Course Objectives:

• Determine the true nature of the problem or opportunity, ascertain its relevance and feasibility, and identify associated risks
• Establish the high-level timetable and budget for the project
• Create the project planning documents
• Create the documents that lay the foundation for the project
• Conduct the management planning activities
• Determine the ideal team composition, recruit, negotiate for, and assign team members
• Calculate schedule and budget variances, manage the critical path, team, and vendor relationships, and monitor quality metrics
• Identify variances and outline corrective action, negotiate changes, and identify the proper course of action to avoid scope creep
• Execute the project transfer steps

Who Can Benefit

• Project Managers of IT Complex Projects and those who are looking for formal project control training

Course Outline:

• Project Initiation: Discovery and Analysis
• Creating a Project Concept Definition
• Defining Business and Functional Requirements
• Define Technical Requirements
• Strategic and Operational Relevance
• Assessing Project Feasibility
• Perform Risk Assessment
• Project Initiation: Estimating
• Construct a Formal Estimate
• Create Time Estimates
• Create Cost Estimates
• Project Initiation: Framing the Project
• Managing Change
• Writing the Scope Statement
• Writing the Project Charter
• Writing a Statement of Work (SOW)
• Project Planning: Laying the Foundation
• Setting Expectations for the Planning Process
• Decomposing a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Creating a Network Diagram
• Identify and Analyze the Critical Path
• Creating Project Schedules
• Creating Project Budgets
• Project Planning: Developing the Plan
• Develop Resource Management Plan
• Develop a Risk Management Plan
• Develop a Quality Management Plan
• Develop an Operational Transfer Plan
• Develop a Communication Plan
• Compile a Comprehensive Project Plan
• Project Planning: Building the Team
• Assemble the Project Team
• Building and Supporting the Team
• Developing the Team
• Project Execution: Monitoring and Managing
• Monitor the Project Iteratively
• Calculate Earned Value
• Execute Schedule Updates
• Execute Budget Updates
• Managing the Critical Path
• Managing the Project Team
• Managing Project Quality
• Managing Vendors
• Project Control: Managing Chaos
• Interpreting Control Techniques
• Mitigating Scope Creep
• Managing Variances
• Project Closure: Tying Up Loose Ends
• Managing Documentation
• Managing the Operational Transfer Plan
• Write Project Closure Report
• Obtain Final, Formal Sign-off
• Document Lessons Learned
• Managing Administrative Closure

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