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This course examines project management roles and environments, the project life cycle and
various techniques of work planning, and control and evaluation to achieve project objectives.
The tools currently available to project managers are discussed throughout this course.
Topics and Objectives
Project Management Concepts
φ Define the characteristics of a project.
φ Explain the need for project management.
φ Compare and contrast the roles of project managers in organizational environments.
φ Describe the systems development cycle.
φ Explain the roles of systems analysis and systems management in the life cycle of a
project.
Project Organizational Structures
φ Describe the ways groups are organized into projects.
φ Explain the roles and responsibilities of project team members.
φ Explain the relationship between project managers and line managers, especially in
terms of the division of responsibility and authority.
Project Organizational Behaviors
φ Identify leadership styles of project managers.
φ Describe techniques used to manage groups and
individuals in order to increase the effectiveness of working
on a project team.
φ Identify sources of diversity, either corporate or ethnic, that
impact project team effectiveness.
Applied Project Planning
φ Produce a statement of work (SOW) and decompose overall project goals.
φ Develop a work breakdown structure (WBS), using established tools and techniques, to
achieve stated project objectives.
φ Produce a task-flow network, using established tools and techniques, and analyze the
contingencies, interrelationships, and critical path(s) of the work elements.
φ Produce a Gantt chart, using established tools and techniques, to schedule the
completion of all work elements.
Resource Allocation
φ Analyze optimal labor utilization for cost effectiveness and schedule efficiency by using
a resource-loading chart.
Cost Estimating and Budgeting
φ Develop cost estimates and budgets with cost accounts to plan project expenditures.
φ Develop cost summaries for tracking project expenditures to budgeted costs.
φ Develop cost forecasts to proactively control future planned expenditures.
This section consists of a project that is designed to apply the key concepts studied in prior
classes. The project simulates a common situation found in the workplace environment. That
is, how to implement and then maximize the value of a project management group within the
organization
Topics and Objectives
Scope Definition
φ Define the scope of the final project selected.
Project Time Management
φ Develop preliminary Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), linear responsibility chart, and
schedule of activities.
φ Define the elements of project time management.
φ Apply project time management concepts to the final project.
Project Integration Management
φ Define the elements of project integration management.
φ Apply project integration concepts to the final project.
Project Risk Management
φ Define the elements of project risk management.
φ Apply project risk concepts to the final project.
Project Cost Management
φ Define the elements of project cost management.
φ Apply project cost concepts to the final project.
Project Quality Management
φ Define the elements of project quality management and apply them to the final project.
Project Procurement Management
φ Define the elements of project procurement management.
φ Apply project procurement concepts to the final project.
Project Human Resources Management
φ Define the elements of project human resource management.
φ Apply human resources concepts to the final project.