PMP(Weekend)

Topic

Sub topic

Introduction

Getting to know the participants

Introduction to Project Management

What are Projects?

Projects vs. Operations

Project Management and the role of Project Manager

The concept of Progressive Elaboration

PMBOK® Guide structure

Interrelationship of Project Management with General Management concepts

The concept of Program Management and Portfolio Management

The concept of Project Management Office (PMO)

Project Management Context

The concept of Project Lifecycle and its characteristics

Phases defining the Project Lifecycle

Stakeholders in a Project

Varying types of Project organizational structures – Functional, Matrix and Projectized – their advantages and disadvantages        

Project Management Processes

Project Management vs. Product oriented Processes

Description of five process groups in the Project Lifecycle and their interactions

Characteristics and components of Process groups

Process Interactions / Customization of Processes

Mapping of Project Management Processes across the Process Groups and Knowledge Areas

Project Integration Management

Project Management Plan Development

Contents of the Project Management Plan

PMIS – its role in effective Project Management

Directing and Managing Project Work

The role of Configuration Management system in a Project environment

Monitoring and Controlling Project Work

Performing Integrated Change Control

How to manage changes in a Project?

Change Control Management activities involved in a Project

Role of Change Control Board in Project environment

Closing a Project (or a Phase)

Multiple types of closures (Administrative closure and Financial closure)

Updation process to organizational Process assets

Project Scope Management

Project Scope vs. Product Scope and their interrelationships     

Importance of Scope Management Plan in the Project

Collect Requirements process

Define Scope Process

Project Scope statement – how to prepare and update?

WBS – its key role in Project Management

Creating and Managing WBS

Interactions of WBS with other Breakdown structures used in Project Environment

Validate Scope process

Scope Validation vs. Quality Control

Control Scope process

Project Time Management

Importance of Time Management in a Project environment  

Define Activities process

Sequence Activities process

Multiple types of dependencies across activities

Precedence Diagramming Method

Estimating Activity Resource process

Estimating Activity Duration process   

Various duration estimating procedures – Top-Down, Bottom-up, Analogous, Parametric etc.

The concept of Contingency in Time Management

Develop Schedule Process

The importance of calendars in the Scheduling process

The importance of Critical Path in Project Management

Critical Path computation and explanation of its characteristics     

Application of techniques like Fast tracking, Crashing, Resource Optimization, PERT etc in schedule development

Use of Modeling techniques in Scheduling

Critical Chain applications

Schedule l data- descriptions

Control Schedule process Revision of schedules

Project Cost Management

The importance of Cost Management in Projects

Project Lifecycle costing vs. Product Lifecycle costing

Cost Management Plan and its use in Cost control

Estimating Costs process

Cost Management Plan and its use in Cost control

Analogous, Parametric and Bottom-up methods of Cost estimating

Multiple types of cost estimates – Order of Magnitude and Definitive estimates

Determine Budget process

Cost Baseline and its management

Control costs process

Application of Earned value management techniques for Cost Management

Cost and Schedule Performance Indices and their use in Forecasting

Multiple methods of Depreciation

Project Quality Management

Project Quality vs. Product Quality

Concepts of Quality Management

Project Management vis-à-vis Quality Management

Current themes in Quality Management

Planning Quality Management process

Project Quality Management Plan and Process Improvement Plan

Perform Quality Assurance process

The role of Quality Audits in Quality Management

Perform Quality Control process

Seven basic tools of Quality Control – including Control Charts, Cause and Effect diagrams, Pareto Diagrams, Stratification, Histograms, Scatter diagrams etc.

Applicability of Normal distribution in SQC Process capability definitions Pioneers of Quality – Deming, Juran, Crosby etc. and their key contributions

Cost of Quality/ Cost of Non-Quality concepts

Project Human Resource Management 

Developing Human Resource Management Plan process

Organizational Planning & Structures

Description of OBS and RBS

RAM and RACI Charts

How Staffing Management Plan enables HR Management?

Acquire Project Team Process

Managing Virtual teams in a Project environment

Building effective Project teams

Develop Project Team process

Importance of Trainings in Project team development

Delegation for effective management

Multiple stages of Team Development

Manage Project team process

Performance Appraisals of team members

Types of Power – De-facto and Personal Powers

Project Managers' leadership styles

Conflict Handling – multiple models

How to motivate Team members?

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

Fredrick Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory

Theory X, Y and Z descriptions and their application to Project Management

Expectancy Theories

Project Communications Management

Planning Communications Management Process

Project Communications structures

Communications requirements analysis in the Project environment

Communication Channels in a Project

Communications Management Plan

Sender Receiver models in the Project environment

Manage Communications process

Communication Methods – Push, Pull and Interactive

Control Communication Process

Reporting Performance

Obstacles in cross-cultural communication

Project Risk Management

Risk Management cycle in a Project environment

Plan Risk Management process

Importance of Risk Management Plan in the Risk Management Lifecycle

Types of Risks which can impact a Project

Identify Risks process

Risk identification facilitators – Brainstorming, Delphi techniques, SWOT Analysis, Documentation Review, Checklist Analysis etc

Risk Register preparation and updation

Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis process

Probability Impact Matrix and its use in Risk Management

Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis process

Use of varying Simulation Techniques

Application of Decision Tree analysis and Sensitivity Analysis tools to Risk Management

Plan Risk Responses process

Strategies of Risk response for positive and negative risks

Different types of Risks – Primary Risks, Secondary Risks, Residual Risks etc.

Risk Register updation

Monitor and Control Risks process

Use of Risk Audits, Reserve Analysis and Variance and Trend Analysis in Monitoring and Control of Risks

Corrective and Preventive Actions in Risk Management process

Project Procurement Management

Why Procurement is important for Projects?

Procurement Management lifecycle

Project Manager's Procurement Management responsibilities

Plan Procurement Management process

Centralized vs. Decentralized Procurement organizations

Make or Buy analysis

Major types of Contracts – including FFP, Cost plus, T& M and their variations

Risks associated with various types of contracts

Importance of Procurement Management Plan

Creating Procurement SOW and Procurement Documents

Conduct Procurements Process

Various types of Procurement documents – incl. RFP, RFQ, IB etc.

Source Selection criteria to analyze vendor responses

Source selection process

Application of Screening and Weighting systems in Procurements selection

Contract negotiations process

Application of Seller rating systems

Use of Independent Estimates

Contract negotiations process

Multiple negotiation tactics

Contracts – their legal implications

Control Procurements process

Contract change - how to manage them more effectively

Dispute management processes

Contract documentation file

Discharge of contracts

Close Procurements process

Project Stakeholder Management

Identify Stakeholders Process

Conducting Stakeholder Analysis – Power-Interest Grid

Creating the Stakeholder Register

Plan Stakeholder Management Process

Stakeholder Engagement Levels

Stakeholder Engagement Assessment Matrix

Manage Stakeholder Engagement process

Control Stakeholder Engagement Process

Professional Responsibility

Professional Responsibilities of the Project Manager

Professional responsibilities towards        

• Self
• Profession
• Stakeholders
• Society