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Project Management Level II

Bring your project management skills to a higher level in this in-depth course covering the execution, monitoring, and closing phases. You'll work through managing budgets, resources, and risks to drive successful outcomes, with an introduction to Agile and guidance on choosing the right management style for different types of projects.

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  • 18 and older
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Class Description

Description

Build upon the solid foundation established in Project Management Level 1 to achieve your comprehensive and complete understanding of all five stages of project management. This course strengthens your knowledge of the entire project lifecycle.

The Execution, Monitoring, and Closing Phases:

Once projects are underway and in active execution, project managers must work diligently to ensure smooth operations continue uninterrupted, activities remain on schedule and within their allocated budgets, and valuable lessons learned are captured for future organizational benefit after project completion.

Budgets, Resources, and Risk:

Master the fundamentals of working with project budgets and costs effectively, managing constrained and limited resources strategically, and estimating and tracking activity costs carefully to maintain projects within their established budget constraints and financial parameters.

Introduction to Agile:

Explore Agile project management approaches in depth and learn how they fundamentally contrast with traditional Waterfall methodology. Discover widely used and proven Agile frameworks, including Scrum, Kanban, and Extreme Programming, each offering distinct advantages. Learning about these different methodologies demonstrates conclusively that various approaches suit different project needs and organizational contexts, empowering you to choose the most effective and suitable management style for your unique project circumstances and business requirements.

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Remote Learning

This course is available for "remote" learning and will be available to anyone with access to an internet device with a microphone (this includes most models of computers, tablets). Classes will take place with a "Live" instructor at the date/times listed below.

Upon registration, the instructor will send along additional information about how to log-on and participate in the class.

Also available in-person in NYC

Syllabus

The Project Team

Team Development

  • Assembling a Team
  • Project Kickoff Meeting
  • Characteristics of Effective Teams
  • Barriers to Teams

Stages of Team Development

  • Stage 1: Forming
  • Stage 2: Storming
  • Stage 3: Norming
  • Stage 4: Performing

Budgets & Costs

Types of Costs

  • Resource cost rates
  • Reserve analysis
  • Contingency budget
  • Cost of quality

Determining Activity Costs

  • Estimate Activity Costs

Determining Project Budget

  • Calculations
  • Total Budgeted Cost (TBC)
  • Time-Phased Budget
  • Cumulative Budgeted Cost (CBC)

The Execution Phase

Determining Actual Costs

  • Determine Actual Cost
  • Compare Actual Cost to Budgeted Cost
  • Actual Accumulated Cost by Period
  • Cumulative Budgeted & Actual Cost Curve

Determining the Value of Work Performed

  • Determine Value of Work Performed
  • Earned Value (EV)
  • Cumulative Earned Value

Cost Performance & Project Status

  • Analyze Cost Performance
  • Measure Project Status

Cost Analysis

  • Analyze Cost Performance
  • Cost Performance Index (CPI)
  • Cost Variance (CV)
  • Estimating the Cost at Completion
  • Forecasted Cost at Completion (FCAC)

Controlling Costs & Corrective Action

  • Cost Control Steps
  • When to Take Corrective Action

Limited Resources: Leveling & Smoothing

Resource Leveling

Resource Limited Scheduling

Risk Management

Risks & Issues

  • Identify Risks
  • Risk Assessment
  • Probability & Impact Matrix
  • Risk Appetite

Common Types of Risks

  • External Risks
  • Single Point of Failure

Risk Mitigation

  • Common Ways of Dealing With Risk

Project Communication

Meetings

  • Project Kickoff Meeting
  • Different Types of Meetings

Reports

  • Different Types of Reports

Plans

  • Project Plans
  • Document Control Plan
  • Project Communication Plan

The Closing Phase

Final Payments

Staff Recognition & Evaluation

Post Project Evaluation

Lessons Learned

Archive Project Documents

Customer Feedback

Early Project Termination

Agile Project Management

Overview of Agile

The Agile Manifesto

Agile vs. Waterfall

Agile Frameworks

Scrum

  • Scrum Concepts
  • Scrum Roles
  • Why is Scrum So Popular?
  • When Scrum Works Best

Kanban

  • Kanban boards
  • Work-in-Process (WIP) Limit

Extreme Programming (XP)

  • Extreme Programming (XP) Activities
  • Designing
  • Coding
  • Testing
  • Listening

Refund Policy

  • Students may cancel up to 11 business days before the class/program start date and receive a refund, less the registration fee (10% of the undiscounted course price).
  • Cancellations within 11 business days are not permitted, but students may reschedule up to 4 business days before the class start date.

For cancellations and reschedules, please email us at [email protected]

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