Course Description
This course provides participants with tools and techniques to help them determine and deliver products, services, and results that meet requirements, expectations, and deadlines.
NOTE: This course will earn you 14 PDUs.
Course Outline
1 - PROJECT SCOPE AND TIME MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW
- Project Scope Management Overview
- Project Scope Mgt. Processes and Key Outputs
- Project Time Management Overview
- Project Time Mgt. Processes and Key Outputs
- Case Study Selection
- Requirements, Scope, and Negotiations
2 - PLAN SCOPE AND SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT
- Plan Scope and Schedule Mgt. Overview
- The Scope Management Plan
- The Requirements Management Plan
- The Schedule Management Plan
3 - COLLECT REQUIREMENTS
- Collect Requirements Overview
- Types of Requirements
- Effective Product/Solution Requirements
- Other Stakeholders and Requirements
- Collect Requirements Techniques
- Voice of the Customer
- Requirements Traceability Matrix
4 - DEFINE SCOPE
- Define Scope Overview
- Project Scope Statement Sections
- Create a Project Scope Statement
5 - CREATE WBS
- Create WBS Overview
- WBS by Deliverable
- WBS by Phase
- When to Subdivide a Work Package Further
- Effective WBSs
- General Process for Creating the WBS
- Create a WBS
6 - DEFINE ACTIVITIES
- Define Activities Overview
- Practical Considerations for Defining Activities
- Activities and Steps
- Milestones
- Create Activities and Milestones
7 - SEQUENCE ACTIVITIES
- Develop Schedule Overview
- Critical Path
- Resource Optimization – Resource Leveling
- Resource Optimization – Resource Smoothing
- Resolve Overallocations
- Critical Chain
- Schedule Compression Techniques
8 - ESTIMATE ACTIVITY RESOURCES
- Estimate Activity Resources Overview
- Resource Breakdown Structure
- Estimate Activity Resources
- Assign Resources to Activities
9 - ESTIMATE ACTIVITY DURATIONS
- Estimate Activity Durations Overview
- Expert Judgment
- Ratio Estimating
- Analogous Estimating
- Parametric Estimating
- Forecasting
- Three Point Estimating and PERT Estimating
- Reserves
- Estimate Activity Durations
10 - DEVELOP SCHEDULE
- Develop Schedule Overview
- Critical Path
- Resource Optimization – Resource Leveling
- Resource Optimization – Resource Smoothing
- Resolve Overallocations
- Critical Chain
- Schedule Compression Techniques
11 - VALIDATE SCOPE
- Validate Scope Overview
- Verify Scope Best Practices
- Create a Scope Validation Form
12 - CONTROL SCOPE AND SCHEDULE
- Control Scope Overview
- Control Schedule Overview
- Control Scope Best Practices
- Change Control Stakeholders
- Determine Change Control Stakeholders
- Change Control Process
- Change Request Form
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Course Information
Length: 2 day
Format: Lecture and Lab
Delivery Method: Virtual
Max. Capacity: 16
Schedule
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