Project Manager's Toolkit - A Survival Guide

Course Content:

Project Management Overview
o Defining a project
o Typical project lifecycle
o Critical success factors
o Triple Constraints
o PMI® knowledge areas

Project Initiation
o Establishing project sponsorship
o Stakeholder identification
o Defining project requirements
o Successful completion criteria

Project Planning
o Project definition documentation
o Establishing project standards
o Staffing
o Communication Planning
o Project Kickoff

Scope, Schedule & Estimation
o Developing a work breakdown structure (WBS)
o Establishing a schedule
o Project cost estimating
o Risk management

Project Execution & Control
o Status Reporting
o Issues management
o Change (scope) management
o Risk Mitigation
o Project Reviews

Leadership & Team Motivation
o Leadership assessment
o Stages of team development
o Managing Your Project Team

Conflict Management
o Sources of conflict
o Conflict management techniques
o Negotiation skills

Project Closeout
o Documenting project results
o Lessons learned
o Archiving project information
o Project acceptance

Project Management Organizations, Networks, and Web Pages