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PMI members get 15% off this course. Valid membership number required.


Book included:

Dictionary of Project Management Terms
By J. LeRoy Ward

Free book included

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This course supports your study towards PMP® Certification

 

Testimonial

Informative, clarified some questions I had about project management and its theories.


Stuart Halford
Manager
Goodbody Stockbrokers


PMBOK® Guide knowledge areas:

Project Integration Management

Project Scope Management

Project Quality Management

Project Time Management

Project Cost Management

Project Human Resources Management

Project Communications Management

Project Risk Management

Project Procurement Management

 

BABOK® knowledge areas:

Requirements Planning and Management

Requirements Communication

 

Associate’s Certificate in Project Management

Associates Certificate
take three courses within two years >>

Managing Projects

Master the fundamentals of project management


Course information

Duration: 3 days
PDUs: 22.5

Course Fee:
£1495 excl. VAT
€1795 excl. VAT

 

You will learn how to:

  • Master fundamental project management skills, concepts and techniques
  • Link project goals and objectives to clear, compelling stakeholder needs
  • Develop work breakdown structures
  • Set realistic, measurable objectives and ensure positive results
  • Estimate project costs and schedules using simple, proven techniques
  • Establish a dependable project control and monitoring system

Course Synopsis

As ESI’s project management flagship course, Managing Projects is our entry-level course and a great starting point for your development. This course will give you the skill, knowledge and tools you need to start running your own successful projects. Our other courses provide the opportunity for you to build on the knowledge gained in this course, allowing you to build more sophisticated project management capabilities.

Managing Projects gives you the solid foundation and experience you need to manage each stage of a project life-cycle. You will learn to work within organisational and cost constraints.

Managing Projects gives you the solid foundation, experience, techniques and tools to manage each stage of the project life-cycle. You will learn to work within organisational and cost constraints, set goals tied directly to stakeholder needs, get the most from the project management team, and utilise project management tools to get the work done on time and within budget.

This approach yields a comprehensive project management experience, such as the early stages of defining project requirements, developing work breakdown structures, project change control and closeout.

As part of your course materials, you will receive a copy of Project Management Terms: A Working Glossary, second edition, BY J. LeRoy Ward, PMP*. The course materials also include comprehensive reference material specific to each unit of the course.

Reminder: Participants taking this course should not take Managing IT Projects.

* free resources

Course Topics

  1. Introduction to Project Management
    1. What are "projects"?
    2. Why project management?
    3. The project life cycle
    4. Influences on a project
    5. Key stakeholders
    6. Project management process groups
    7. Project manager responsibilities
  2. Project Initiation
    1. Understanding the role of senior management
    2. Needs Assessment
    3. Project selection - benefit/cost ratio
    4. Present value and net present value
    5. Building SMART objectives
      • Specific
      • Measurable
      • Agreed to
      • Realistic
      • Time-constrained
    6. Developing Requirements
    7. Project charters
    8. Project Requirements Document
  3. Project Planning
    1. Scope planning
    2. The work breakdown structure
    3. Estimating
    4. Schedule Planning
    5. Network Diagrams - CPM
    6. Speeding up the Schedule
    7. Project Management Planning Software
    8. Cost Planning
    9. Responsibility Matrix
    10. Resource Loading and Levelling
    11. Risk Planning
    12. Procurement Planning
    13. Communication and quality planning
  4. Project Implementation
    1. Baselines
    2. Developing the project team
    3. Organisations and team structures
    4. Managing change
    5. Managing Risk
    6. Performance reporting
    7. Reserves
    8. Assessing and monitoring project performance
    9. Earned value
    10. Sunk costs
  5. Project Closeout
    1. Scope verification and customer acceptance
    2. Administrative and contractual closure
    3. Transferring lessons learned to future project

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