Project Management for Non-Project Professionals

• What is a project?
• Definition of project management
• The pitfalls of not using project management
• Project vs. Operations
• The triple constraints in project management
• Stakeholders in project management
• Project life cycle
• Product life cycle
• Project phases
• The Hard/Soft skills in managing a project
• The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)
• The ISO-21500 Guidance for project management
• Project Management: The Process Context
• Project Management: The Organizational Context
• Critical Success Factors (CSFs) in managing projects
• The Project Management Office (PMO)                          

Responsibilities & Competencies of the Project Team Members

• Project Management: The Interpersonal and Behavioural Context
• Responsibilities of the project team member
• Common challenges of the project team member
• Skill requirements of the project team member
• Functional competencies of the project team member

• Initiating
• Planning
• Executing
• Monitoring and Controlling
• Closing  

Project Management Knowledge Areas

• • • Project integration management
    • Project scope management
    • Project time management
    • Project cost management
    • Project quality management
    • Project human resource management
    • Project communication management
    • Project risk management
    • Project procurement management
    • Project stakeholder management

 Project Initiation

• • Develop the project charter
  • Identify stakeholders
  • Establish the preliminary project team

• What is project planning?
• The project planning process
• Review project requirements
• Conduct the Project Kick-off meeting
• The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• The Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)
• Scope planning
• Schedule planning
• Cost planning
• Quality planning
• Human resource planning
• Communications planning
• Risk planning
• Procurement planning
• Stakeholder management planning
• The change control process
• The project plan

• Directing and Managing Project Execution
• Monitoring Work Performance Information
• Managing the Project Team
• Managing Stakeholder Expectation
• Project Deliverables Tracking
• Project Control Definition
• The Objectives of Project Control
• Project Control Approach
• The Earned Value Management Concept: An Integrated Project   Control Approach
• Integrated Change Control
• Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC)
• Manage risks, issues, and opportunities
• Procurement   Administration

• Effective Project Closure
• Project Closure Objectives
• Administrative Closure
• Contract Closure
• Lesson Learned
• Close procurement contracts
• Close project
• Obtain and update lessons learned
• Post project evaluations
• Communicate project achievement