Project management Essentials and Microsoft Project Skills

This course is about the science of project management. It provides delegates with a complete project planning process and methodology that links the tools and techniques in a systematic manner around the 10 areas of Project Management Body of Knowledge PMBOK®

Course Content:

• Project Terms, Concepts and methodology
• Project Feasibility and selection
• The Project Scope and Planning Milestones.
• Organizing and coordinating the Project.
• Risk Analysis and Estimating Concepts.
• The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Activity Lists.
• Planning, organizing and coordinating activities.
• Resource, Time, Cost and Cash Flow Analysis.
• Project Monitoring and Controlling
• Progress reporting and variance analysis.
• Overview of Project Contract Management
• The Close out Phase.

Objectives

In this guided course, participants will practice and learn how to:

• Define and describe common project management terminologies
• Understand the 5 process groups and the projects Constraints
• Describe the Project Life Cycle and to distinguish between a project and operations
• Understand the importance to Project Management
• Define project organizational structure and roles & responsibilities
• Understand the PMBOK® 10 knowledge areas and integrate them with process groups
• Use a step-by-step process to effectually plan, execute, monitor and control projects.
• Understand how to successfully close a project