Introduction

This hands-on course provides essential knowledge and skills for efficient and effective management of IT projects. It covers the fundamentals of contemporary IT project management from project planning, organization and execution to monitoring and controlling and concludes with best practices in project management. It consists of a combination of lectures, case analysis, group discussions and lab exercises involving MS-Project 2007. At the end of the course, students would be equipped with essential skills and know-how to manage an IT project. 

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the participants will be able to:
• Understand the need for project management
• Gain an understanding of project management tools and techniques
• Understand best practices in project management  

Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction to Project Management
• Project Management challenges
• Project success factors
• Project Management Framework

Module 2: Initiating Projects
• Project Selection Methods
• Develop Project Charter
• Stakeholder Analysis

Module 3: Planning Projects – Scope, Time, and Cost Management
• Work breakdown structure
• Activity Sequencing: Network Diagrams
• Activity Resource Estimating
• Activity Duration Estimating
• Cost Estimation & Budgeting
• MS-Project Labs: Scope, Time and Cost management

Module 4: Planning Projects – Risk, Quality, and Communications Management
• Risk Identification
• Risk Analysis
• Risk Management Plan
• Quality Management Plan
• Communications Management Plan
• MS-Project Lab: Communications Management

Module 5: Planning Projects – Schedule Development
• Gantt Charts
• Critical Path analysis
• Crashing
• Fast Tracking
• MS-Project Lab: Schedule Development

Module 6: Planning Projects – Human Resource Management
• Responsibility Assignment Matrix
• Staffing Management Plan
• Resource Histograms
• Resource Loading/Leveling
• MS-Project Lab: Resource Management

Module 7: Planning Projects – Procurement Management
• Make or Buy Analyses
• Types of Contracts
• Request for Proposal
• Procurement Management Plan

Module 8: Executing projects
• Acquire project team
• Develop project team
• Perform quality audit
• Information distribution

Module 9: Monitoring and Controlling Projects
• Manage scope, schedule, risk, quality control
• Manage cost control - Earned Value Analysis
• Manage stakeholders
• MS-Project Lab: Earned Value Analysis

Module 10: Closing Projects and Best Practices
• Project closing Tasks
• Best Practices in Project Management  

Trainer(s)

Who Should Attend

This course is intended for information systems and user professionals who have just moved into a project manager or leader role and are responsible for directing project activities.  

Course Details

Date:

9 to 11 December 2009 

Time:

9:00am to 5:00pm 

Venue:

NTU@one-north campus, Executive Centre 

Closing Date:

25 November 2009 

Fee:

Standard: SGD$980   Alumni: SGD$784   Group (3 & Above): SGD$882

Registration fees inclusive of:

• Course materials

• Light refreshments

• Lunch

• Complimentary parking (1 entry/day) - applicable at NTU@one-north campus only.

• Prevailing GST

Online Registration

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Methods of Payment

1. Credit Card (Visa and Mastercard only)

2. Cheque made payable to Nanyang Technological University

3. Invoice to Company (for Company Sponsored Participants)

4. E-invoice (for Government Organizations)

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