Project Management

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

Upon successful completion of this course, participant will be able to apply the generally recognized practices of project management acknowledged by the global standards of Global Quality Council (GQCO^©) to successfully manage different types of projects . They will:

• Get started with project & contract management fundamentals.
• Identify organizational influences and project life cycle.
• Work with project & contract management processes.
• Initiate & Plan a project.
• Plan for project time management.
• Plan project budget, quality, and communications.
• Plan for risk, procurement, and stakeholder management.
• Execute a project.
• Manage project work, scope, schedules and cost.
• Control & Close a project.

PROGRAM CURRICULUM

Fundamentals of Project Management

• Basic Concept of Management
• What is the project?
• What is the project management?
• Relations Between project, program & portfolio
• Difference Between project & operation.
• Project management framework
• Project life cycle/phases
• Project manager roles and responsibilities
• Organizational influences, organizational structure
• Project management processes (Initiation, planning, executing, Monitoring & controlling and closing project)

Integration Management

• Feasibility studies (project selection methods)
• How to create project charter
• How to develop project management plan.
• Perform integrated change control.

Scope Management

• Scope definition.
• Scope validation.
• Scope control.
• Work breakdown structure (WBS)

Schedule Management

• Planning techniques (PERT and CPM)
• Sequence activities.
• Develop schedule.
• Schedule control
• Schedule compression (crashing, fast tracking)
• Resource management and resources allocation (leveling & smoothing)

Cost Management

• Cost estimating vs. pricing.
• Cost life cycle.
• Cost types.
• Cost estimating methods and cost budgeting
• Profitability measures for project selection.
• Control costs.

Quality Management

• Quality planning techniques.
• Quality assurance.
• Quality control.

HR Management

• Plan human resource management.
• Develop project team.
• Manage project team.
• Leadership & management styles.

Communication Management

• Plan communication management.
• Manage communications.
• Control communications.

Risk Management

• Plan risk management.
• Identify risks.
• Qualitative Risks
• Plan risk response.
• Risk monitoring and control.
• Control risks.

Procurement & Contract Management

• Plan procurement & contract management.
• Procurement & Contract processes.
• Control procurements & Contracts.
• Close procurements & Contracts

AWARD OF PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE

Upon successful completion of the program, the Participants will be conferred the PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT by the Global Quality Council (GQCO^©) .