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New Horizons Computer Learning Center
410-597-9722

Project Management Professional

Course Length: 5 Days

Overview:
In this course, students will apply the generally recognized practices of project management acknowledged by the Project Management Institute (PMI) to successfully manage projects.

Prerequisites:
Project Management Fundamentals
Word - Levels 1,2,3
Project 2003 or 2007

Course Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Initiate a project
  • Plan project work
  • Develop project schedules, cost estimates, and budgets
  • Plan project quality, staffing, and communications
  • Analyze project risks
  • Plan project procurement
  • Execute project work
  • Monitor and control project work
  • Monitor and control project schedule and costs
  • Monitor and control project quality, staffing, and communications
  • Monitor and control project risks and contracts
  • Close the project

Course Content

Lesson 1: Initiating a Project

  • Apply Project Management Processes
  • Create a Project Charter
  • Develop a Preliminary Project Scope Statement

Lesson 2: Planning Project Work

  • Develop Project Management Plan
  • Create a Scope Management Plan
  • Create a Scope Statement
  • Develop a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Lesson 3: Developing Project Schedules, Cost Estimates, and Budgets

  • Create an Activity List
  • Create a Project Network Diagram
  • Estimate Activity Resources
  • Estimate Activity Durations
  • Identify the Critical Path
  • Develop a Project Schedule
  • Estimate Project Costs
  • Establish a Cost Baseline

Lesson 4: Planning Project Quality, Staffing, and Communications

  • Create a Quality Management Plan
  • Document Roles, Responsibilities, and Reporting Relationships
  • Acquire Project Team
  • Create a Communications Management Plan

Lesson 5: Analyzing Risks and Planning Risk Response

  • Create a Risk Management Plan
  • Identify Project Risks and Triggers
  • Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
  • Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
  • Develop a Risk Response Plan

Lesson 6: Planning Project Procurement

  • Prepare a Contract Statement of Work
  • Prepare a Procurement Document

Lesson 7: Executing Project Work

  • Direct and Manage Project Execution
  • Perform Quality Assurance
  • Develop Project Team
  • Information Distribution
  • Request Seller Responses
  • Select Sellers

Lesson 8: Monitoring and Controlling Project Work

  • Monitor and Control Project Work
  • Manage Changes to Performance Baselines
  • Review Deliverables and Work Results
  • Control Project Scope

Lesson 9: Monitoring and Controlling Project Schedule and Costs

  • Control the Project Schedule
  • Control Project Costs

Lesson 10: Monitoring and Controlling Project Quality, Staffing, and Communications

  • Perform Quality Control
  • Manage Project Team
  • Report Project Performance
  • Manage Stakeholders

Lesson 11: Monitoring and Controlling Project Risk and Contracts

  • Monitor and Control Project Risk
  • Administer a Contract

Lesson 12: Closing the Project

  • Close a Project
  • Close a Contract

6940 Tudsbury Road, Baltimore, MD 21244
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New Horizons Computer Learning Centers
6940 Tudsbury Road, Baltimore, MD 21244   (410) 597-9722
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