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Project Management for Results March 31 - April 3, 2009
Las Vegas, NV
Project Management
for Results
Learn How to Finish Your Project on Time, on Budget and within Scope
You Will Learn How To:
• Describe the Difference Between Operations, • Identify Key Project Stakeholders and Create the
Projects and Programs Project Team
• Understand the Project Life Cycle • Describe the Organizational Influences that May
Affect Your Project
• Implement Strategies to Remain within
Project Scope • Understand and Use EVM Tools and Techniques
• Master the Process of Closing and Executing Projects
Receive 35 PDUs and 30 CPE Credits
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Who Day 1: March 31, 2009
Should Attend:
8:30
Registration and Continental Breakfast
• Project Mangers
9:00
• PMP®s
Introduction to Project Management: The Latest Methodologies in
Project Management According to the PMBOK®
• Project Support Staff
• Describe the differences between operations, projects and programs
• Acquisition and Procurement
• Define roles, review the necessary skills of project managers and identify possible
Officials
competency gaps
• IT Managers
10:00
• Program Managers
Review the Terminology: Understand Key Concepts and Terms for
• CAPMs Enhanced Project Performance
• Review key project management terminology as it relates to the PMBOK® and project
management methodology
What
• Distinguish between the various roles and responsibilities of project stakeholders
11:00
You Will Learn: Develop Project Management Skills for Success
• Utilize various methods to enhance project team building
• Understand the key organizational influences that affect a project
1. New Project Management
Measurement Techniques 12:00
Lunch Break
2. Develop Effective Techniques for
Effective Project Planning 1:00
Project Initiation Phase
3. Use Hands-On Activities and
Exercises to Successfully Bring a • Learn key stakeholder techniques for the first customer/sponsor meeting
Project from Initiation to Execution • Identify and describe project requirements in clear and understandable terms
4. Utilize Best-Practice Strategies for
Breaking Project Work Down into
Meaningful Tasks
Keep Your Projects on Target to Achieve
5. Acquire the Necessary Units to sit
for the PMP® Examination
Cost, Schedule and Performance Goals
6. Techniques for Solving Project
Problems
7. The Latest Methodologies in
Project Management
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Day 1, Continued: March 31, 2009
“The training offered 2:00
Project Organization Phase
good practical • Align project team requirements with current organizational structure and government standards
guidance that can • Define roles and develop necessary skills to effectively deliver planned objectives
readily be applied.” 3:00
Creating the Project Charter
Barbara Fleming,
• Review criteria to determine what is needed in the project charter documents
Dept. of the Treasury
• Develop best-in-class techniques for executing a project charter with full sponsor approval
4:00
Key Techniques to Defining a Project
• Understand and identify the components of a project description document
• Create and describe the purpose of a project priority matrixl
5:00
Day One Adjourns
Master Project Planning and Recover Failing Projects
Using this Step by Step Proven Methodology
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Day 2: April 1, 2009
8:30 2:00
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Construct the Network Diagram
• Monitor project timing and resources and manage the links
9:00
between them
Plan the Project Infrastructure • Minimize and establish realistic project duration while maintaining
overall cost and design requirements
• Find out and determine the purpose of defining the
project infrastructure
3:00
• Determine quality standards based on project goals and
contract requirements Define Project Estimates
• Discover the difference between a contingency reserve and a
10:00
management reserve
Break Down Project Activities Using a Work • Develop techniques to use for your work breakdown structure to
Breakdown Structure provide a more accurate project estimate
• Describe the purpose of a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
4:00
• Understand and use two techniques for creating a WBS
Analyze the Network Diagram
• Obtain information to resolve project and program problems
11:00
and make decisions
Use the Work Breakdown Structure for Effective
• Minimize project duration while maintaining overall
Estimating
cost requirementste
• Understand the difference between cost estimating and
cost budgeting 5:00
• Develop an expected value process to create a defensible Day Two Adjourns
contingency reserve
12:00
Lunch Break
Manage Project Risk and Recover
1:00
Failing Projects Using this
Develop a Preliminary Schedule
Step by Step Methodology
• Create a network diagram and identify the critical path
• Identify early and late schedules and produce a preliminary Gantt
Chart using this information
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Day 3: April 2, 2009
8:30 2:00
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Identify Risks
• Gain valuable techniques for identifying and evaluating project risk
9:00
• Determine specific risks by project and by work package or activity
Manage Project Progress: Integrating the
Gantt Chart 3:00
• Graphically document, manage and monitor project progress to
Utilize Risk Analysis Techniques
effectively minimize setbacks
• Identify strategies for determining how risk management will be
• Maintain project scope and take remedial action to get projects
executed, who will be involved and the precise techniques to use
back on course
• Learn how to subjectively analyze the probability and impact of
each possible risk
10:00
Utilize and Load Organizational Resources 4:00
• Maintain and assign people, facility and equipment resources
Make a Risk Management Plan
accordingly
• Practice creating a risk management plan to ensure successful
• Learn to actively adjust loads and variable expenses and
project execution
understand the difference between generic and specific level
• Develop techniques for analyzing, controlling, and mitigating risks
resources
using this effective tool
11:00
5:00
Create the Project Budget
Day Three Adjourns
• Identify your costs and develop your own project budgeting
process
• Create a baseline used to determine whether the project is on track
and help chart project progress
12:00
Lunch Break
1:00
Optimize the Project Plan
• Develop key strategies for creating and optimizing the project plan
• Learn to manage project status and anticipate problems that could
hurt project progress
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Day 4: April 3, 2009
2:00
8:30
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Adjust the Scope for Schedule Changes
• Learn how schedule changes can uncontrollably alter the
9:00
project scope
Assemble the Project Team • Discover best practices to keep your project within scope and
on time
• Assess project human capital needs and negotiate staff
assignments with senior leadership
3:00
• Develop strategies to lead exercise that promote overall
team success Execute the Project Closeout Phase
• Name the three steps to closing out a project and the several
10:00
choices for project closeout activities
Understand the Project Manager’s Role in • Understand the importance of conducting a project closeout review
Team Development
4:00
• Gain critical information on how to overcome the many challenges
to being an effective project leader Document Lessons Learned
• Strengthen your leadership skills by assessing, developing and
• Utilize key techniques for documenting project successes
advancing management capabilities
and improvements
• Implement a best practice documenting system to ensure data and
11:00
metrics for further projects
Report Project Status
5:00
• Learn different methods for recording and reporting project status
Day Four Adjourns
• Discuss various techniques for ensuring that all data is accurate to
give real project status reports
12:00
Create an Effective Work
Lunch Break
Breakdown Structure
1:00
Establish Change Management Control Procedures
• Utilize project leadership skills to initiate a change management
process within your project
• Enhance project team success through effective change initiatives
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Upcoming Project Management On-Site Training
Events One of the more popular vehicles for accessing the Institute’s Project Management
education programs has been on-site delivery of training. On-site training allows you
to select course content that directly relates to your team’s needs. More importantly, the
Institute’s on-site training courses draw from examples from your organization or agency
and typically use a “case study” project that can be used as an actual work product for
PMP® Exam Prep Course your team later on. Institute training managers stand ready to help define your needs and
craft a customized in-house training program for you and your team.
May 27 - 29, 2009 | Washington, DC
In-House Training Topics Include:
Navigate the Process Groups and
Project Management for Results
Knowledge Areas of the Latest
Earned Value Management
PMBOK® Guide
IT Project Management
Learn Tips and Techniques for Passing Managing Project Risk
the Exam the First Time Project Management for Procurement
PMP® Exam Prep
Project Management For more information about in-house training options, please contact Mark Bryan at 703-
Office Summit 894-0481 x 225 or email him at Bryan@PerformanceWeb.org.
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June 10 – June 12, 2009 Washington, DC
Link PMO Performance to Your Organization’s
Strategic Goals
Understand the Project Manager’s Role in
Make the Most out of PMO Measures
and Metrics
Team Development
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2009. Please contact the hotel at the number provided below to make reservations and 4. VIA MAIL to 1515 N. Courthouse Road, Sixth Floor
be sure to use the group code “The Performance Institute” to receive The Performance
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Program Level: Beginner
Prerequisites: None
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CPE Credits: 30
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PDUs: 35
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