Project Management Fundamentals & Best Practices

Over 250 project management training slides based on the Project Management Institutes Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). Included in this package are free project management templates used for class exercises. These are digital materials; no items will be shipped to you. You will receive the following digital download:
 
Over 250 colorful infographic PowerPoint slides with notes
14 classroom exercises that allow students to practice what was learnt
Templates for the exercises
These slides can be printed in grayscale and handed to students. Printing black and white is a lot cheaper than color
 
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
Explain project management fundamentals
Define a project lifecycle
Explain the triple constraints of project management
Explain the nine project management knowledge areas based on the PMBOK
Explain how a project is initiated
Create a project charter 
Identify project stakeholders
Create a project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Explain activity dependencies (finish to start, finish to finish, start to start and start to finish)
Create a network diagram and calculate critical path, float, slack and project duration- Workbook exercise
Fast track and crash a project
Create a risk assignment matrix
Create a resource calendar
Define project constraints and risks
Explain team development stages
Describe conflict management approaches
Manage teams virtually or those that are co-located
Utilize the five cost estimating techniques
Create a project budget
Determine the status of a project via Earned Value Management (EVM)
Run meetings effectively
Create a project status report
Describe the six categories of risk and sources of risk
Explain the four types of risk tolerance
Identify project risks and rank them in a probability and impact matrix
Explain how to respond to both positive and negative risks
Describe the role of a project manager in procurement
Perform make or buy analysis via decision trees
Perform quality planning, quality assurance and quality control
Create a fishbone diagram
Manage project changes
Perform project closeout, contract closeout and administrative closeout
 
Lessons
The course is created to teach the participant how to initiate a project, plan all the activities of the project, execute, monitor and close any project while utilizing the nine project management knowledge areas.
Project Management Foundations
Integration Management
Scope Management
Time Management
Human Resources Management
Communications Management
Cost Management
Risk Management
Procurement Management
Quality Management