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BUS 5669 Mastering Project Management
Course Description
Covers generally accepted project management practices on a broad range of projects such as construction, software, engineering and automotive. Emphasizes the process-based approach to accomplishing work activities comprising of inputs, tools and technologies and outputs.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to
- List and define the project management body of knowledge concepts
- Illustrate how different activities relate to the five process groups of Initiating, Planning, Executing, Controlling and Monitoring, and Closing
- Describe the nine knowledge areas of project management consisting of project integration, scope, time management, cost, quality, human resource, communications, risk management and procurement
Week 1
Lecture: Course Introduction
Lecture: The PMP®/CAPM® and the PMBOK® Guide – Fourth Edition
Lecture: The Project Management Framework
Outcomes
- Understand the difference between the PMP® and the CAPM®
- Know which path is right for you
- Know how the PMBOK® Guide is linked to the PMP®/CAPM® exams
- Understand what a project is
- Know what a project manager does
- Identify the difference between project and operations management
- Determine what factors influence your organization
- Identify the characteristics of a project life cycle
- Identify who stakeholders are
- Know what organizational factors influence project management
Week 2
Lecture: The Project Management Lifecycle
Lecture: Project Integration Management
Outcomes
- Identify the project management process groups
- Know the processes in project initiation, project planning, project executing, project monitoring and controlling, and project closing
- Know what occurs in the project integration management knowledge area
- Identify the inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs for each knowledge area process (ITTOs)
- Know what is in a project charter
- Know what is in a project plan
- Understand how to direct and manage project execution, monitor and control project work, perform integrated change control, and close a project or phase
- Use Microsoft® Office Project 2007 to create a consolidated project plan
Week 3
Lecture: Project Scope Management
Outcomes
- Know what occurs in the project scope management knowledge area
- Identify the inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs for each knowledge area process (ITTOs)
- Know how to collect requirements
- Understand how to define scope
- Develop a work breakdown structure (WBS)
- Understand how to verify scope
- Identify methods used to control scope
Week 4
Lecture: Project Time Management: Part I
Lecture: Project Time Management: Part II
Outcomes
- Know what occurs in the project time management knowledge area
- Identify the inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs for each knowledge area process
- Know how to define activities
- Understand how to sequence activities
- Understand how to estimate activity resources
- Understand how to estimate activity durations
- Know how to develop and control a schedule
- Using Microsoft® Office Project 2007, optimize a project plan
Week 5
Lecture: Project Cost Management
Outcomes
- Know what occurs in the project cost management knowledge area
- Identify the inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs for each knowledge area process (ITTOs)
- Know how to estimate costs
- Understand how to establish the budget
- Understand how to control costs
- Understand earned value management
Week 6
Lecture: Project Quality Management
Lecture: Project Human Resource Management
Outcomes
- Know what occurs in the quality management knowledge area
- Identify the inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs for each knowledge area process (ITTOs)
- Know how to plan quality
- Understand how to perform quality assurance
- Understand how to perform quality control
- Know what occurs in the project human resource management knowledge area
- Know how to develop a human resource plan
- Understand how to develop the project team
- Know how to manage the project team
- Using Microsoft® Project 2007, perform advanced project plan formatting
Week 7
Lecture: Project Communications Management
Lecture: Project Risk Management
Outcomes
- Know what occurs in the project communications management knowledge area
- Identify the inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs for each knowledge area process (ITTOs)
- Know how to identify stakeholders
- Understand how to plan communications
- Identify methods to distribute information
- Understand how to manage stakeholder expectations
- Know how to report project performance
- Know what occurs in the project risk management knowledge area
- Know how to plan risk management
- Understand how to identify risks
- Identify methods to perform qualitative risk analysis
- Identify methods to perform quantitative risk analysis
- Understand how to plan risk responses
- Know how to monitor and control risks
Week 8
Lecture: Project Procurement Management
Lecture: Preparing for the PMP®/CAPM® Exams
Outcomes
- Know what occurs in the project procurement management knowledge area
- Identify the inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs for each knowledge area process (ITTOs)
- Know how to plan procurements
- Understand how to conduct and administer procurements
- Know how to close procurements
- Using Microsoft® Project 2007, perform advanced project plan tracking
- Understand the differences between the PMP® and the CAPM®
- Know what to expect on the exam
- Understand how to best study for the exam
- Know how to take the test
The course description, objectives and learning outcomes are subject to change without notice based on enhancements made to the course. November 2011
