Introduction to Project Management
Section I - The Project Management Framework
Introduction
Project Management
· What is a project?
· Organizational Types
· Stakeholders
· Project Life Cycles and Processes
· Project Management Benefits
Section II – Project Management Process Groups
1. Project Initiation
a. Creating Project Concept Definition
b. Defining Business and Functional Requirements
c. Defining Technical Requirements
d. Assessing Project Feasibility
e. Perform Risk Management
f. Create Time Estimates
g. Create Cost Estimate
h. Writing Scope Statement
i. Writing project Charter
j. Writing a Statement of Work (SOW)
2. Project Planning
a. Setting Expectation for Planning Process
b. Decomposing WBS (Work Breakdown Structure)
c. Creating Network Diagram
d. Identify and Analyze Critical path
e. Creating Project Schedules
f. Creating project Budget
g. 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
h. Building the team
· Assemble the Project Team
· Building and Supporting the Team
· Developing the Team
3. Project Execution
a. Monitoring and Managing
· Monitor the Project Iteratively
· Calculate the Earned Value (EV)
· Execute Schedule Updates
· Execute Budget Updates
· Managing Critical path
· Managing Project Team
· Managing Project Quality
4. Project Control
a. Managing Chaos
· Interpreting Control Techniques
· Mitigating Scope Creep
· Managing Variances
5. Project Closure
a. Managing Documentation
b. Managing the Operational Transfer Plan
c. Write Project Closure Report
d. Obtain Final, Formal Sign-Off
e. Managing Administrative Closure
Section III - The Project management knowledge areas
1. Project integration management
Develop project charter
Develop preliminary project scope statement
Develop Project management plan
Direct and manage project execution
Monitor and control project work
Integrated change control
Close project
2. Project scope management
Scope planning
Scope definition
Create WBS
Scope verification
Scope control
3. Project time management
Activity definition
Activity sequencing
Activity resource estimating
Schedule development
Schedule control
4. Project Cost management
Cost estimating
Cost budgeting
Cost control
5. Project Quality management
Quality planning
Perform quality assurance
Perform quality control
6. Project human resource management
Human resource planning
Acquire project team
Develop project team
Manage project team
7. Project communication management
Communication planning
Information distribution
Performance reporting
Manage stakeholders
8. Project risk management
Risk management planning
Risk identification
Qualitative risk analysis
Quantitative risk analysis
Risk response planning
Risk monitoring and control
9. Project procurement management
Plan purchases and acquisitions
Plan contracting
Request seller responses
Select sellers
Contract administration
Contract closure
