1. Project Project Management for Results
Management
for Results
Earn 35 PDUs
and 30 CPE
Credits!
October 4–8, 2010 | Arlington, VA Complete Your
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Project Management for Results Earned Value Management Time, Within
Ì Initiate, Plan, Execute and Close out
a Program
Ì Understand and Use EVM Tools
and Techniques
Budget and to
Ì Track and Manage Projects with Ì Forecast Final Program Costs and the Customer’s
Greater Accuracy Scheduling Using EVM Methods
Ì Master the Process of Closing and Ì Visualize and Plan Project
Expectations
Executing Projects Activities Using a Work
Ì Describe the Organizational Influences Breakdown Structure
that May Affect Your Project Ì Understand the Project Life Cycle
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day one:
October 4, 2010
8:30 1:00
Registration & Continental Breakfast
Project Initiation Phase
9:00 Ì Implement key stakeholder techniques for the
first customer/sponsor meetings
Introduction to Project Management:
The Latest Methodologies in Ì Identify and describe project requirements in
clear terms
Project Management According to
the PMBOK®
Ì Describe the differences between operations, Project Organization Phase
projects and programs Ì Align project team requirements
Ì Define roles, review the necessary skills with current organizational structure
of project managers and identify possible and standards
competency gaps Ì Define roles and develop necessary skills to
effectively deliver on planned objectives
Review the Terminology: Understand
Key Concepts and Terms Creating the Project Charter
Ì Review key project management terminology Ì Review criteria to determine exactly what is
as it relates to the PMBOK® and project needed in the project charter documents
management methodology Ì Utilize best-in-class techniques for executing a
Ì Differentiate the various roles and project charter with full sponsor’s approval
responsibilities of project stakeholders
4:00
Day One Adjourns
Develop Project Management Skills
for Success
Ì Utilize various methods to enhance project
team building
Ì Understand the key organizational influences
that may affect a project
12:00
Lunch Break
who should attend:
Ì Project Mangers Ì Procurement Manager
Ì Portfolio Managers Ì Acquisition and Procurement Staff
Ì Program Managers Ì IT Architects
Ì PMPs Ì IT Specialist
Ì Project Support Staff Ì CAPMs
Ì Program Analyst Ì Contract Managers
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day two:
October 5, 2010
8:30 1:00
Registration & Continental Breakfast
Use the Work Breakdown Structure for
Effective Estimating
9:00
Ì Differentiate cost estimating and cost budgeting
Key Techniques for Defining
a Project Ì Develop an expected value process to create a
defensible contingency reserve
Ì Understand and identify the components of a
project description document
Ì Create and describe the purpose of a project Develop a Preliminary Schedule
priority matrix Ì Create a network diagram and identify the
critical path
Plan the Project Infrastructure Ì Identify early and late schedules and produce
a preliminary Gantt Chart using this information
Ì Determine the purpose of defining the project
infrastructure
Ì Develop quality standards based on project Construct the Network Diagram
goals and contract requirements Ì Monitor project timing and resources and
manage the links between them
Visualize and Plan the Project Activities Ì Establish then minimize realistic project
duration while maintaining overall cost and
Using a Work Breakdown Structure design requirements
Ì Understand the purpose of a Work Breakdown
Structure (WBS)
4:00
Ì Create a WBS using two techniques Day Two Adjourns
12:00
Lunch Break
top five reasons to attend:
Successfully Break project Develop Understand Acquire the
bring a project work down into project critical factors for necessary units to
from initiation to meaningful tasks performance reclaiming troubled sit for the PMP®
execution measurement and projects examination
reporting standards
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day three:
October 4, 2010
8:30 1:00
Registration & Continental Breakfast
Utilize and Load
Organizational Resources
9:00 Ì Maintain and assign people, facility and
Define Project Estimates equipment resources accordingly
Ì Differentiate a contingency reserve and a Ì Actively adjust loads and variable expenses
management reserve and understand the difference between
Ì Use your WBS to provide a more accurate generic-and specific-level resources
project estimate
Create the Project Budget
Analyze the Network Diagram Ì Identify your costs and develop your own
Ì Resolve project and program problems and project budgeting process
make decisions Ì Create a baseline to determine if the project
Ì Establish then minimize realistic project is on track and help chart the project and
duration while maintaining overall cost and progress
design requirements
Optimize the Project Plan
Manage Project Progress: Integrating Ì Develop key strategies for creating and
the Gantt Chart optimizing the project plan
Ì Graphically document, manage and Ì Manage project status and anticipate problems
monitor project progress to effectively minimize that can hurt project progress
setbacks
Ì Maintain project scope and take corrective 4:00
action to get projects back on course Day Three Adjourns
12:00
Lunch Break
key methodologies covered
The project management process described in this course enables project managers to produce project deliverables in
the least amount of time, for the lowest cost and with the highest quality. Developed from the Project Management Body
of Knowledge (PMBOK) produced by The Project Management Institute, this course teaches project managers to develop
specific goals, objectives and deliverables to control the elements of projects.
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day four:
October 7, 2010
8:30 1:00
Registration & Continental Breakfast Assemble the Project Team
Ì Assess project human capital needs
9:00 and negotiate staff assignments with
Identify Risks senior leadership
Ì Identify and evaluate project risk Ì Lead exercises that promote overall
team success
Ì Identify specific risks by project and by work
package or activity
Understand the Project Manager’s Role
Utilize Risk Analysis Techniques in Team Development
Ì Determine how risk management will be Ì Overcome the many challenges to being an
executed, who will be involved and the precise effective project leader
techniques to use Ì Strengthen your leadership skills by assessing,
Ì Objectively analyze the probability and impact developing and advancing management
of each possible risk capabilities
Design a Risk Management Plan Report Project Status
Ì Create risk management plan to ensure Ì Record and report project status using different
successful project execution methods
Ì Analyze, control, and mitigate risks using this Ì Ensure data accuracy when giving real project
effective tool status reports
4:00
12:00 Day Four Adjourns
Lunch Break
“
Very interesting combination of system and
strategy. Real demonstration of how to.”
Teri B., Regional Project Manager, USDA
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day five:
October 8, 2010
8:30 1:00
Registration & Continental Breakfast
Monitor and Control Project Processes
Ì Utilize proper measures and metrics to gauge
9:00 project processes
Deal with Change Ì Effectively report project processes and make
Ì Manage and communicate project change enhancements
Ì Create a change management system to avoid
confusion and keep your projects
on track
Execute the Project Closeout Phase
Ì Name the three steps to closing out a project
and several choices for project closeout
Establish Change Management Control activities
Procedures Ì Conduct a project closeout review
Ì Initiate a change management process within
your project
Document Lessons Learned
Ì Enhance project team success through effective
change initiatives Ì Document project successes and improvements
Ì Implement a system to ensure data and metrics
for further projects
Adjust the Scope for
Schedule Changes 4:00
Ì Schedule changes that can uncontrollably alter Conference Adjourns
the project scope
Ì Keep your project within scope and on time
using best practices
12:00
Lunch Break
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“ Logical and easy-to-follow
presentation.”
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7. Logistics & Registration
venue and hotel: CPE Credits
Project Management for Results will be hosted at The Performance Delivery Method: Group-live
Institute’s training center in Arlington, VA, just one block east of Program Level: Basic
the Courthouse stop on the Orange Line of the D.C. Metro. A Prerequisites: None
public parking garage is located inside of the building for $10/ Advanced Preparation: None
day. Continental breakfast and refreshments will be provided for CPE Credits: Up to 30
delegates on each day. The American Strategic Management Institute (ASMI) is registered with the National Association
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A limited number of rooms have been reserved at the Arlington PDUs
Rosslyn Courtyard by Marriott at the prevailing rate of $300.00
PDU Credits: Up to 35
until September 3, 2010. Please call the hotel directly and
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