Duration:
One day
Description:
This ILT Series course teaches students basic project-management techniques, including managing time and costs. Students will identify the features and attributes of a project, the steps and variables of the project management process, the effects of environmental, socioeconomic and organizational structure issues, and the responsibilities of a project manager. Course activities also cover defining the project scope, writing a project charter, developing a work breakdown structure, identifying time management components, describing schedule development, using mathematical analysis techniques, and assigning resources. Students will also learn how to estimate resource costs, create a capital budget, control the project costs, and compute a project's estimate at completion (EAC) and variance at completion (VAC). The manual is designed for quick scanning in the classroom and filled with interactive exercises that help ensure student success.
Table Of Contents:
Unit 1 : Fundamentals of project management
Topic A: Projects
Topic B: The project management process
Unit 2 : Characteristics of a project
Topic A: The project environment
Topic B: The project manager
Topic C: The project team
Unit 3 : Project initiation and scope planning
Topic A: Project initiation
Topic B: Scope planning
Unit 4 : Scope definition, verification, and change control
Topic A: Scope definition
Topic B: Scope verification
Topic C: Scope change control
Unit 5 : Time management
Topic A: Activity definition and sequencing
Topic B: Activity duration
Unit 6 : Schedule development and control
Topic A: Schedule development
Topic B: Schedule control
Unit 7 : Resource identification and cost approximating
Topic A: Resource identification
Topic B: Cost approximating
Unit 8 : Budgeting and cost control
Topic A: Cost budgeting
Topic B: Cost control
