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Project Management Course
    Project Management Best Practices

Course Audience

• Project management and project management candidates seeking to learn about the professional  project management frameworks, best practices, methodologies, and tools

• Note: This training course is designed for government and business professionals. We do not accept students seeking initial employment, postsecondary education, or initial licensing programs

Course Objectives

• Provide 360 degree view of the project management (PM) functions and identify potential management blind spots and improvement areas

• Offer experiential analysis of the challenges of project managers

• Understand the functions and practices of enterprise project managers

• Cover critical project management decision areas such as scope, human resources, cost, quality, time, space, flexibility and capacity

Course Modules

1. Top project manager's questions and challenges

2. Project management lifecycle

3. Project management best practices

4. Project audit framework, diagnosis and troubleshooting of project management areas, including:

• Project definition and scope management

• Project scheduling and time management

• Project cost and budget management

• Project quality & process improvement management

• Project human resources & team management

• Project risk management

• Project procurement & vendor management

Training Course Focus

• Develop the core project management skills and competencies, including project initiation, planning, recruiting, monitoring, control, problem-solving, and communication.

• Although the course covers all project management areas, the focus of the course is on the strategic aspects of enterprise-wide or government-wide project management

Training Model

• Experiential action learning

• 25%-50% seminar and 50-75% experiential project work

• The development of management skills is based on KASAC executive education and management training model

Key Concepts & Best Practices

• Project Management (PM) Best Practices:
  Top Project Management Questions. Project Challenges. Project Integration. Strategy Triangle. Risk Management. Forecasting and Aggregate Planning. Budget, People, Process and Technology (BPPT) Project Management Model. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). PM Decision Trees. Outsourcing and Off-shoring. Business Process Improvement (BPI). Business Process Re-engineering (BPR). Capability Maturity Model (CMM). Root Cause Analysis (RCA).  Change Management. Plan, Design, Build, Operate and Transfer (PDBOT) Project Model. Project and Process Assessment Metrics: (TCO. ROI, Production Cost, Breakeven, Location, Capacity, Productivity, Utilization, Layout,..). Process Controls. LEAN Project Management. Gantt Charts. PERT Chart. Benchmarking. Pareto Chart. Bar Charts. Project Risk Management. Project Reports. Project Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Project Management Dashboard

• After the completion of the course the delegates will be able to answer the following questions:

• What are the 6 dimensions of project management?
• What are the 5 phases of project management?
• What are the 9 functions of project management?
• What are the key activities in each function and each phase?
• What are the 9 project plan sections?
• What are the key project management tools for each function?
• What are the 7 key project management reporting areas?

Training Course Customization Subjects (Optional)

• Provide an understanding of major project management frameworks

• Learn how to manage enterprise-wide projects

• LEAN Project Management: Project selection and initiation, planning, financing, scheduling and resource allocation, risk, communication, control, evaluation and termination

• Quality Management: The frameworks, tools and techniques necessary to implement business strategies via operation improvements such as Total Quality Management (TQM), Capability Maturity Model (CMM), Six Sigma, ISO 9000, and Kaizen

Courseware Content (Customized)

The Project Management training courseware includes the following:

1. Participant's training guide

2. Subject matter handbook and lecture notes

3. Executive summary of the subject matter:

   • Summary of essential concepts and operations management best practices

   • Examples and case studies

4. Project management toolkit (management frameworks, decision-models, and checklists)

Performance Evaluation (Optional)

• Performance can be evaluated on the basis of individual or team project deliverables

• There are no Q&A exams or tests. Candidates can choose to complete customized experiential work-based projects such as developing a relevant analysis document, management strategy, action plan or a senior management presentation

• The course advisor will review the deliverables and provide improvement feedback. The evaluation is a form of management consulting and experiential coaching for performance improvement

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