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Executive Seminar in Project Management

 

The Project Management Executive Seminar is a one-day, instructor-facilitated, seminar session designed to provide an introductory overview of the project management discipline.

 

The seminar structure effectively combines introductory lecture and discussion with hands-on application of the most basic project management principles. The seminar focuses on the standard project management terms and processes associated with initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing a project.

Topics areas include:

•     Project Management Terminology	•     Project Organizations
•     Project Selection and Prioritization	•     Initiating a Project
•     Scope Definition	•     Project Planning and Scheduling
•     Resource Identification and Assignment	•     Project Budgeting
•     Project Reporting	•     Risk Management
•     Scope and Change Control	•     Project Closure

Recommended Attendees

This seminar will benefit executives, senior managers, resources managers, and functional managers that want a basic understanding of project management and how it can contribute to organizational success. The seminar will benefit any project stakeholder in any industry.

Seminar Outline

I.                   Introduction to Project Management

A.      Definition of a Project

B.      Projects vs. Programs

C.      Project Management Life Cycle

D.     Project Management Terminology

E.      Triple Constraints of Project Management

II.                Initiating a Project

A.      Project Initiation

B.      Evaluation, Selection, and Prioritization

C.      Stakeholder Analysis

D.     Project Charter

E.      Project Management Organization Types

III.             Planning a Project

A.      Scope Planning and Decomposition

B.      Time Management and Scheduling

C.      Resource Planning

D.     Cost Estimating and Budgeting

IV.              Executing and Controlling a Project

A.      Project Communications and Reporting

B.      Project Risk Management

C.      Project Change Control

D.     Project Quality Management

V.                 Closing a Project

A.      Administrative Closure and Contract Closeout

B.      Lessons Learned

C.      Final Reporting

Hands-on Application and Practice

Participants will further expand their knowledge and experience through applied exercises.  Using a selected organizational case study approach, participants will manage a sample project from initiation to closing through the following exercises:

•     Work Breakdown Structure

•     Risk Identification, Analysis, and Response Planning

•     Final Project Reporting

 

 

All Tanden LLC instructors are certified Project Management Professionals (PMP)^® with many years of hands-on project leadership experience in a multitude of industries.

Tanden LLC is a Project Management Institute (PMI) Global Registered Education Provider (R.E.P)