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Project Management Training: Understanding Project Management
Project Management Training: Understanding Project Management Course Outline
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Session One: Course Overview
Session Two: What is a Project?
Session Three: Project Management Basics
Session Four: Pre-Assignment Review
Session Five: How Can Projects Help Me?
The Benefits of Projects
Case Study: Mary Marvelous
Session Six: A Project’s Life Cycle
Session Seven: Selling a Project
Tom Peters
The Priority Matrix
Session Eight: Preparing Your Project
Session Nine: The Role of a Project Manager
A Project Manager’s Skills
Key Skills
Session Ten: Project Goals
Session Eleven: Laying Out the Project
The Statement of Work
Individual SOW
Project Planning Worksheet
Writing Reports
Session Twelve: Project Risks
Risk Tolerance
About Risks
Reducing Risks
Session Thirteen: Contingency Planning
Session Fourteen: What Really Needs To Be Done?
Beginning to Plan
Preparing a Basic Schedule
Other Scheduling Factors
Scheduling My Project
Session Fifteen: The Work Breakdown Structure
Session Sixteen: Planning Tools
Two Basic Tools
PERT
Gantt Charts
The Network Diagram
The Flow Chart
Session Seventeen: Budgets
Session Eighteen: Teamwork
Why is Teamwork Important?
Building a Winning Team
Session Nineteen: Developing Teams
Four Issues to Address with Project Teams
Team Development
Session Twenty: Putting it Into Practice
Decision Information
Individual Action Steps
Session Twenty-One: Communication Tips
Session Twenty-Two: Closing Out a Project
Session Twenty-Three: Team Meetings
Session Twenty-Four: Presentation Primer
Session Twenty-Five: Project Presentations
Recommended Reading List
Post-Course Assessment
Pre- and Post-Assessment Answer Keys
Personal Action Plan
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