Duration
2 days
Overview
This course is designed for participants without any structured project management experience, who wish to acquire knowledge and skills in “real world” project management good practices. The course content also provides a sound foundation for those aspiring to obtain professional project management credentials in the future, after they have gained sufficient project management experience.
The course provides a basic understanding and awareness of a structured approach to the discipline of project management, including concepts, principles and best practices. This course also provides a basic understanding and awareness of Agile Project Management concepts, principles and best practices. This awareness is acquired through the context of an actual organizational project environment, a simulation project (case study), and includes the elements of roles and responsibilities, processes and documents. Participants are shown how these elements work in tandem to support project management and ultimately, the organization, to increase effectiveness and business value.
Course Objectives
At the end of the course, participants will:
- Have a working definition of internationally accepted and structured project management processes and good practices.
- Be knowledgeable about the interaction between people (stakeholders), processes and project management systems in achieving project and business goals.
- Have confidence on managing stakeholder relationships and communications.
- Recognize project management principles, concepts and best practices and how they are applied in real life
- Acquire some working concepts of Agile Project Management activities, events, ceremonies, roles and responsibilities and business value
Module 1: Introduction to Project Management
- Welcome, Course Overview and Objectives
- Understanding Organizational project environment and identifying constraints.
- The business goals of projects and how they support organizational strategies. How projects are supported by stakeholder expertise, organizational functions and project management systems.
Module 2: Setting Up a Project
- Initiating the Project Charter and Identifying Stakeholders. Initiation documentation
- The different aspects (business, legal, structural, process, systems, roles) of initiating and setting up a project in the organization.
- Gathering and analyzing requirements from the various stakeholders.
Module 3: Planning the Project and Monitoring the Progress and Performance
- Planning processes (Knowledge Areas) according to the PMBOK® Guide 6th Edition, including the creation / hands on of a SOW, Work Breakdown Structure, Network Diagram, Gantt Chart, and the Critical Path Method technique, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management, etc.
- The roles, responsibilities and decision points during the planning stage.
- Project planning documentation.
- The importance of timely and accurate project reporting.
Module 4: Introduction to Agile Project Management
- The Agile way of thinking – Concepts of Agile and Scrum
- Scrum Practices – Roles and responsibilities, Events, Backlog, Definition of Ready and Done
- Scrum Planning and Estimation
- Monitoring Scrum Projects
- Simulation Project – Hands On Activity
Course Benefits
Participants will gain a substantial understanding of the discipline of project management and the best practices through using the appropriate project management processes. They will be better equipped to manage projects and stakeholder expectations in the organization thus increasing effectiveness and value to the organization and its business vision.
Training Methodology
This course aims to develop the competencies of participants through a series of lectures, hands-on exercises, discussions and explanation on key project management baselines (scope management, schedule management, performance management, stakeholder management and communications management) and through questions and answers sessions held periodically throughout the delivery of the course.
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.