Take your project management expertise to the next level with this comprehensive intermediate/advanced course. Explore sophisticated concepts including task analysis, critical path methodology, detailed planning, project timelines, and continuous monitoring strategies.
In this hands-on workshop, you'll examine the five phases of project management in depth, investigating the challenges and complexities inherent to each stage. You'll develop the essential competencies for executing, controlling, and closing projects with particular emphasis on budgeting strategies and risk management. This engaging, interactive workshop encourages active participation throughout. You'll receive a practical workbook containing both essential knowledge and numerous exercises to complete during class.
By course completion, you'll understand how to actively manage projects throughout their execution phases. You may take this course independently or combine it with Project Management: Initiation and Planning for comprehensive project management knowledge.
Course Overview:
The course begins by examining the project team more closely. What characteristics define a high-performing team? How should talent be cultivated? What qualities should you seek in team members? These questions and others are explored through collaborative group discussions and facilitated brainstorming.
The course then shifts toward quantitative analysis as you transition to the execution phase. You'll analyze brief project case studies and work through the process of calculating actual costs and measuring work performance. This culminates in cost performance analysis and cost completion estimation.
Next, you'll address resource management situations where project resources face overallocation or constraints. You'll construct appropriate tables and charts to visualize and resolve these challenges.
Risk management is organized into four components: identification, assessment, planning, and monitoring. Working in teams, you'll examine sample projects and evaluate potential risks throughout their lifecycle.
You'll also determine what meetings should occur, which reports to create and distribute, and what communication plans are needed. Practice creating efficient project meeting agendas, writing progress reports, and developing comprehensive communication strategies.
The closing phase addresses project conclusion activities, including final payment collection, team recognition, and documentation archiving. You'll create a sample post-project evaluation.
This one-day workshop concludes with an overview of project management software tools, professional associations, and industry certifications.
This Class is For Students Who:
- Understand the five phases of project management
- Know how to create project proposals and business cases
- Desire an in-depth study of project management principles
- Need strategies and tools for better team collaboration
Prerequisite
Knowledge and skills equivalent to our Project Management Level I course are required.
What You'll Learn at a Glance:
- Assemble project teams and execute project kickoffs
- Manage and estimate project costs accurately
- Optimize and allocate resources effectively
- Identify project risks and develop mitigation plans
- Determine project milestones and required resources
- Apply Work Breakdown Structure to organize and prioritize tasks
- Navigate challenges, manage changes, and handle uncertainty
Course Syllabus:
- The Project Team
- Team Development Principles
- Stages of Team Development
- Budgets and Costs
- Types of Project Costs
- Calculating Activity Costs
- Determining Total Project Budget
- The Execution Phase
- Calculating Actual Project Costs
- Measuring the Value of Work Performed
- Assessing Cost Performance and Project Status
- Conducting Cost Analysis
- Implementing Cost Controls and Corrective Actions
- Managing Limited Resources: Leveling and Smoothing
- Resource Leveling Strategies
- Resource-Limited Scheduling Approaches
- Risk Management
- Identifying Risks and Issues
- Understanding Common Risk Types
- Developing Risk Mitigation Strategies
- Project Communication
- Planning and Running Effective Meetings
- Creating Project Reports
- Developing Communication Plans
- The Closing Phase
- Processing Final Payments
- Recognizing and Evaluating Staff Performance
- Conducting Post-Project Evaluations
- Documenting Lessons Learned
- Archiving Project Documentation
- Gathering Customer Feedback
- Handling Early Project Termination
- Agile Project Management
- Agile Overview and Principles
- Understanding the Agile Manifesto
- Comparing Agile to Waterfall Approaches
- Agile Frameworks
- Scrum Framework
- Kanban Framework
- Extreme Programming (XP)
Learn more about Project Management Level II: Execution, Controlling, and Closing at NYIM Training.
