In the past few decades, organizations have discovered something incredible: the principles that have been used to create enormous successes in large projects can be applied to projects of any size to create amazing success. As a result, many employees are expected to understand project management techniques and how to apply them to projects of any size.
The Project Management workshop will give participants an overview of the entire project management process, as well as key project management tools that they can use every day. Working with project planning documents, such as needs assessments, risk management plan, and a communication plan will provide benefits throughout your organization.
Module 1: Getting Started
Icebreaker
Housekeeping Items
Workshop Objectives
Module 2: Key Concepts(I)
What is a Project?
What is Project Management?
What is a Project Manager?
Module 3: Key Concepts(II)
About the Project Management Institute (PMI)
About the Project Management Body Of Knowledge(PMBOK)
The Five Process Groups
The Nine Knowledge Areas
The Triple Constraint
Module 4: Initiation (I)
Identifying Your Stakeholders
Assessing Needs and Wants
Setting a SMART Project Goal
Creating Requirements and Deliverables
Module 5: Initiation (II)
Creating a Statement of Work
Completing the Project Planning Worksheet
Completing the Project Charter
Module 6: Planning (I)
Managing Expectations
Creating a Task List
Estimating Time
Estimating Resources
Estimating Costs
Module 7: Planning (II)
Building the Work Breakdown Structure
Creating the Schedule
Creating a Risk Management Plan
Creating a Communication Plan
Module 8: Planning Tools
The Gantt Chart
The Network Diagram
Using a RACI Chart
Going the Extra Mile: Microsoft Project
Module 9: Executing the Project
Establishing Baselines
Monitoring Project Progress
Triple Constraint Reduction Methods
Module 10: Maintaining and Controlling the Project