Course Description
Every year large numbers of projects significantly overrun
their budgets and schedules, often with sizable increases in costs, or
substantial financial losses to the organization. This is due mainly to the
failure of many project managers to successfully apply the tools and techniques
of modern project management to their projects.
This course will provide you with a proven set of methods,
processes, tools and techniques to:
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Develop
an integrated scope, schedule and cost management plan
·
Measure,
forecast and control project performance
·
Estimate
and allocate costs and resources
·
Manage
and mitigate risks associated with the project
·
Develop
a recovery plan for budget and schedule overruns
·
Produce
clear and concise project reports
Course Objective
·
Monitor
schedule, cost and quality performance during project execution.
·
Use
earned value to measure schedule and cost performance.
·
Learn
the principles of scope management and change control.
·
Communicate
project progress effectively.
·
Become
familiar with the project control function of project software such as
Microsoft Project.
Who Should attend?
Project managers and others responsible for the planning and
implementation of projects.
This course is designed for project team leaders, project
planning engineers and heads, and senior project control and business services
professionals who have the responsibility for planning and controlling project
schedules and costs in client and contracting companies.
Course Outline
·
Project
integration management (review)
·
Project
baseline development (review)
·
Team
dynamics of project execution
·
Role
of the project manager during project execution
·
Project
change management
·
Contents
of project progress report
·
Principles
of earned value management
·
Cost
performance index and variance
·
Schedule
performance index and variance
·
Interpretation
of earned value computation results
·
Cost
estimation to project completion
·
Risk
monitoring log and other essential logs
·
Project
dashboard
·
Progress
reporting charts