Advanced Project Management


Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

 
  • Define project management frameworks, processes, and tools in compliance with the Project Management Institute (PMI) standards
  • Apply financial and non-financial models to select the right project that aligns with overall organization strategy
  • Construct project diagrams, schedules, and plans and use different techniques, including critical path and critical chain methods, to analyze project schedules and plans in-depth and develop plans and roadmaps for agile projects
  • Identify different methods for cost estimating and project budgeting and perform cash flow analysis
  • Employ risk management plans and apply risk response strategies to ensure the successful implementation of a project.
  • Manage time and cost deviations by applying 'earned value analysis

Course Outline

  • Overview of Project Management

    • Defining project management terminologies
    • Project life cycles
    • Predictive project management overview
    • Agile project management overview
    • Agile ceremonies
  • Project Selection
    • Defining project success
    • Aligning projects with strategy
    • Project selection non-financial models
    • Project selection financial models
    • Ranking/prioritization analysis

  • Project Planning and Scheduling

    • Critical Path Method
    • Resource planning
    • Critical chain Method
    • Use of buffers
    • Adaptive planning for agile projects
    • Product roadmap

  • Project Budgeting

    • Cost estimating techniques
    • Cost baseline
    • Project budget
    • Cashflow analysis
    • Cost optimization

  • Project Risk Management

    • Project risk identification
    • Project risk response planning
    • Monte Carlo simulation
    • Black swan

  • Project Control

    • Earned value method
    • Managing deviations
    • Key performance indicators
    • Dashboards and scorecards

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