This three-day Applied Project Management workshop provides participants the structured processes, effective tools and techniques used in project management, to develop business acumen skills.

The course is interactive, with emphasis on hands-on exercises on tools and techniques, and case studies. There will be sharing of experience by the trainer incorporated into the class plan.

A unique learning experience for the course is the incorporation of the simulated project management through “Countdown” group exercise.  The participants will work in group of four, applying the concepts, tools and techniques learned and fully immerse in this full day project and business simulation.

Learning Outcome

At the end of the training, course participants would learn the followings:

• Tools, techniques, key processes and knowledge areas in project management aligned with the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK^® Guide).
• How to use project management tools and techniques for decisions making that impacting business.
• How to manage the triple constraints in projects, namely time, cost and scope / requirements
• Effective team responses to project scope changes, and how to influence project sponsor’s expectations
• Important team behaviours for managing and controlling a project.

Course Duration

3 days (21 hours)

Course Materials

Every course participant will receive a set of training material and supplementary references including:

• “Project Countdown” Workbook (to be used in the project simulation on day-3)
• Course handouts with training slides, project case, and exercises

 

Course Outline

• Project Management Overview
  • Standards in Project Management
  • PMI Project Management Processes
• Project Initiating Process Group
  • Project Charter
  • Stakeholder Analysis
• Project Planning Process Group
  • Project Management Plan
  • 5 Steps in Project Planning
  • Project Planning – Scope
  • Tools and Techniques – Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
  • Project Planning – Schedule
  • Tools and Techniques – Network Diagram & Critical Path Method (CPM)
  • Project Planning – Cost
  • Project Performance Baselines
• Project Executing Process Group
  • Leading & Managing People in Projects
  • Managing Stakeholders’ Expectations
• Project Monitoring & Controlling Process Group
  • Control Baselines – Scope, Schedule & Cost Baselines
  • Change Control Management
• Project Closing Process Group
• Project Risk Management
  • Opportunities or Threat?
  • Defining “Risks” in Projects
  • Risk Management Processes
  • Concept of Reserves in Risk Management
  • Risk Response Strategies
• Group Exercises
  • Group Exercise: WBS
  • Schedule Challenge: Network Diagram and Critical Path Method
  • Schedule Challenge Exercise: Cumulative Cashflow Chart
  • Group Exercise: Project Planning
• Risk Management Exercise: Risk Management Board Game
• “Countdown” Project Simulation Group Exercise

 

About Countdown^® Project Simulation

Countdown^® immerses participants in an intense project that lasts seven simulated months. Small teams of participants move through project milestones, make critical decisions, communicate with stakeholders and manage trade-offs – all under tight deadlines and shifting information. Teams would work with a Gantt chart, estimate potential delays and costs, evaluate the critical path, assess project risks and make important decisions as they drive a project to success.

 

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