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This interactive course offers a foundational understanding of project management best practices, blending both predictive and adaptive approaches. Through hands-on activities and discussions, students will explore key project management terms, concepts, and tools, and apply them to real-world scenarios within their organizations. The course emphasizes the importance of selecting and utilizing the most effective practices tailored to the unique needs of any project. Students will benefit by mastering core project management concepts, learning how to engage stakeholders effectively, and developing project management plans that align with organizational goals. The course offers immediate applicability to ongoing projects, ensuring that participants can implement their new skills right away.

##### Module 1 - Project Context - Projects, Products, and Processes - Project Management Challenges - Project Management and the Project Life Cycle - Organizational Context - Definition of Project Success - Notes: Workshop Activities with Breakout Group Exercises Integrated Throughout Course Outline ##### Module 2 - Project Approach - Predictive and Adaptive Approaches - Review of Agile - Applying What Works to Your Environment ##### Module 3 - Partnering with Stakeholders - Identifying Stakeholders - Roles and Responsibilities - Key Project Roles - RACI Diagrams Exercise ##### Module 4 - Starting a Project - Project Prioritization and Selection Process - Project Charters - Developing a Charter Exercise ##### Module 5 - Planning a Project - Plan a Project Exercise - The PM Plan Components - The Triple+ Constraints ##### Module 6 - Defining Project Scope - The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) - Creating a WBS Example ##### Module 7 - Defining and Estimating Activities - Getting to Activities from the WBS - Defining Activities Exercise - Effort and Duration - Estimating Techniques - Estimating Resources - Roll Wave Planning - Estimating Activities Exercise ##### Module 8 - Developing the Project Schedule - Sequencing Activities - Dependencies, Leads, and Lags - The Critical Path and Float - Schedule Compression - Schedule Formats - Developing a Budget - Creating a Partial Schedule and Budget Exercise ##### Module 9 - Planning Project Communications - Project Communication Challenges and Best Practices - Analyzing Stakeholder Communication Needs - Tailoring Stakeholder Communications - Communications Matrix - Creating a Project Communications Plan Exercise ##### Module 10 - Planning Project Risk Management - Roles and Responsibilities in Risk Management - Risk Identification Challenges - Identifying Risks: Knowns and Unknowns - Contingency Reserves - Risk Analysis - Expected Monetary Value (EMV) - Risk Triggers - Risk Registers - Planning Risk Responses - Creating Risk Register Exercise ##### Module 11 - Executing a Project - Leading and Managing Projects - Team Development – Tuckman Model - Building Trust - Sustaining Stakeholder Engagement ##### Module 12 - Overseeing and Controlling the Project - Risks of Scope Creep and Gold Plating - Changing Control Approaches - Tracking and Reporting - Monitoring Various Aspects of the Project - Project Monitoring and Controlling Top 10 - Identifying Project Tracking Requirements Exercise ##### Module 13 - Closing a Project - Checklist for Closing - Lessons Learned - Celebrating ##### Module 14 - Wrap-Up - Parking Lot Review - New Ideas, Confirmations, and Takeaways