Course description
AMA's Comprehensive Project Management Workshop
Delays, cost overruns, or quality problems can wreck your project. Keep it on with this 5-day overview of project management.
Aligned with PMI’s PMBOK®, this project management workshop helps you master the entire PM process. You’ll earn 35 professional development units (PDUs) pre-approved by PMI, and you’ll gain skills and in-depth knowledge that prepare you for the next level: the Project Management Professional certification.
You Will Learn How To:
- Manage projects with confidence
- Avoid dangerous shortcuts and omissions
- Monitor risks and correct trouble spots
- Put together a solid team and effective documentation
- Pave the way for achieving PMP® status
How You Will Benefit
- Learn all aspects of project management from the perspective of the PMBOK Guide
- Acquire necessary prerequisite knowledge to enter a PMP Exam Prep training program
- Achieve competence in the 10 project management knowledge areas and five process groups
- Master the 47 competencies outlined in the PMBOK Guide
- Learn the techniques of documenting project risks, assumptions and constraints
- Become skilled at identifying and performing stakeholder analysis
- Learn how to develop a WBS and create a project charter
- Get skills to determine the critical path of a project
- Learn how to staff your project for optimum results
- Become skilled in executing, monitoring and controlling the tasks defined in your project plan
Upcoming start dates
Who should attend?
Project managers, program managers, and project team leaders who have several years of experience initiating, planning and managing projects, and project team members who are interested in enhancing their career by preparing to become a certified PMP.
Training content
Day 1
Examining the Project Management Framework
- Exploring characteristics of projects
- Reviewing project management terminology
- Considering environmental influences
Reviewing the Project Management Body of Knowledge
- Describing the project management process groups
- The project management knowledge areas
- Project management competency standards
Initiating the Project
- Using project selection methods
- Defining project scope
- Documenting project risks, assumptions and constraints
- Identifying and performing stakeholder analysis
- Evaluating the project charter
Day 2
Planning the Project
- Defining and recording requirements, constraints and assumptions
- Identifying project team members and defining roles and responsibilities
- Creating the work breakdown structure (WBS)
- Developing the change management plan
- Identifying risks and defining risk strategies
- Obtaining plan approval
- Conducting the kickoff meeting
Day 3
Executing the Project Plan
- Executing the tasks defined in the project plan
- Ensuring a common understanding and setting expectations
- Implementing a quality management plan
- Executing approved changes, actions and workarounds
- Improving team performance
Day 4
Monitoring and Controlling the Project
- Measuring project performance
- Verifying and managing changes to the project
- Ensuring that project deliverables conform to quality standards
- Monitoring all project risks
Day 5
Closing the Project
- Obtaining final acceptance for the project
- Getting financial, legal and administrative closure
- Releasing project resources
- Creating and distributing a final project report
- Archiving and retaining project records
- Measuring customer satisfaction
Costs
price for:
- Non Members: $3295
- AMA Members: $2995
Certification / Credits
CEU: 3, PDU: 35
Reviews
Average rating 4.8
The course was well managed and moved at a pace that kept the content interesting. There was plenty of interaction with other course attendees.
Great Course! Instructor was very professional and hit the nail on every topic, I am coming out of this training feeling confident for the PMP prep course!
American Management Association Company Info
The American Management Association, International (AMA) is the global leader in talent development. Founded in 1923, AMA supports the goals of individuals and organizations through a complete range of educational products and services, including instructor-led classroom and virtual seminars, webinars,...
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