Course objective

• How to work with local and remote teams.
• Understand how to start an IT project with a clearly defined scope,
• How to set and manage stakeholder expectations
• How to identify and deal with typical IT risks, and how to meet quality standards.
• Understand the IT project life cycle
• Build an IT project business case
• Define the IT project scope & expectations
• Identify project stakeholders

• Define roles and responsibilities
• Build an effective project schedule
• Develop an accurate project budget

• Create project management plans

• Procure key project resources (human and capital)
• Identify, assess, and manage risk

• Establish quality metrics
• Monitor the project progress
• Turn over to production
• Close down a project

• Understand different IT project management methodologies

Course outline

• IT Project Failure and Success
• Project Management Foundation
• Project Initiation
• Project Scope Definition
• Time Management and Scheduling
• Resource Planning
• Cost Management and Control
• Communications Management
• Project Risk Management
• Procurement and Sourcing
• Project Management Methodologies
• Controlling and Managing Change
• Quality Assurance and Control
• Phase and Project Closure
• Creating Business Cases

• Establishing Project Mini-Charters
• Developing Work Breakdown Structures
• Creating Network Diagrams and Critical Paths

• Estimating Schedules and Budgets
• Establishing Risk Management Plans and Matrix
• Managing Change Control
• Creating Final Project Reports

Who Should Attend

• IT project managers
• IT managers
• IT project team members
• associate project managers
• project managers
• project coordinators
• project analysts
• project leaders
• senior project managers
• team leaders
• Product managers and program managers.