Project Management Applications

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Learn How To:

• Select the level of staffing, resources and management support required for a project
• Assemble a project team and gain commitment on project objectives
• Assign tasks based on work breakdown structure
• Estimate time and costs and present a project plan to team members and stakeholders
• Create a project binder documenting each stage of the project and lessons learned

Course Synopsis

Watch basic concepts come to life in this course: a comprehensive synthesis of core project management principles designed to reinforce skills learned throughout the core curriculum. Build on your new competencies and test your skills as you work in teams to complete an extensive, realistic project case study.

You will propose, plan and execute a full-scale project under typical organizational constraints. Follow your project through the life cycle, resolving issues of performance, scheduling and control as you address questions of leadership and management. Each team member will take a turn as project manager, defining objectives and performing tasks and producing deliverables critical to the project’s success.

You will receive a complimentary copy of ESI's Project Management Tools CD for your use, following the classroom experience.

Confirm your mastery of the core principles of project management in this experiential course and gain the hands-on confidence to practice new skills in your organization.

Reminder: This advanced, practice-based course caps the ESI Project Management curriculum and is intended for experienced project managers.

Because it pulls together competencies gained in the other core project management courses, participants should complete at least four other core courses before taking Project Management Applications

Course Topics

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1. Team Building
2. Project assignment
   1. Initial project assessment
   2. Team ownership
3. Organisational assessment: working with what you have
   1. Staffing
   2. Resources
   3. Management support
4. Options assessment
   1. Pre-emptive troubleshooting
   2. Historical review
5. Preproposal Analysis and Planning
   1. Analysing the market
   2. Assessing risk
   3. Building the team and reviewing roles
   4. Developing a plan to complete the proposal
6. Proposal Kick-off and Preparation
   1. Evaluating the requirement
   2. Evaluating bid contracts
   3. Obtaining the team's commitment
   4. Writing the winning proposal
   5. Delegating to team members
   6. Managing time constraints
7. Post-Award Planning
   1. Project kick-off meeting
   2. Goals
   3. Participants
   4. Principal points
   5. Detailed project planning
8. Negotiation/Agreement
   1. Four steps of pre-negotiation preparation
   2. Negotiation performance
      • Exploratory sessions
      • Joint-gain resolution
   3. Post-negotiation activity
      • Memoranda and documentation
      • Communication
9. Implementation
   1. Measuring performance
   2. Managing risk and uncertainty
   3. Reporting progress and following up
   4. Managing change and achieving project control
   5. Levelling resources
10. Closeout
    1. Team
       • Review
       • Closeout
       • Reassignment
    2. Project
       • Documentation
       • Lessons learned
    3. Organisation
    4. Client
       • Sign-off
       • 'Ownership'
       • Revenue enhancement