• Underlying PM Concept 

Unit 3 – Concept Phase

• Business Case for the project
• Project Initiation
• Stakeholders
• Stakeholder Analysis
• Exercise – Identify Project Stakeholders
• Project Charter
• Project Objectives
• Exercise – Develop a Project Charter
• Project Approach/Methodology
• Managing Uncertainty
• Progressive Elaboration
• Rolling Wave Planning     

Unit 4 – Planning Phase

• Planning Processes
• Project Management Plan
• Developing the Project Management Plan
• Project Management Plan Contents
• The Management Plans
• Project Scope Management Plan
• Exercise – Review a Project Scope Management Plan
• Gathering Requirements
• Scope Statement
• Assumptions
• Constraints
• Exercise – Create a Project Scope Statement
• Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Product-oriented WBS
• Process-oriented WBS
• Steps for Decomposing a project
• Exercise – Develop a WBS
• Developing the schedule
• Determining the Activities
• Activity Lists
• Exercise – Develop an Activity List
• Activity Dependencies
• Schedule Network Diagrams
• Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM)
• Types of PDM Dependencies
• Leads and Lags
• Exercise – Create a Project Schedule Network Diagram 

• Estimating Task Durations
• Duration vs. Effort
• Estimating techniques
• Exercise – Estimate Activity Durations
• Estimate Resource Requirements
• Developing the Schedule
• Schedule Analytical Techniques  
• Critical Path Method (CPM)
• Exercise – CPM Calculation
• CPM Critical Path              
• Exercise – Develop the Project Schedule and Identify the Critical Path
• Gantt Charts
• Schedule Compression
• Exercise – Compress a project schedule
• Resource Leveling
• Schedule Reserves
• Developing the Project Budget
• Cost Baseline Curve
• Cost Estimates
• Determining the Cost Baseline
• Cost Reserves
• Exercise – Develop a high-level Project Budget    What is Quality?
• Cost of Quality
• Product vs. Process Quality
• Planning for Quality 
• The Quality Management Plan
• Quality Management Plan Components
• Exercise – Review a Project Quality Management Plan
• Planning Project Communications 
• Communication Concerns
• Project Communications Management Plan Components
• Communications Planning Table
• Exercise – Create a Communications Plan 
• Project Risk 
• Risk Planning
• Risk Characteristics
• Risk Management – A Structured Approach
• Risk Management Planning
• Risk Identification
• Exercise – Identify Project Risks  Risk Assessment
• What is a Probability/Impact Grid?
• Exercise – Assess the previously identified risks
• Responding to Risks
• Risk Response Strategies
• Exercise – Plan Risk Responses
• Contracting on a Project
• Setting the Performance Measurement Baselines
• Variance Analysis

Unit 5 – Construction Phase

• Tracking and Controlling Activities
• Distribute Performance Information 
• Quality Assurance
• Quality Control
• Testing
• Project Team Development
• Stages of Team Development
• Risk Tracking
• Risk Control
• Issues Management
• Calculating Variance
• Exercise – Determining variances off the project plan
• Project Reviews
• Performance Reporting
• Reacting to Variances
• Exercise – Make recommendations for dealing with project variances
• Scope Creep
• Change Control Process
• Change Requests
• Exercise – Perform Change Control

Unit 6 – Installation Phase

• Formal Acceptance
• Transition Documentation

• Transitioning the team
• Discussion – What typically happens during your project’s deployment?

Unit 7 – Maintenance and Support Phase/Project Closeout

• Maintenance/ Support Activities
• Maintenance/ Support Concerns             
• Formal Project Closure

• Discussion – What typically happens during project closeout?
  • Contract Closure
  • Administrative Closure
  • Project Archives
  • Lessons Learned

1. Word Association
2. Identify Project Stakeholders
3. Perform a Stakeholder Analysis
4. Create a Project Charter
5. Review a Project Scope Management Plan
6. Create a Project Scope Statement
7. Create a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
8. Develop an Activity List
9. Create a Project Schedule Network Diagram
10. Estimate Activity Durations and Resources Required
11. Develop the project schedule and identify the critical path
12. Compress a project schedule
13. Develop a high-level project budget
14. Define Project and Product Quality
15. Review a Project Quality Management Plan
16. Create a Project Communications Plan
17. Identify project risks
18. Assess project risks previously identified
19. Develop risk responses
20. Determine variance from a project plan
21. Make a recommendation for dealing with project variances
22. Perform Change Control
23. Perform Project Closeout