Project Management
Intermediate

Topic-Level Outline

Days: 1

Prerequisites: Prerequisite or equivalent experience

Unit 1 : Quality planning

Topic A: 0 Fundamentals of quality management

A-1: Defining quality

A-2: Addressing quality management issues

Topic B: 0 Fundamentals of quality planning

B-1: Addressing the procurement issues

B-2: Planning for quality

Unit 2 : Quality improvement

Topic A: 0 Quality assurance

A-1: Conducting an audit

A-2: Assuring quality

Topic B: 0 Cost of quality

B-1: Improving quality

Unit 3 : Quality control

Topic A: 0 Fundamentals of quality control

A-1: Developing a quality control system

A-2: Variation sampling

A-3: Using statistical terms

Topic B: 0 Understanding quality control tools

B-1: Using quality control tools

Unit 4 : Risk identification

Topic A: 0 Fundamentals of risk management

A-1: Understanding risk management

A-2: Classifying project risks

A-3: Taking risks

Topic B: 0 Understanding risk identification

B-1: Identifying and classifying risks

B-2: Using risk identification tools

B-3: Characterizing potential risks

Unit 5 : Risk assessment

Topic A: 0 Fundamentals of risk assessment

A-1: Assessing risks

A-2: Considering risk tolerance

Topic B: 0 Quantifying project risks

B-1: Risk quantification

Unit 6 : Risk response and control

Topic A: 0 Risk response

A-1: Responding to risks

Topic B: 0 Implementing project standards

B-1: Developing project standards

B-2: Controlling risks

Unit 7 : Organizational Planning

Topic A: 0 Project managers

A-1: Identifying a good project manager

A-2: Identifying project organization

Topic B: 0 Fundamentals of organizational planning

B-1: Creating a project team

B-2: Identifying elements of organizational planning

Topic C: 0 Staff acquisition

C-1: Developing a negotiation plan

C-2: Resolving project problems

Topic D: 0 Fundamentals of team building

D-1: Developing successful teams

D-2: Motivating teams

Unit 8 : Project communication

Topic A: 0 Communications planning

A-1: Planning for communications

A-2: Affect of perceptions on communication

A-3: Effective communication

Topic B: 0 Distributing information

B-1: Ways of distributing information

B-2: Distributing information during meetings

Topic C: 0 Performance reporting

C-1: Evaluating performance

C-2: Measuring performance

Topic D: 0 Concluding a project

D-1: Terminating a project