Course Outline

1. Introduction to Project Management

  • Project, process, program, portfolio – basic concepts of project management in an organization
  • The Project Triangle (time, cost, scope) – key areas of project management
  • Approaches and standards in project management: Waterfall (traditional approach), Agile (agile approach), and hybrid approaches – combining traditional and agile methodologies
  • Matching the approach to the project – project life cycle with consideration of participant projects' specifics

2. Project Planning

  • Project vision – shared understanding of the goal, direction, and expected value of the project
  • Project charter – goals, outcomes, and benefits; defining the scope of the project
  • Requirements, project deliverables, and quality criteria – delivering business value and project accountability
  • Project environment and structure – role of stakeholders and impact of organizational structure

3. Project Scheduling

  • From project deliverables to tasks – logic of schedule building
  • Approaches to scheduling:
  • product-based, activity-based, and resource-based scheduling
  • Classic scheduling techniques:
  • work breakdown structure (WBS)
  • network diagram
  • milestones
  • Agile approach to planning:
  • Kanban boards as a tool for planning and visualizing work
  • RACI matrix – assigning roles and responsibilities in the project

4. Risk in Projects

  • Models of risk management in projects
  • Identification and assessment of risks
  • Risk visualization and planning responses
  • Prioritization – effective approach to risk management

5. Communication in Projects

  • Communication plan – what, when, who, and how to communicate
  • Structure of effective communications – fact-based communication

6. Change in Projects

  • What can change in a project?
  • Areas of change management in traditional and agile approaches

7. Collaboration with the Team and Stakeholders

  • Structure and transformation of the project team
  • Stages of team development and building effective collaboration
  • Communication styles, motivating the team, and delegating tasks

8. Monitoring and Controlling the Project

  • Schedule management – time, cost, scope
  • Reporting systems and monitoring project progress
  • Critical path – monitoring the project in a traditional approach
  • Kanban boards – monitoring the project in an agile approach

9. Project Closure and Settlement

  • Formal project closure
  • Evaluation of results and conclusions for the future

10. Start – Stop – Continue – Training Summary

Requirements

Target Group

  • Project Managers
  • Scrum Masters
  • Product Owners
  • Project Leaders
  • Members of project teams
 14 Hours

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