Project Management Tools and Techniques

Course Overview

Develop a solid foundation of project management tools and techniques with this comprehensive program. Discover a wealth of valuable, flexible, and easy-to-use tools and techniques that you can use immediately to help ensure the success of any project in any type of organization.

Course Objectives:

At the end of this course, the participants will be able to:

Identify and prioritize project requirements to ensure successful delivery and stakeholder satisfaction
Apply best practices to plan and run a project successfully using proven project management processes
Implement risk management tools and techniques for the identification, analysis and development of strategies
Estimate resources and budgets, and schedule task work and duration with confidence

Course Content:

Unit 1: The Framework of Project Management:

Choosing the right project lifecycle model
Identifying and analyzing project stakeholders

Unit 2: Project Management Processes:

What is a process?
Project Management process groups
Project Management knowledge areas
Developing a project charter
Documenting the project scope
Developing a project management plan
Directing and managing the execution
Monitoring and controlling work
Controlling change
Closing the project

Unit 3: Tools and Techniques for Project Scope Management:

Scope planning
Scope definition
Developing the Work Breakdown Structure
Scope verification
Scope control

Unit 4: Tools and Techniques for Project Time Management:

Activity Definition
Activity Sequencing
Resource Estimating
Duration Estimating
Schedule Development
Schedule Control

Unit 5: Tools and Techniques for Project Cost Management:

Cost Estimating
Cost Budgeting
Cost Control

Unit 6: Tools and Techniques for Project Quality Management:

Quality Planning
Quality Assurance
Quality Control

Unit 7: Tools and Techniques for Project Human Resource Management:

HR Planning
Team Acquisition
Team Development
·Team Management

Unit 8: Tools and Techniques for Project Communication Management:

Communication Planning
Information Distribution
Performance Reporting
Managing Stakeholders

Unit 9: Tools and Techniques for Project Risk Management:

Risk Management Planning
Identifying Risk
Qualitative Risk Analysis
Quantitative Risk Analysis
Risk Response Planning
Monitoring and Controlling Risk

Unit 10: Tools and Techniques for Project Procurement Management:

Procurement Planning
Contract Planning
Solicitation
Vendor Selection
Contract Management
Contract Closure

Targeted Groups:

Head of Departments
Managers
Project Managers
Project Planning Staff
Project Management Staff
Professionals who want to gain great skills