Overview
JumpStart into Project Management is a five-day, instructor-led, training class designed to assimilate participants to the fundamental principles of the project management discipline while introducing them to the “art” of project management (soft skills and leadership aspects).
Audience
The course will benefit all project managers, team leads, team members, functional managers, and other key project stakeholders in any industry who not only want to gain valuable insight and practice in project management principles, but also prepare for the PMP® Certification Examination.
Outline
The course covers all project management life-cycle processes including: project initiation, planning, executing, monitoring and control, and closing. Topic areas include:
- Essential Project Management Terminology
- Project Selection and Evaluation
- Project Charter
- Scope Planning
- Activity Definition and Sequencing
- Schedule Development/Critical Path
- Human Resource Planning
- Project Leadership
- Project Reporting
- Project Change Leadership and Control
- Change Leadership and Control
- Business Cases for Projects
- Project Organizations
- Requirements
- Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Time and Schedule Estimating
- Critical Path Method
- Cost Estimating and Budgeting
- Effective Project Communications
- Project Risk Management
- Project Quality Management
- Project Closure