Project Management Training

Summary:

This online training series provides a detailed examination of project management concepts and strategies. It discusses the seven components of a management system and the five phases of the project life cycle, and looks at factors that affect cost and quality. The project manager's role is explored in detail, and strategies for defining the project are examined. Tasks such as developing the Work Breakdown Structure, estimating and scheduling resources, scheduling computations, and tracking project activities are discussed. The close-out phase of a project is also covered. Other topics include formalizing project management standards, developing a project team, and strategies for becoming a more effective project manager.

This Project Management online training series provides 22 hours of self-paced courseware. This web-based training provides 1 year of unlimited access to all of the following lessons:

1 . Project Management Overview
2 . Understanding the Project Manager's Role
3 . Defining the Problem
4 . Determining the Strategy
5 . Developing the Work Breakdown Structure
6 . Estimating and Scheduling Resources
7 . Understanding Scheduling Computations
8 . Tracking Project Activities
9 . Closing Out the Project
10 . Formalizing Project Management Standards
11 . Developing Project Teams
12 . Ensuring Your Own Effectiveness

Lesson Detail:

Project Management Overview
This course provides an overview on the nature of projects as well as project management.

Definition of project and project management
The project management system
The project life cycle
Project constraints
The costs of quality
Managing small projects
Gaining organizational support

Understanding the Project Manager's Role
This course explains the role of the project manager and the traits and abilities he or she must have to be effective.

Traits of a project manager
Responsibilities and duties
The need for good people skills
The importance of leadership
Effective meeting guidelines
Problems in assuming multiple roles

Defining the Problem
This course describes the importance of specifically narrowing down the problem statement. In addition, it explains the detrimental impact that bypassing this step has. It also distinguishes between different types of problems and possible methods for identifying them. Finally, it describes the Project Charter and how to create it.

The Importance of the Definition Phase
Stakeholders
Aspects of the Definition Phase
Solving Closed-Ended Problems
Defining Open-Ended Problems
The Project Charter

Determining the Strategy
This course defines strategy, describes methods to generate and rank a strategies list, and explains the importance of risk and contingency planning.

Definition of Strategy
Steps to Determine Strategy
Develop the Strategies List
Rank the Strategies List
Identify Risk
Contingency Planning
People Problems

Developing the Work Breakdown Structure
This course describes how to create and organize project tasks by developing the work breakdown structure and a network diagram.

WBS basics
Identifying tasks
WBS procedures
WBS guidelines
Network diagram basics
Network diagram procedures

Estimating and Scheduling Resources
This course explains estimating and scheduling concepts, provides guidelines for estimating and scheduling, and describes the advantage of project management tools such as Microsoft Project.

Basics of Scheduling
The Definition of Estimating
Assumptions When Estimating
Estimating Methods
Resource Estimates
Basics of Budgeting
Approval of Work Plan
Project Management Software

Understanding Scheduling Computations
This course explains how to perform forward and backward computations to determine the critical path in a project network diagram and shows how an activity-on-node network diagram can be changed to make an activity-on-arrow diagram and a bar chart.

Basics of scheduling computations
Forward pass computations
Backward pass computations
Activity maximum float
Network calculations
Constrained end date scheduling
Reducing activity durations
Use of the bar chart

Tracking Project Activities
This course describes the control phase of a project and provides guidelines on how to effectively control a project.

Basics of Control
Guidelines for Controlling a Project
Approaches to Monitoring
Graph Analysis
Spreadsheet Analysis
Status Reporting
Review Meetings
Accommodating Changes Deviations

Closing Out the Project
This course explains the close-out phase of a project and describes the activities that must be performed during this phase.

How Projects End
Closing a Project
Verification and Approval of Results
Reallocation of Resources
Delivery of Results
Final Report

Formalizing Project Management Standards
This course provides an overview on the nature of projects as well as project management.

Developing a project methodology
Roles and responsibilities
Deliverables and approvals
Process review
ISO requirements

Developing Project Teams
This course describes project team dynamics and provides guidelines on how to effectively build a project team.

Definition of Team
How Project Teams Are Different
Team Building
Communication
Issues in Team Building
Team Member Roles and Responsibilities
Teams and Decision Making
An Individual's Needs
Differences in Thinking Styles

Ensuring Your Own Effectiveness
This course gives tips on how to be a more effective project manager.

The values approach
Life planning
Time management guidelines
Speaking and writing skills
Certification

Certification:
Project Management

Audience:
This online training series is for anyone wanting to learn about project management. It can also be helpful in preparing for the Project Management Institute project management certification.

Features:

Simulations teach learners to perform specific tasks in applications through guided, multi-step exercises.
Activities allow learners to apply course concepts in an interactive questioning environment.
Exercises allow learners to practice in the actual application being studied.
A Course Topics list contains active hyperlinks, permitting quick access to specific topics.
Find-A-Word allows learners to look up an unfamiliar term in the Glossary, on the Web, or in a dictionary. In addition, it lets them find other occurrences of the term in the same course.
Search text enables learners to rapidly search all text within a course to easily retrieve information required.
Courses challenge the learner with a variety of question formats, including multi-step simulations, true/false, multiple choice, and fill-in-the-blank.
A skill assessment generates a customized learning path based on the results of a pre-test.
A glossary provides a reference for definitions of unfamiliar terms.
Bookmarking tracks the learner's progress in a course.

Technical Requirements:

Internet connection
Browser: Internet Explorer, FireFox, Chrome, Safari, Opera or any standards compliant browser.
Authorware and Macromedia Flash player recommended but not required.
JavaScript must be enabled.

What You Get:

You will receive Unlimited Access to all of the Project Management training tutorials listed above. Your online training courses will be available from anywhere you have internet access.This e-learning series includes all of the online training tutorials listed and is provided in an interactive, self-paced format. Retake any or all of our computer training as often as you want. Our online tutorials allow you to learn anywhere, anytime from any computer with internet access. All courses allow for 1 year unlimited access (1 user), include a variety of features and qualify for Continuing Education Unit credit.

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Project Management Online Training Series

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