Training and Development One and Two Day Professional Development

Project Planning & Control
(The Foundations of Project Management)
April 16 & 17, 2008

Program Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Continental breakfast: 8:00. Lunch included both days
Dress Code: Business or Business Casual (No blue jeans, etc.)

Objective: To develop skills that enable participants to plan and control I/T projects through application of time tested project management concepts. Participants will apply these tools and techniques to case studies that will model situations they will encounter in their own project assignments. This workshop is complimentary to the current methodologies and project management tools present within I/T organizations.
Completion of this program earns 14 PDU Credits.

Target Audience: Individual responsible for all or part of multiple projects with full time and/or shared resources.

What participants have said about this program.....
Instructor gave a lot of good examples and exercises. He taught with enthusiasm and humor....Chick-fil-A

Great hands-on activities....The Coca-Cola Company

The whol program was very informative. I would highly recommend it....PRG-Schultz

Focus:
Project Estimating
Controlling the Project
Defining and Planning the Project
Resource Management
Communication
Project Management Terminology
Managing Change
Completion and Evaluation

Program Details

Project Management Concepts
- Process vs. Project Management
- Blueprint for Effective Project Management
- Establishing Success Factors
- Critical Communications/Negotiations
- Management
- Team Members
- Users/Clients
- Support Groups/Interfacing Projects
- Managing People, Time, Budget, Technology and Scope

Project Planning
- Planning Responsibilities
- The Work Plan
- The Organization and Staffing Plans
- The Control and Tracking Plans
- The Change Control Plan
- Establishing the Work Plan
- Production Definition (Deliverables)
- Work Breakdown (WBS)/Task Definition
- Selecting Product Development Tools (Quality)
- Network Diagraming (PERT & CPM) Mechanics
- Gantt Charts and Software Tools
- Schedule Estimating (Base Work Effort)
- Estimating Methods, SWAG, Delphi, PERT Formula
- Real World, Estimates, Loading Factors and Justification
- Packaging the Formal Project Plan
- Making a Management/Client Presentation and Gaining Approval

Project Change Control
- Planning for Change
- Establishing the Change Request Policy
- Evaluating the Request and Allowing Appeals
- Change Control Metrics

Project Organizing and Managing the Team
- The Project Manager as a Manager - The Responsibilities
- Steps in Assigning and Scheduling the Team
- Creating a Skill/Knowledge Matrix
- Activity and Personnel Assignments
- Using the Critical Path Method (CPM)
- Roles and Responsibilities/Load Leveling the Assignments
- Establishing Project Team Procedures and Communications
- Managing and/or Working in a Matrix or a Task Force
- Communications - The Status Reporting Plan
- Selecting the Proper Format (Meeting and/or Reports)
- Frequency/Responsibility/Doing It the Right Way

Project Control
- Control Objectives Product Quality
- Identifying and Using the Progress Control Tools
- Developing a Progress Reporting Plan
- Starts, Work Effort and Estimates to Complete
- 90% Complete Syndrome! And The Myth of the “Man Month”
- What You Need to Know ASAP and HOW
- Controlling Your Support Groups
- Status Meetings that Control (Planning and Running the Meeting)
- Reporting to Management - Gaining Support and Commitment
- Control and the Dreaded “Task Force Project”
- Development Tools, Error Prevention, Detection and Correction
- Productivity Tools and Measurements and Software to Help Control the Project
- Replanning - When to Change, Who to Tell and How
- Escalating Issues to Management

Conclusion
- Project Completion
- Implementation Plan for Projects
- Review and Class Critique

Location of Program: The Georgian Club (Call OMICRON for details (404-255-0096)

Professional Skills are the KEY to the Effective Application of
Technology to the Business Process.

Program Fees: (per individual)
Members: This program uses two Days or a fee of $1090
Non-members fee: $1250

Failure to cancel within 14 days (prior to this Program) will result in
relinquishing full credits or full fee. Refund will be provided, if your reserved seat can be filled. We will gladly accept substitutions for the original attendee without penalty.

Registration: Click on registration button on home page.

(Multiple discounts and on site presentations are available)