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The Exceptional Project Manager

Course Summary

The Exceptional Project Manager course is a highly interactive workshop that reviews project management fundamentals and how to improve scheduling and estimation techniques when managing projects.   The course begins with students reviewing what project management is and its requirements and processes.  Students will learn the improtance of building trusting relationships and communicating effectively.

Throughout the course, students will learn to create a project scope, charter, and plan. They will learn about schedule estimation and creation techniques, as well as techniques (and risks) to compressing the schedule.  

Students must come to class with a real project to apply to what they have learned. Find more Professional Development courses here.

Purpose
Learn how to improve scheduling and estimation skills for managing projects.
Audience
Leaders and project managers wanting to implement estimation and schedule management best practices.
Role
Business Analyst - Project Manager - Technical Manager
Skill Level
Introduction
Style
Workshops
Duration
1 Day
Related Technologies
Project Management

 

Productivity Objectives
  • Create a work breakdown structure
  • Calculate the critical path of a project
  • Describe the seven techniques to compress the project schedule

What You'll Learn:

In the The Exceptional Project Manager training course, you'll learn:
  • Project Management Review
    • Requirements and Processes
    • Identify and Build Relationships
    • Communicate Effectively   
  • Scope Creation
    • Determining Project Scope
    • Work Breakdown Structure
    • Creating a Plan
  • Estimating
    • Activities used for accurate estimating
    • Estimating techniques
    • Analyze the sequence of activities and calculate the schedule baseline
  • Schedule Creation
    • Logical dependencies
    • Calculate critical path, slack, and float
  • Schedule Compression
    • Why compress the schedule?
    • Crash vs Fast Track 
    • Techniques for schedule compression
    • Risks associated with schedule compression
“I appreciated the instructor's technique of writing live code examples rather than using fixed slide decks to present the material.”

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