Project Management Essentials

Topic-Level Outline

Days: 1

Prerequisites: Prerequisite or equivalent experience

Unit 1 : Defining the project

Topic A: 0 Project participants

A-1: Determining influence of stakeholders

Topic B: 0 Project objectives and planning

B-1: Identifying benefits of project planning

B-2: Prioritizing constraints in a project

Unit 2 : Activities and dependencies

Topic A: 0 Project activities

A-1: Creating a WBS

A-2: Identifying types of project activities

A-3: Creating PERT charts

Topic B: 0 Analyze activities

B-1: Determining appropriate level of detail

B-2: Creating activity analysis forms

B-3: Assigning work

Topic C: 0 Estimate activities

C-1: Estimating project activities

C-2: Identifying problems and opportunities

Topic D: 0 Dependencies

D-1: Identifying dependencies

D-2: Identifying lags and slack

Unit 3 : Project scheduling

Topic A: 0 Develop the project schedule

A-1: Identifying benefits and constraints

A-2: Identifying mathematical techniques for analysis

A-3: Understanding network diagrams

A-4: Identifying arrow charting methods

A-5: Creating Gantt charts

Topic B: 0 CPM and PERT

B-1: Understanding critical path

B-2: Understanding CPM scheduling and calculations

B-3: Understanding duration compression

B-4: Calculating float

Unit 4 : Project change control

Topic A: 0 Project change control system

A-1: Understanding project change control system

Topic B: 0 Controlling change

B-1: Accommodating change

B-2: Understanding project change control board

Unit 5 : Financial issues

Topic A: 0 Fundamentals of cost estimating

A-1: Analyzing historical information

A-2: Understanding activity duration and cost estimates

A-3: Identifying problems while estimating costs

Topic B: 0 Organizational financial systems

B-1: Understanding organizational financial issues

B-2: Budgeting factors

Unit 6 : Project performance

Topic A: 0 Measure project performance

A-1: Determining project performance

A-2: Using calculations in earned value analysis

A-3: Controlling project cost

Topic B: 0 Report project performance

B-1: Understanding performance reports

B-2: Understanding status reports

B-3: Understanding progress reports

B-4: Closing projects

B-5: Understanding final project report