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Current Schedule: This course is available to corporate customers and government agencies at this time. Scheduled on demand in a public forum. If you are interested in attending this course in a public session, call Mindavation at 1-866-888-MIND to be put on our wait list.

Course Price: Corporate customers and government agencies - please call 1-866-888-MIND for pricing of on-site courses.

Course Description: This course will provide the manager with techniques to effectively capture and analyze projected costs and benefits from their project efforts. The examination of both one-time and ongoing costs, as well as the integration of extensive checklists and analysis tools makes this course useful for the project manager who is looking to justify a new project or validate an in-process project effort.

Discuss business implications of selecting & implementing a project
Review implications of not selecting a project
Understand how projects tie to business metrics
Verify how projects impact business processes and procedures
Discuss typical project benefits
Learn to define successful completion criteria
Review the following project components to be estimated - equipment, software, resources, vendor resources, maintenance agreements, post implementation support, and long-term costs
Perform project cost benefit analysis using return on investment (ROI) and payback period
Know how to build a business case end-to-end
Understand how to validate project results

All PMBOK® Guide Knowledge Areas are covered in this course:
Project Cost Management
Project Procurement Management
Project Quality Management
Project Risk Management
Project Scope Management

Course Prerequisites: A basic understanding of project processes prior to the course is helpful.

Audience: This course is intended for managers, project manages, financial analyst and business analyst responsible for justifying projects via business cases.