An Introduction to Project Management

• Key terms and the project life cycle
• Identifying Enterprise Environmental Factors (EEFs) and Organizational Process Assets (OPAs)
• Understanding organizational structure and influences
• Role of project manager, team, stakeholders and sponsors

Most Popular Project Management Methodologies and How to Choose the Best One

• Traditional – old but gold
• Agile – very trendy now, but is it flawless?
• Scrum – emphasizing teamwork and iterating the process
• Waterfall – phases consistently progress downward; where is this methodology vital?
• Six Sigma – leveraging the data-driven approach to eliminate defects in any process

Project Selection – The First and Crucial Stage of Every Project

• Project selection models
• Key metrics

Project Integration Management – Starting an Integration Seamlessly

• Proven methods to direct, manage, monitor and control project work
• Key stages of change management process – where to start?
• Critical success factors to overcome resistance to change

Project Scope Management – Work That Must Be Done to Deliver a Specified Result

• Crucial activities of project scope management: product scope vs. project scope
• Activate your group: creativity and decision-making techniques
• Establishing the Scope process

Project Planning and Scheduling – Establish the Right Vector for Your Project from the Beginning

• How to estimate duration properly
• Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)
• Benefits of Critical Path Method (CPM)

Project Cost Management – Estimating the Budget and Cost According to the Benchmark

• Reviewing the key processes of Project Cost Management
• How to create an advanced cost management plan
• Tools and methods for determining budget and controlling costs

Project Quality Management – Ensuring All Activities Are Delivered Fit-for-Purpose

• Project management process map – defining the optimal level of quality
• Magic abbreviations that create supreme quality: QP vs. QA vs. QC
• Seven basic quality measuring tools every successful project manager must know

Project Human Resource Management – Use the Best Professional HR Techniques and Methods

• Details of project human resource management processes and planning
• Measuring and controlling the team dynamics

Project Communications Management – Coordinate Internal and External Communications with Gloss

• Key processes and how to plan project communications management
• How to align communication with different teams, considering multinational specifics
• Best practices on how to manage and control communications

Project Stakeholder Management – Create Positive and Effective Relationships

• Identification of stakeholders and how to plan stakeholder management
• Gathering information on Stakeholders: use only surefire techniques
• Key principles of stakeholder engagement – manage and control

Project Risk Management – Control Possible Future Outcomes with a Proactive Approach

• Defining risk management, risk categorization and processes
• Identifying risks – use of impact scale
• Performing qualitative and quantitative risk analysis – probability and impact matrix
• Planning risk responses and the best tools to control risks

Project Procurement Management – Complete a Project without Supply Interruptions

• Definition, characteristics and types of contract – advantages and disadvantages
• Essentials of the project procurement management process
• Controlling and measuring procurements – pitfalls to avoid

Closing the Project – How to Close a Project without Missing a Thing

• Project close-out processes
• Make projects a learning experience – getting the maximum benefits