Project Management - Advanced

Be able to optimize planning and better track/control your projects

This course qualifies you for 14 PMI® Professional Development Units (PDUs).

PDU Claim Code: 5054WB8AFD

Duration : 2 days

This highly hands-on and interactive training allows you to understand and implement project management, using the Project Management Institute (PMI/PMBOK) approach. Applying gained knowledge to a practical case, participants will work in teams, through the five (5) process groups and the ten (10) knowledge domains, and benefit from trainer coaching.

Audience

Project managers, team leaders, team members: beginner, intermediate or advanced

Prerequisites

Project management (basic) or experience in project management

Objectives

• Master the tools and techniques of start-up and project planning
• Master the tools and techniques of project monitoring and control
• Acquire the common vocabulary

Teaching method

The participants will carry out a series of exercises/workshops and will benefit from personalized coaching from the trainer. Also, the latter will provide necessary explanations through lectures, exchanges and case-based examples.

Contents

• Definitions
• Initiating: project charter and logical framework
• Planning: project breakdown structure (WBS), time and cost estimation techniques, critical path (CPM) and schedule optimization techniques (crashing, fast-tracking, levelling), critical chain (CC)
• Executing, monitoring and control: monitoring progress with performance indicators and earned value, variance analysis
• Case study with exercises, workshops, simulations, role plays