Fundamentals of Project Management
Standard course duration: 24 hours
Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to define and create the scope of work for a project, identify, plan, schedule and estimate the cost of the required resources, and execute the project managing change and risk. Participants will also know how to develop and manage their teams and to meet and communicate effectively both with their teams and with others in the organization.
Advanced Project Management
Standard course duration: 24 hours
Upon completion of this training, participants will have learned advanced techniques and tools to improve their ability to initiate, plan, execute, monitor and close a project. Participants will also understand the organizational methodologies and processes that support project management and will be able to develop those appropriate to their environment.
Microsoft Project
Standard course duration: 16 hours
The following topics are covered:
- Overview of MS Project
- Customizing the Toolbar
- Understanding Wizards
- Reports, Filters, and Views
- Help!
- Planning the Project
- Creating Tasks and Milestones
- Defining Durations
- Mapping Dependencies
- Creating Resources
- Defining Assignments and Constraints
- Defining Reports
- Setting the Baseline View
- Using the Project Calendar
- Implementing the Project
- Updating the plan
- Tracking costs
- Tracking project progress
- Creating jeopardizes and mapping their impact
- Tracking current plan (as revised) vs. the Baseline View
- Reporting Project Status
- Defining Reports and Views
- Managing Multiple Projects
- Sharing project data with other programs
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Develop a project plan which includes tasks, resources, constraints and assignments
- Use reports and views to communicate project responsibilities and status
- Track project status
- Update project plan and track against baseline view
- USE MS Project to manage individual or multiple projects