COURSE LENGTH: 3 days
 
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
 
Anyone with an interest in or need to learn effective project
management techniques.
 
The basic concepts of APPLIED PROJECT MANAGEMENT apply to software
development, physical construction, finance and administration,
research and development, policy analysis and organizational
planning projects. While the end product may be very different, the
elements of successful project management are very similar.
 
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
 
This course provides the fundamental skills and techniques to plan and
manage a variety of projects successfully. This is a course that
focuses on real projects, real problems, and real successes.
 
o What are the keys to a successful project?
o Why are projects so difficult to plan and manage?
o Where do projects fail and why?
o What can be done to prevent this?
o Why is it that we find our projects are out of control too late to
  intervene effectively?
o What do we need to do and know to design a successful project?
o How do we keep the team and management focused on how the project
  is progressing?
 
The course focuses on project definition, design, communication, and
management of both large and small projects. APPLIED PROJECT MANAGE-
MENT brings the relationships of the various functions within an
organization together to focus on the timely delivery of quality prod-
ucts to provide maximum value to the organization's clients regardless
of the type of project being undertaken.
 
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 
As part of APPLIED PROJECT MANAGEMENT, participants are provided with
skills and techniques necessary to:
 
o define achievable project objectives;
o identify prerequisites to project planning;
o understand and define critical project roles and responsibilities;
o define the project planning deliverables;
o identify the skills necessary for project team members;
o understand how to decompose a project into manageable tasks;
o understand estimating techniques and their relationship to project
  metrics;
o identify project risks and develop contingency plans to mitigate
  risk;
o manage the project once work begins;
o effectively monitor and communicate project status;
o keep projects in control;
o identify warning signs of a project in trouble and take appropriate
  corrective action;
o develop appropriate adaptive action to remedy problems that are
  identified; and
o effectively utilize Project Reviews for Continuous Quality
  Improvement.
 
This 3-day course is conducted using a workshop format. After discus-
sing major project management techniques, participants apply the
course material to a realistic case study. By reviewing and discussing
solutions, participants receive immediate feedback regarding their
understanding. When questions arise, the instructor and participants
work together to understand the questions in light of the concepts
presented.