Objectives

To introduce students to the key issues and techniques associated with carrying out projects in an era of downsizing, reengineering, outsourcing, flattening, responsibility without authority, and team-based solutions.

Instruction

Method: Lecture, case studies, class exercises, homework assignments

Material: Course workbook. J. Davidson Frame, Managing Projects in Organizations (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1995)

PMBOK Knowledge Areas

• Integration Management
• Scope Management
• Quality Management
• Time Management
• Cost Management
• Risk Management
• Human Resource Management
• Procurement Management
• Communications Management

Topics Covered

• What is a project? What is project management?
• Project life-cycle
• Project environment
• Functional vs. matrix management
• Employing MBO on projects
• Needs-requirements life-cycle
• Problems in managing needs
• Project selection mechanisms (benefit-cost analysis)
• Project prioritization
• Managing changing requirements with configuration management
• Project planning process
• Effective estimation of costs, schedules, resource requirements
• Managing risk and uncertainty: Monte Carlo simulation
• Scheduling techniques (PERT/CPM, Gantt, Milestone charts, earned value)
• Budgeting techniques (S-curve, life-cycle costing, earned value)
• Resource allocation techniques (responsibility matrix, resource histogram, resource Gantt)
• Project control: measuring work performance
• Integrated cost/schedule control
• Earned value method
• PC scheduling software
• Structuring and building teams
• Organizational architecture
• Traits of effective project managers
• Management style
• Building authority
• Project politics
• Motivating project workers

Course Length

This course comes in varying lengths depending upon the needs of your organization. Project Management Professionals (PMPs) are eligible to earn Professional Development Units (PDUs) for taking this course.

Arrange a Course

Contact UMT Corporate Training at (703) 516-0035 or training@umtweb.edu to schedule a course.