Project Management Training
Project Management Training
Project Management Training
Project Management Course
Managing Systems Development Projects Objectives of the 3-day training participants understand how projects should be run participants determine how they can improve their own projects by applying what they have learned Audience The training is aimed at business and IT people who are managing projects or playing key roles within them. The training focuses on IT projects but not on IT people: it shows business and IT people how they should work together to manage and perform these projects. Most of the disciplines apply equally to non-IT projects e.g. business process re-engineering. Contents PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES Difference between project and operational management Why projects are becoming more important to companies What a project actually is! Factors which contribute to project success and failure PROJECT STRUCTURE Dividing application development (AD) into Release projects Grouping business enhancements into Releases Business user activities in each step of an IT project Dividing projects into "Manageable Chunks" Rapid Application Development (RAD) projects PROJECT ORGANISATION Project roles from Board of Directors to team members Importance of clearly assigning roles and responsibilities Role of Business Sponsor and other Business participants PROJECT DEFINITION Business and IT activities which must be undertaken before a project starts Importance of clear project definition, defined scope Business Case Project Definition Workshops Project Definition Report/Project Initiation Document ESTIMATING Importance of accurate and consistent estimates Difference between top down and bottom up estimating Rules of Thumb for AD projects Process for producing estimates Estimating user effort for IT projects PLANNING Different types of plans, their purpose and relationship How to plan large and small projects Including Business and IT participants in the plan RISK MANAGEMENT Joint Business and IT assessment of project risk Reducing Risk Managing Risk STAGE AGREEMENT How to get User and IT resources properly committed Why and how to produce a Stage Agreement Relationship to Project Definition Report CHANGE AND ISSUE MANAGEMENT The need for control of change to requirements How to manage Changes and Issues Busines control of project changes CONTROLLING Managing a project when it is underway Tracking projects, Actuals vs Plan including Quality Controlling the team Reporting status up the management line including to the Sponsor PROJECT ASSURANCE The role of Project Assurance Independent Reviews of management and technical health How to ensure projects comply with Project Management standards QUALITY MANAGEMENT Business role in ensuring project delivers what business needs Inspections, Simulations, Testing, Causal Analysis, Metrics Active management of Quality during application development PROJECT COMPLETION Importance of analysing project experience Documenting and reporting Project Completion Feeding forward to improve future projects Post implementation reviews ACTION PLANNING Participants determine how to apply the techniques to their own projects Havant, Hampshire Nov 4 - 6 2003 Havant, Hampshire Jan 6 - 8 2004 Havant, Hampshire Feb 24 - 26 2004 Havant, Hampshire April 20 - 22 2004