Essentials of Project Management for the Nonproject Manager

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Essentials of Project Management for the Nonproject Manager

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Learn and apply basic elements of PM to your job to support project success.To work together effectively on any project, everyone on the team needs to use a common language and have a clear understanding of all expectations. This unique seminar is designed for individuals with little or no prior knowledge of project management but who serve on project management teams—or those who simply want to know more about PM or are making the transition to project management. In just two days, you’ll develop an understanding of essential terminology and apply basic PM tools and techniques to increase your effectiveness both on the team and in your own functional area

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Learn and apply basic elements of PM to your job to support project success.To work together effectively on any project, everyone on the team needs to use a common language and have a clear understanding of all expectations. This unique seminar is designed for individuals with little or no prior knowledge of project management but who serve on project management teams—or those who simply want to know more about PM or are making the transition to project management. In just two days, you’ll develop an understanding of essential terminology and apply basic PM tools and techniques to increase your effectiveness both on the team and in your own functional area

Also Available as:
  • Live Online
  • Onsite

How You Will Benefit

  • Know the purpose and process of project management
  • Understand the roles, responsibilities and needs of project team members
  • Identify and apply critical project management tools
  • Identify stakeholders, their relationships to each other and how these relationships affect projects
  • Recognize stakeholder issues within the organization
  • Identify and apply critical communication tools and protocols

What You Will Cover

  • Key project management terms
  • Five groups of the project management process
  • Estimating project activity accurately
  • Identifying and aligning the project stakeholders
  • Evaluating the project charter
  • Validate project requirements against the SMART Too
  • Understanding and creating the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Extended Seminar Outline

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Getting Your Hands Around Project Management

• Distinguishing between projects and operations

• Consider factors that contribute to project success or failure

• Identifying the framework for project management

Getting the Project Off the Ground

• Knowing why/how a project is important to you and the organization

• Identify the elements of a charter and its relevance to initiating a project

• Identifying stakeholders and their role(s) on a project

Planning the Work

• Defining the scope of the project:project scope statement

•Identifying the work to be done; work breakdown structure, activity liste

• Estimating resources, cost and hours for the project• Scheduling the project work

• Identifying roles and responsibilities for the project

• Planning for potential risks to the project

Working the Plan

• Building an effective status report

• Recognizing the types of meetings and their purpose

• Identifying action items and issues

• Recognizing the importance of managing change

Putting the Project to Bed

• Contributing to the “lessons learned” database

• Identifying the project records and files that must be archived for historical purposes

• Using a project closure checklist

• Comparing closing out successfully vs. unsuccessful or cancelled projects

Who Should Attend

Those who are involved in projects but do not manage them such as subject matter experts, team members, project sponsors, contributors, facilitators and coordinators.

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