Course 102 - Project Management module - Basic Course

Get started with the Project Management module through hands-on, basic training. Participants will gain a thorough background in the concepts of planning and scheduling. Scheduling techniques will be covered. This three-day course leads you through hands-on workshops that create and track an entire project to completion. All workshops and instruction use the three basic elements of project management: schedule, resource and costs.

Learning Outcomes:

• Create a project with activities and resources
• Calculate a schedule
• Analyze resource/cost data
• Compare current vs. target schedules

At the completion of this course the student will be able to:

• Add a Project to the Project Structure
• Create a Work Breakdown Structure
• Add Reference Documents
• Add Activities
• Add Steps and Codes to Activities
• Create Relationships
• Schedule a Project
• Add Constraints
• Organize Activities
• Assign Resources and Costs
• Analyze Resource/Cost Usage
• Optimize the Schedule
• Status the Project
• Analyze the Updated Project

Course Outline

Day One:

• Introduction to the Project Management module and the Project Management Life Cycle
• Navigating in the Project Management module
• Project Structure
• Creating a Project
• Creating a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Creating Activity Codes
• Adding Activities

Day Two:

• Maintaining the Project Documents Library
• Creating Relationships
• Scheduling
• Adding Constraints
• Formatting Data
• Defining Resources
• Assigning Resources and Costs
• Analyzing Resources and Costs

Day Three:

• Optimizing the Project Plan
• Baseline the Project Plan
• Executing the Project Plan
• Analyzing the Updated Project
• Reporting Performance
• Creating Output
• Project Web Site

Workshops:

• Creating a Work Breakdown Structure
• Adding Activities
• Creating Relationships
• Scheduling
• Viewing Schedule Data
• Assigning Resources and Costs
• Analyzing Resources and Costs
• Updating the Schedule