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Project Management Certificate Program
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Core Courses
Project Execution, Control & Closure 15 PDUs
This is one of four core courses in the Project Management Certificate Program. Successful completion fulfills 15 Professional Development Units towards certificate completion or ongoing professional development.
This course expands on the information provided in the Project Management Essentials and IT Project Management Overview courses by delving more deeply into the Project Execution and Control Phases of the project management lifecycle. The plans developed in the Project Initiation and Planning phases of the project management lifecycle will be examined in terms of how they can best be implemented to ensure the success of the project. Specific emphasis will be placed on how to manage and control the project as the plans are implemented. Project control processes will be emphasized with specific regard to how a project team ensures that project processes function as they should and will ultimately deliver the product, solution or change desired by the project’s sponsor. Using simple case studies, participants will discuss theoretical fundamentals, participate in hands-on exercises, and create the actual documents used to track a project, identify performance trends and make adjustments to keep the project on track. Topics include implementing project plans, managing scope, schedule and cost to ensure project health, and project control techniques such as the use of schedules to control project progress and generate momentum, risk-based assessments, and managing teams to keep them motivated and on task, and other activities related to project management.
Performance Objectives: Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Identify the elements of the Project Execution and Control phases of the Project Management Lifecycle.
- Relate the uses of project plans and control measures to success in project execution.
- Use time and cost management techniques to assess project health and facilitate project execution.
- Relate Critical Chain Project Management techniques to complex project execution requirements.
- Apply project performance measures to objectively monitor project progress and make adjustments to project plans.
- Identify and apply the key aspects of qualitative and quantitative risk management.
- Implement quality improvement processes for enhanced project execution and control.
- Relate the benefit of a Project Management Support Office to the project execution success of an organization’s project portfolio.
Audience: Employees whose work involves the planning and management of Projects. Successful completion of the IT Project Management Overview or Project Management Essentials course is strongly recommended prior taking this course.
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