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Combining PMBOK® Guide Project Management Best Practices with Microsoft Project
Course Overview
This four-day course provides participants with a solid foundation of PMI’s project management framework, based on the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge Sixth Edition , as well as shows participants how to leverage the power of Microsoft Project 2013 or 2016 to create and track a realistic plan. Participants will apply all principles and practices to a real-world project taken directly from their industry. Participants also gain hands-on experience with over 35 electronic, project management templates.
Course Length
4 days (28 contact hours)
Target Audience
This course is intended for:
· Project managers, project team leads, and project team members (with or without a currently-active PMI certification) who want to gain a deeper understanding of and hands-on experience with current project management best practices, as documented in the PMBOK® Guide, Sixth Edition.
· Professionals who hold current PMP®, PgMP®, or other PMI credentials, who wish to earn Professional Development Units (PDUs) to maintain their PMI certification.
This course is not intended as direct preparation for any PMI certification exam.
Prerequisites
To ensure that you benefit fully from this course, you should have experience managing, leading, or contributing to projects. A PMI project-management credential such as PMP® or CAPM® is recommended but not required.
Author
Brian Salk, PhD, PMP®, PMI-ACP®, has over 30 years of experience, specializing in hands-on traditional and agile project management, training, and consulting. He manages a variety of consulting and training programs and projects for his organization and for a number of Fortune 500 customers. His global clientele includes organizations in North America, South America, Europe, and the Middle East. In addition to authoring courses, Dr. Brian frequently delivers project-management certification training (e.g., PMP®) and project-management best practices training. He is a four-time winner of the prestigious Worldwide Excellence in Training award, recognizing the 25 highest-rated instructors from a network of over 2,400. Dr. Brian earned his PhD from Fielding Graduate University and his Masters of Arts (Education) from the University of Michigan.
Combining PMBOK® Guide Project Management Best Practices with Microsoft Project Course Outline
Note: topics labeled with “MSP” indicate the use of Microsoft Project
Lesson 1: Project Management Introduction
- Project Management Introduction Overview
- Defining Projects (1.2.1)
- The Importance of Project Management (1.2.2)
- Project, Program, Portfolio and Operations Management (1.2.3)
- Key Components (1.2.4)
- Project Management Process Groups
- Project Management Knowledge Areas
- Project Data, Information, and Reports
- Tailoring
- Project Management Business Documents (1.2.6)
- Success Measurements
Lesson 2: The Environment in Which Projects Operate
- The Environment in Which Projects Operate Overview
- Enterprise Environmental Factors (2.2)
- Organizational Process Assets (2.3)
- Organizational Systems (2.4)
- Governance Frameworks (2.4.2)
- Management Elements (2.4.3)
- Organizational Structure Types (2.4.4)
- Project Management Office
Lesson 3: The Role of the Project Manager
- The Role of the Project Manager Overview (3.1)
- The Project Manager’s Sphere of Influence (3.3)
- Project Management Competencies (3.4)
- Leadership: Politics, Power, and Getting Things Done (3.4)
- Levels of Skills Capability (3.4)
- Competency Model
- Comparison of Leadership and Management (3.4.5)
- Leadership Styles (3.4.5)
- Personality (3.4.5)
- Performing Integration (3.5)
- Navigating Complexity: A Practice Guide
Lesson 4: Initiating Process Group
- Initiating Process Group Overview (3.3)
- Develop Project Charter (4.1)
- Identify Stakeholders (10.1)
Lesson 5: Planning Processes
- Planning Process Group Overview
- Section A: Management Plans
- Develop Project Management Plan (4.2)
- Subsidiary Management Plans
- Plan Scope Management (5.1)
- Plan Schedule Management (6.1)
- Plan Cost Management (7.1)
- Plan Quality Management (8.1)
- Plan Resource Management (9.1)
- Plan Communications Management (10.1)
- Plan Risk Management (11.1)
- Plan Procurement Management (12.1)
- Plan Stakeholder Engagement (13.2)
- Change Management Plan and Configuration Management Plan (4.1)
- Section B: Scope, Schedule, and Cost Processes
- Collect Requirements (5.2)
- MSP: Explore the Microsoft Project 2010 Environment
- MSP: Display an Existing Project Plan in Different Views
- MSP: Enter a Project Start Date
- MSP: Create a Project Calendar
- Define Scope (5.3)
- Create WBS (5.4)
- Define Activities (6.2)
- MSP: Add Tasks to a Project Plan
- MSP: Outline Tasks
- Sequence Activities (6.3)
- MSP: Link Dependent Tasks
- MSP: Set Task Constraints and Deadlines
- Estimate Activity Resources (9.2)
- MSP: Add Resources to a Project Plan
- MSP: Assign Resources to Tasks
- Estimate Activity Durations (6.4)
- MSP: Enter the Task Duration Estimates
- Develop Schedule (6.5)
- Overview: Cost Planning Processes
- Estimate Costs (7.2)
- MSP: Enter Costs for Resources
- Determine Budget (7.3)
- MSP: Update the plan
- Section C: Risk Processes
- Identify Risks (11.2)
- Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis (11.3)
- Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis (11.4)
- Plan Risk Responses (11.5)
- MSP: Revise the MSP Plan
- MSP: Set a Baseline
- MSP: Resolve Resource Conflicts
- MSP: Shorten a Project Using the Critical Path
- MSP: View the Project Summary Report
Lesson 6: Executing Processes
- Executing Processes Overview
- Direct and Manage Project Work (4.3)
- MSP: Enter Task Progress
- MSP: Enter Overtime Work
- MSP: Create a Custom Table
- MSP: Create a Custom Field
- Manage Project Knowledge (4.4)
- MSP: Create a Custom View
- MSP: Make Custom Views Available to Other Project Plans
- MSP: Export Project Plan Cost Data to an Excel Workbook
- MSP: Copy a Picture of the Project Plan Information
- MSP: Link Documents to a Project Plan
- MSP: Create a Visual Report
- Manage Quality (8.2)
- Acquire Resources (9.3)
- Develop Team (9.4)
- Manage Team (9.5)
- Manage Communications (10.2)
- Implement Risk Responses (11.6)
- Conduct Procurements (12.2)
- Manage Stakeholder Engagement (13.3)
Lesson 7: Monitoring and Controlling Processes
- Monitoring and Controlling Process Group Overview
- Monitor and Control Project Work (4.5)
- Perform Integrated Change Control (4.6)
- Validate Scope (5.5)
- Control Change (5.6)
- Control Schedule (6.6)
- MSP: Reschedule a Task
- MSP: Filter Tasks
- Control Costs (7.4)
- MSP: Update Cost Rate Tables
- MSP: Group Costs
- Control Quality (8.3)
- Control Resources (9.6)
- Monitor Communications (10.3)
- Monitor Risks (11.7)
- Control Procurements (12.3)
- Monitor Stakeholder Engagement (13.4)
Lesson 8: Closing Processes
- Closing Process Group Overview
- Close Project or Phase (4.7)
- MSP: Create a Project Plan Template
- MSP: Share Resources
- MSP: Create a Master Project
| SKU | 035900IPE |
|---|---|
| Weight | 2.0750 |
| Coming Soon | No |
| Days of Training | 4.0 |
| Audience | Instructor |
| Product Family | Partnerware |
| Product Type | Print and Digital Courseware |
| Electronic | Yes |
| ISBN | No |
| Language | English |
| Page Count | 386 |
| Curriculum Library | Project Management |
| Year | No |
| Manufacturer's Product Code | No |
| Current Revision | 1.0 |
|---|---|
| Revision Notes | No Revision Information Available |
| Original Publication Date | 2019-03-05 00:00:00 |
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