Project Management:Basic (2nd Edition)

Fundamentals of project management
Projects
The project management process

Characteristics of a project
The project environment
The project manager
The project team

Project initiation and scope planning
Project initiation
Scope planning

Scope definition, verification, and change control
Scope definition
Scope verification
Scope change control

Time management
Activity definition and sequencing
Activity duration

Schedule development and control
Schedule development
Schedule control

Resource identification and cost approximating
Resource identification
Cost approximating

Budgeting and cost control
Cost budgeting
Cost control

After completing this course, students will know how to:

Identify the features and attributes of a project; and identify the steps and variables of the project management process.
Identify the effects of the environment, various socioeconomic and organizational issues, and organizational structure on a project; and identify the critical functions, necessary skills, responsibilities, and challenges of a project manager.
Identify the components of project scope; gain project authorization; use common project selection methods; write an end-deliverable description and a project charter; determine the actions integral to scope planning; write a scope statement; follow a scope management plan; and prevent scope creep.
Identify the process and benefits of scope definition and verification; develop the work breakdown structure (WBS) and the work package; identify the types of information that stakeholders need in order to verify the project scope; identify actions involved in controlling changes; and identify the role of a scope change control system.
Identify the components of time management; identify the purpose of activity definition and sequencing; recognize different diagramming techniques; identify the factors affecting activity duration; and identify techniques for estimating activity duration.
Describe schedule development; use mathematical analysis techniques for schedule development; identify the purpose of schedule control; and describe the importance of schedule adherence.
Identify the necessary project resources by using a WBS and other tools; identify resource types and assign resources; make cost approximations; assess the effect of risk and activity duration on cost estimates; and apply cost estimating techniques.
Use capital budgeting and depreciation methods for project budgeting; control project costs; calculate cost and schedule variance; and compute a project?s estimate at completion (EAC) and variance at completion (VAC).

Prerequisites

None