Essentials of Project Management

Learn and apply basic elements of project management to your job to support project success.

Who Should Attend:

• Those who are involved in projects but do not manage them
• Experts, team members, project sponsors, contributors, facilitators and coordinators

• Know the purpose and process of project management
• Understand the roles, responsibilities and needs of project team members
• Identify and apply critical project management tools
• Identify stakeholders, their relationships to each other and how these relationships affect projects
• Recognize stakeholder issues within the organization
• Identify and apply critical communication tools and protocols

• Key project management terms
• Five groups of the project management process
• Estimating project activity accurately
• Identifying and aligning the project stakeholders
• Evaluating the project charter
• Validating project requirements against the SMART Tool
• Understanding and creating the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

• Distinguish Between a Project and Operations
• Recognize the Factors That Contribute to Project Success or Failure
• Identify the Framework for Project Management

• Recognize the Value of Knowing Why/How a Project Is Important to the Organization and to You
• Explain the Elements of a Charter and Its Relevance to Initiating a Project
• Identify Stakeholders and Their Roles on a Project

• Apply Techniques to Define the Work to Be Done
• Identify an Apply Techniques to Estimate Needed Resources, Cost, and Hours for the Project
• Apply Techniques to Schedule the Project
• Identify Roles and Responsibilities for the Project
• Plan for Potential Risks to the Project

• Build an Effective Status Report
• Recognize the Types and Purposes of Meetings
• Identify Action Items and Issues
• Recognize the Importance of Managing Change

• Contribute to the Lessons Learned Database
• Identify the Project Records and Files That Must Be Archived for Historical Purposes
• Describe a Project Closure Checklist
• Compare Closing Out Successful Versus Unsuccessful or Canceled Projects