Overview

This 5 days course discusses the processes, methods, techniques and tools that organizations use to manage their Information technology projects. The course covers a systematic methodology for initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing Information technology projects. This course assumes that project management in the modern organization is a complex team based activity, where various types of technologies are an inherent part of the project management process. 

Duration

05 days

Objectives

By the end of the course participants should be able to:        

-        Understand the foundations of project management

-        Initiate, specify, and prioritize information technology projects

-        Manage project teams, including leadership and team motivation.

-        Manage project scope, schedules and resources

-        Manage project risk, including the identification of project risk, and the techniques for ensuring project risk is controlled.

-        Manage project execution, including monitoring project progress and managing project change, and appropriately documenting and communicating project status.

-        Close projects, including administrative, personnel, and contractual closure.

Intended Audience

This course is designed for individuals who have on-the-job project management experience (whether or not project manager is their formal job role), who are not certified project management professionals, and who might or might not have received formal project management training. The course is appropriate for these persons if they wish to develop professionally, increase their project management skills, apply a formalized and standards-based approach to project management, and seek career advancement by moving into a formal project manager job role, as well as to apply for Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

This course is intended for those as below:

-         IT/IS Project Manager

-         IT/IS Program Manager

-         IT/IS Senior Engineer

-         IT/IS Manager

-         Business Analyst

-         Technical Lead

-         IT/IS Architect

-         IT Operations Managers,

-         MIS Managers,

-         IT Infrastructure Managers,

-         IT Application Managers,

-         IT Support Managers,

-         IT Network Managers, 

Prerequisites

Familiarity with project management concepts and some working experience with project management are required. Experience with a specific project management software tool is not required. Basic computing skills and some experience using Microsoft Office is desirable but not required.

Course Outline

1.      Module 1: Introduction to IT project Management

• What is IT Project Management?
• What Is Project Management?
• Organizational Structures and Culture
• The Context of Information Technology Projects
• The Importance of Top Management Commitment
• Project Phases and the Project Life Cycle
• The Role of the Project Manage

2.      Module 2: IT Project Management Methodology  

• Introduction Project Management Methodology
• The Project Life Cycle
• The Systems Development Life Cycle
• Project Closing
• Agile Approach

3.      Module 3: Project Integration Management  

• Develop Project Charter
• Project Planning Framework
• Develop Project Management Plan
• Direct and Manage Project Work
• Manage Project Knowledge
• Monitor and Control Project Work
• Perform Integrated Change Control
• Close Project or Phase

4.      Module 4: Project Scope Management 

• Introduction to Scope Management
• Plan Scope Management
• Collect Requirements
• Define Scope
• Validate Scope
• Control Scope     

5.      Module 5: Project Schedule and Cost Management 

• Plan Schedule Management
• Define Activities and Sequence Activities
• Estimate Activity Durations
• Plan Cost Management
• Estimate Costs and Determine Budget
• Control Costs
• Critical Path Method
• Earned Value Management
• Typical Problems with IT Cost Estimates

6.      Module 6: Project Stakeholder and Communications Management 

• Identify Stakeholders
• Plan Stakeholder Engagement
• Manage Stakeholder Engagement
• Monitor Stakeholder Engagement
• Plan Communications Management
• Keys to Good Communications
• Project Report and Manage Communications
• Monitor Communications
• Suggestions for Improving Project Communications

7.      Module 7: Project Risk Management 

• Planning Risk Management
• Common Sources of Risk on IT Projects
• Identifying Risks
• Performing Qualitative Risk Analysis
• Performing Quantitative Risk Analysis
• Planning Risk Responses
• Monitoring Risks

8.      Module 8: Project Quality Management 

• Plan Quality Management
• Quality Philosophies and Principles
• Quality Management Methods
• Quality Systems
• Project Quality Metrics
• Manage Quality
• Control Quality
• Improving IT Project Quality

9.      Module 9: Project Resource Management 

• Plan Resource Management
• Estimate Activity Resources
• Acquire Resources
• Develop Team
• Manage Team
• Control Resources

10.      Module 10: Project Procurement Management 

• Plan Procurement Management
• Procurement-Type Contracts
• Conduct Procurements
• Control Procurements 

11.      Module 11: Project Evaluation and Closure 

• Types of Project closure
• Realities of Project Closure
• The Final Project Report
• Project Evaluation and Project Audit