Managing Technology Projects: Foundations™ Who is the Course For This course is for technical business and government professionals who may oversee, lead, manage, plan, or participate in a Technical Project. There is no pre-requisite for this course, however the content is rich and the course is fast-paced. Technical individuals do not need formal exposure to Project Management prior to this course. Individuals currently functioning as Project Managers find the exposure to the body of knowledge and the skills demonstrated and practiced during this course invaluable to their practice of Project Management. Technical individuals in the following roles find the most benefit from this course: Technical Executives IT PMO Professionals IT Program Managers IT Process Managers IT Product Managers IT Service Managers IT Operations Managers | IT Project Managers Technical Services Professionals IT Managers Research & Development Professionals | IT Quality Professionals IT Deployment Specialists IT Relationship Managers IT Business Development Professionals |
Skills You Will Master Focusing on IT Enhanements or Operations, participants will learn charter development, initiation kick-off, stakeholder negotiation, project communication, managing a project, risk identification & contingency planning, issues management, basic scheduling, basic baselining, earned value fundamentals, controlling process, meeting management, basic vendor negotiation, lessons learned development & documentation, project closing & archiving About the Course The course covers all of the project processes of the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Fourth Edition, areas tested in the PMP® certification exam. After completing this course, you will be prepared to manage small to medium IT or Technical development projects. Module 1: Attributes of IT Projects Module 2: Roles & Relationships in IT Projects Module 3: Estimation and Planning in IT Projects Module 4: Communication in IT Projects Module 5: Application of Skills & Learning Module 6: IT Risk Identification & Management Module 7: WBS & Implications in IT Projects Module 8: Execution and IT Management Skills Module 9: Concept Review Module 10: IT Project Performance & Tools Module 11: Implementation & Deployments Module 12: Project Closing After completing this course, a participant will be prepared to manage small to medium projects successfully & with confidence in IT departments. |
