One of the biggest steps you can take to ensure the success of a project is to accurately nail down the scope and definition. Setting the wrong goals for a project will quickly sink it, regardless of how hard you work. Learning the correct steps for determining the outcome of a project and the step-by-step process to achieve those outcomes is the defining principle in this two-day program.
DESIGNED FOR:
Project and program managers, directors and sponsors, as well as PMO managers, team leaders and business analysts.
Anyone involved with projects - both experienced and new project managers will benefit from this course - as will supervisors, managers, directors, bankers, health professionals, scientists, project engineers, program staffers and anyone else who administers projects.
LEARNING POINTS:
- Understand the importance of scope management for project success.
- Learn to identify critical project stakeholders.
- Recognize the variety of resource constraints that can affect a project.
- Gain the knowledge pillars of defining and organizing project goals and objectives.
OUTLINE:
- Project Management Definition and Background
- What is a project?
- PMI
- PMBOK
- Project life cycle
- Project management processes
- Stakeholders
- Identification
- Roles and responsibilities
- Conflict management
- Communication
- Team building
- Project Management Organizational Structures
- Description
- Advantages and disadvantages
- Scope Management
- Work statement
- Scope statement
- Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Strategic project management
- Systems engineering
- Risk vs. opportunity
- Business case
- Project proposal/charter
- Work authorization
- Scope reporting
- Network Diagrams
- Dependencies
- Methods
- Techniques
- Assigning Resources
- Considerations
- Multi-tasking
- Activity Cost and Duration Estimates
- Methods
- Challenges
- Project Management Software
- Choices
Introduction to MS Project
LOCATION:
Project Scope & Definition will be held in the CMD Training Center in the Woodman Alumni Building on the Wichita State University campus in Wichita, Kansas.
General Information for Nearby Accommodations
Candlewood Suites
3141 N Webb Rd
Wichita, Kansas 67226
(316) 634-6070
Courtyard by Marriott
2975 N Webb Rd
Wichita, Kansas 67226
(316) 636-4600
Hilton Garden Inn
2041 N Bradley Fair Pkwy
Wichita, Kansas 67206
(316) 219-4444
Residence Inn
1212 N Greenwich Rd
Wichita, Kansas 67206
(316) 682-7300
