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Day 1 |
| Unit 1 (1 hr 45 min) |
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| Overview of Project Management |
• Why project mindset is the master key for managing business?
• Paradigm shift in managing projects
• Hard and Soft sides of project management
• A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge - What does it mean? |
Unit 2 (1 hr 45 min) |
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| Management of Change |
• Triple constraints of time, cost and scope with no compromise in quality
• Managing change
• Project life cycle approach
• Organisation structures - from purely functional to fully projectised |
Unit 3 (1 hr 45 min) |
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| Foundation of Project Management |
• Challenges in Information Technology (IT) Projects
• What is a Project?
• What is Project Management?
• What is a Program?
• Phases of an IT Project Life Cycle
Objectives of IT Project Management |
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Unit 4 (1 hr 45 min) |
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| Strategies for IT Projects |
• Managing Multiple Projects
• Types of IT Projects
• IT Development Process Models
• Considerations When Choosing a Process Model
• Waterfall Model
• Using the Waterfall Model |
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Day 2 |
Unit 5 (1 hr 45 min) |
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| Strategies for IT Projects...contd. |
• Incremental Model
• Using the Incremental Model
• Iterative Model
• Using the Iterative Model
• Spiral Model
• Using the Spiral Model
• Factors Critical to IT Project Success |
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| Project Initiation and Requirements Definition |
• Project Initiation Phase
• Step 1 - Use the Project Concept As a Foundation
• Project Charter
• Project Constraints
• Eight Properties of Good Requirements |
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Unit 7 (1 hr 45 min) |
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| Establishing IT Project Teams |
• IT Project Management Environment
• Roles of the Project Manager
• Effective Teams
• How to Form a Successful Project Team |
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Unit 8(1 hr 45 min) |
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| Project Planning (Scope) |
• Planning Processes
• Purpose of Planning
• Scope Management Plan
• Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Developing a WBS
• Sample WBS for a Conversion Project
• Where Do WBSs Come From?
• Using a Top-Down Approach to Build a WBS
• Using a Bottom-Up Approach to build a WBS
• Benefits of a WBS |
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Day 3 |
Unit 9 (1 hr 45 min) |
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| Project Planning (Time) |
• Project Time Management
• Three Project Scheduling Tools
• Gantt Chart
• Milestone Chart
• Network Chart
• Two Types of Network Charts
• Arrow Diagramming Method
• Precedence Diagramming Method
• How to Analyze a Project Schedule
• Critical Path
• Analyze Before Compressing Project Duration
• Two Ways to Compress Project Duration |
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Unit 10 (1 hr 45 min) |
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| Project Planning (Risk, Scope, Cost & Communication) |
• Risk Management in Project Management
• Risk Management Plan
• Scope Management Plan
• Schedule Management Plan
• Cost Management Plan
• Staffing Management Plan
• Communications Management Plan
• Procurement Planning: Build or Buy? |
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Unit 11(1 hr 45 min) |
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Estimating |
• Why Estimating is Difficult
• Typical Project Estimates
• Typical IT Project Costs
• Cost Estimating
• Using the Wideband Delphi Technique
• Bottom-Up Project Estimating
• Project Execution Phase
• Four Types of Documentation
• Using Earned Value
• Schedule Variance (SV)
• Cost Variance (CV) |
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Unit 12(1 hr 45 min) |
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| Managing Software Projects |
• Challenges with Software Projects
• Software Capability Maturity
• Capability Maturity Model SM (CMM ® )
• Levels of the Capability Maturity Model
• Key Messages for Managing Software Projects |
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Day 4 |
Topics |
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Administration of 160 questions relevant to PMP examination covering 9 Knowledge areas of A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge. |
| 3 Hours |
• Project Scope Management (20 questions)
• Project Time Management (30 questions)
• Project Cost Management (15 questions)
• Project Quality Management (15 questions)
• Project HR Management (15 questions)
• Project Procurement Management (15 questions)
• Project Communication Management (15 question)
• Project Risk Management (15 questions)
• Project Integration Management (20 questions) |
| 4 Hours |
| • Discussion on the right answers of the 160 practice questions. This discussion will be held in 2 parts. |
| Part - I |
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For most effective learning participants will be broken up into small groups and asked to discuss the possible right answers based on individual responses.
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| Part - II |
| Faculty will give his inputs and discuss all the finer points for answering each question. |
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