Introduction

• What is PMI, PMBOK and PMP/CAPM Certification
• Criteria and Procedures for PMP Exam
• How to prepare
• PM Framework
• Exercise on the Project Lifecycle
• The Project Constraints – Scope, Time, Cost, Quality, etc
• The Project Manager - what are the responsibilities?
• The Project Management Office (PMO) - What and Why and How?
• The Definition of a Portfolio and Programme Management
• Organisational Project Management (OPM) and Strategies
• Project Life Cycle, Project Management Life Cycle and Project Phases
• The Project Sponsor - What are the Responsibilities?
• Types Of Organizations vis-à-vis PM authorithy
• Project Business Case
• Introduction to Benefit Cost Ratios/ Net Present Value (NPV)
• Internal Rate of Return (IRR)/ Payback (PBP)/ ROI

Project Integration Management

• Project Charter Development
• Project Scope Statement
• Project Selection Methods
• Integrated Project Management Plan
• Project Baseline – What Is a Project Baseline?
• Project Management Information System (PMIS)
• Project Methodologies
• Managing Project Knowledge
• Change Control Board – What Is Their Role?
• Change Control System and Process
• Lesson Learned
• Historical Information
• The Project Manager As Project Integrator, Leader and Decision Makers

Project Scope Management

• Processes – Scope Management
• Project Life Cycle
• What is Scope Management?
• The Scope Management Plan
• The Work Breakdown Structure – (WBS)
• Project Scope and Product Scope
• Scope Statement
• Scope Validation
• Scope Change Control
• Project Constraints

Project Schedule Management

• Initiation, Activity definition, Activity Sequencing, Activity Duration Estimating,
• Schedule Development, Schedule Control
• Task Dependencies – Mandatory, Discretionary, External
• Introduction to PDM/ PERT/ Monte Carlo Analysis
• Three-point vs One-time Estimate
• Network Diagram
• Critical Path Analysis
• Float and Slack
• Crashing
• Fast Tracking
• Gantt Charts
• Schedule Management Plan
• Resource Leveling/ Smoothing

Project Cost Management

• Earned Value Analysis and Formulas
• Forecasting and Performance Metrics
• Resource Management Planning
• Intoduction to various estimation techniques :
  • Analogous/ Bottom Up/ Parametric Estimating
  • Order of Magnitude/ Definitive
• Variable/Fixed/ Direct/ Indirect/ Opportunity Costs
• Law of Diminishing Returns
• Depreciation
• Life Cycle Costing
• Value Analysis
• Working Capital

Project Quality Management

• Definition of Quality
• Quality Assurance
• Quality Control
• Control Chart
• Assignable Causes
• Prevention/ Inspection
• Quality Philosophy
• Quality Standards
• Pareto Diagram – 80/20
• Definition of Quality Management
• TQM/ Quality Control Tools/ Quality Auditing
• Continuous Improvement/ Marginal Analysis
• Responsibility of Quality
• Normal Distribution/ Standard Deviation/ 3 Or 6 Sigma
• Variables, Attributes, Probability
• Checklists
• ISO 9000
• Root-cause Analysis

Project Resource Management

• Organizational Structures
• Organizational Planning
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Powers of the Project Manager
• Dealing with Conflicts
• Staff Acquisition : Tools and Techniques
• Team Development
• Team Building
• Motivation
• Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
• Hygiene Factors
• Theory X and Y
• Reward Systems
• Resource Aquisition

Project Communication Management

• Creation, Collection Distribution and Storage
• Information Distribution
• Communication Types
• Communication Methods
• Communication Model and Formula
• Stakeholder Communications
• Communications blockers
• Administrative Closure
• Communication Formula
• Negotiation
• Conflict Management
• Non-verbal Communication

Project Risk Management

• Types of Risk
• Who identifies Risks ?
• Risk Identification
• When and how often identification is done ?
• Qualitative Risk Analysis
• Quantitative Risk Analysis
• Risk Quantification
• Risk Quantification Tools
• Expected Monetary Value (EMV)
• Risk Mitigation
• Risk Response Strategy
• Risk Monitoring and Control
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Project Procurement Management

• What is a contract ?
• Planning : Make or Buy ?
• Types of contract and its consequences
• Solicitation Planning
• Request for proposal (RFP/ RFQ/ RFI)
• Solicitation
• Source Selection
• Contract administration

Project Stakeholders Management

• Stakeholders - What is a Stakeholder?
• Stakehoder Identification
• Stakeholder Management Plan and Control
• Power / Interest Grid
• Salience Model
• Engagement Matrix

Agile Practice Guide

• Introduction
• Life Cycle Selection
• Agile Environment
• Organisational Considerations

Code of Conduct and Professional Responsibility