Transcript Project Management Information Session

10 weeks
36 hours
Hone your project
management knowledge
and take your career to the
next level with our Project
Management training.
START: Monday
5/6 6-9:40pm
The Schoolcraft College
Continuing Education and
Professional Development
department has partnered
with Q'vive, a local leader
in innovation strategy and
training to offer a ten-week,
intensive training program
that will prepare you to take
the Project Management
Institute PMP® or CAPM®
certification exam.
Knowledge Areas
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Integration
Scope
Time
Cost
Quality
Human Resources
Communications
Risk
Procurement
Stakeholders
COST
TIME
SCOPE
QUALITY
Sponsor, Stakeholders
Purpose, Justification
Requirements, Specs
Assumptions, Risks
Budget, Milestones
Scope, WBS, Schedule
Change Control
Project Plan
Team Management
Execution & Control
Earned Value
Deliverables
Examples of Tools & Techniques
Stakeholder analysis
Facilitated workshops
Expert judgment
Decomposition
Precedence diagramming
Estimating
Project management software
Critical path analysis
Resource leveling
Schedule compression
Make-or-buy analysis
Cost of quality
SWOT analysis
Risk analysis
Risk mitigation
Performance reviews
Negotiation
Team-building
Conflict management
Issue log
Communication methods
Forecasting
Variance analysis
Earned value
Change control
Audits
Class Description
Are you preparing for the PMP® or CAPM® exam or looking for valuable project
management skills?
Gain essential knowledge about project management to deliver results for your
stakeholders.
Topics include management of integration, scope, time, cost, quality, human resources,
communications, risk, and procurement.
Get tools and techniques for initiating,
planning, executing, controlling, and closing
projects. Do group practice exercises and
discuss exam preparation questions.
This course targets those that have project
team experience, as well as project
managers seeking to refresh their
knowledge and complement skill sets.
PMP = Project Management Professional
CAPM = Certified Associate in Project Management
Learning and Class Room Activities
 Lecture
The Learning Pyramid*
 Class room discussion
 Group practice exercises
 Exam questions
During each class we will work on
group projects to apply project
management principles.
We will also discuss application in
specific (your!) real life situations.
*Source data: National Training Laboratories. Bethel, Maine
With this training, you will be able to…
 Understand the fundamental concepts of project management.
 Understand the five project management process groups, and know how to manage
projects throughout the project life cycle.
 Understand the ten project management knowledge areas.
 Understand the inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs of the 47 project
management processes.
 Create a project management plan based on a project charter and input from
stakeholders.
 Manage a project team to execute the project management plan, and know how to
deal with changes.
 Effectively manage project documentation, including lessons learned throughout the
project.
 Understand how to properly close a project or project phase.
 Understand how professional responsibility drives ethical behavior.
Project life cycle based presentation of:
5 process groups
10 knowledge areas
47 processes
256 inputs
208 tools & techniques
154 outputs
Will be delivered in:
10 weeks
36 hours
350+ page manual
400+ practice questions
21 exercises
+ exam strategies
+ PMProcess Flow™ poster
+ set of Companion Documents
Update about exam change:
The Spring/Summer 2013
course prepares for exams
based on the new PMBOK®
Guide – Fifth Edition, which
was published by PMI in
January 2013.
The update to the
PMP® Exam will be
effective on July 31.
The CAPM® Exam will
be updated on July 1.
FAQ about the exam
changes on PMI's website:
http://www.pmi.org/~/media/PDF/Home/Standards_FAQ_Brand.ashx
PMP® Exam Focus™
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prepares for the current exam
short, condensed, and intensive
uses 450+ practice exam questions
organized by knowledge area
high level review
exam strategies
PMP® Exam Fuel™
 prepares for the current exam
 ultra-short, “high octane” exam prep
 uses 150+ practice exam questions
 exam strategies
COURSE SCHEDULE
COURSE SCHEDULE
Thursdays May 9-30,
from 6-9pm
Total 4 x 3 hours = 12 hours
Saturday May 18,
from 9:00am-1:00pm
Total 4 hours
The update to the PMP
exam will be effective
on July 31.
The CAPM exam will be
updated on July 1.
WINTER
2013
Project
Management
Essentials &
Exam
Preparation
FALL
2013
SPRING/SUMMER
2013
PMI publishes
A Guide to the
Project Management
Body of Knowledge
(PMBOK® Guide) –
Fifth Edition.
Project
Management
Essentials &
Exam
Preparation
Project
Management
Essentials &
Exam
Preparation
Information:
734.462.4448
[email protected]
www.schoolcraft.edu/cepd/pmp
Project Management Institute
www.pmi.org
The Project Management Institute (PMI) is the world’s leading
organization for the project management profession.
 PMI serves practitioners and organizations with standards
that describe good practices, globally recognized
credentials that certify project management expertise
and
resources for professional development,
networking
and community.
 A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge
(PMBOK® Guide) is the recognized standard for the
project management profession.
 Provides guidelines for managing individual projects
 Defines project management and related concepts
 Describes project management life cycle and related processes
Project Management Institute www.pmi.org
PMP® Credential Handbook
http://www.pmi.org/en/Certification/~/media/PDF/Certifications/pdc_pmphandbook.ashx
CAPM® Credential Handbook
http://www.pmi.org/en/Certification/~/media/PDF/Certifications/pdc_capmhandbook.ashx
Project Management Experience
PMP Handbook updated 4/17/12
PMP (Bachelor’s degree or global equivalent)
Minimum three years/36 months* unique non-overlapping professional project
management experience during which at least 4,500 hours were spent leading and
directing the project** (used to be: project tasks)
PMP (High school diploma, Associates degree)
Minimum five years/60 months* unique non-overlapping professional project
management experience during which at least 7,500 hours were spent leading and
directing the project** (used to be: project tasks)
Excel worksheet
CAPM (High school diploma)
Experience_Worksheet.xls
see Education Hours (next slide)
* All project management experience must have been accrued within the last eight consecutive years prior to
your application submission.
** Leading and directing the project as identified with the tasks, knowledge, and skills specific in the Project
Management Professional Examination Specification. You should have experience in all five process groups
across all your project management experience submitted on the application. However, on a single project,
you do not need to have experience in all five process groups.
PMP = Project Management Professional
CAPM = Certified Associate in Project Management
Education Hours
PMP (Bachelor’s degree or global equivalent)
35 contact hours of formal education
PMP (High school diploma, Associates degree)
35 contact hours of formal education
CAPM (High school diploma)
You must meet one of these two requirements:
23 contact hours of formal education
OR
1,500 hours of professional experience on a project team
PMP = Project Management Professional
CAPM = Certified Associate in Project Management
Examination Fees
CAPM
PMP
PMI Membership
$ 139*
PMI Membership Renewal
$ 129*
Exam Member
$ 225
$ 405
Exam Nonmember
$ 300
$ 555
Reexamination Member
$ 150
$ 275
Reexamination Nonmember
$ 200
$ 375
Credential Renewal Member
$ 60
Credential Renewal Nonmember
$ 150
* Student membership rates are $42 for first year and $32 for renewal. Retirees pay $65 for renewal.
Effective 1 April 2012 a $70 fee will be charged if you reschedule or cancel your exam within 30 calendar days
of the appointment.
PMP = Project Management Professional
CAPM = Certified Associate in Project Management
thousands
Worldwide Active Credential Holders
+40% in
past 3 yrs
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PMP = Project Management Professional
CAPM = Certified Associate in Project Management
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streamlining the intersection of
innovation strategy,
new product development, and
project management
Eric van der Meulen, President
qvive.biz | 248.231.7452 | [email protected]
consulting | interim management | training
Eric van der Meulen, PMP
President & Founder
Experienced leader in product and
process development, engineering,
and r&d, with broad expertise in
plastics, innovation strategy, and
stage-gate project management.
Credentialed Project Management
Professional (PMP) with more than
20 years experience in project and
program management for large and
small companies, and internationally,
as functional leader and consultant.
Holds patents in the area of printing
and other aspects of polycarbonate
automotive glazing.
Received 2006 Frost & Sullivan Award
for Technology Innovation.
Week 1 – Agenda
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Introductions, Goals
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Framework, Definitions
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Project, Project Management
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Project Management Skills
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Organizational Project Assets, Enterprise Environmental Factors
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Organizational Structures
Life Cycle, Knowledge Areas
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The Project Life Cycle
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Project Management Process Groups
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Project Management Knowledge Areas
Project Management Essentials
Week 1 – Slide 18
Agenda
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PMBOK 1.2
What is a Project?
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A project is a temporary endeavor
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A project has specific start and end dates
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A project creates a unique product or service
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includes
Product includes components, enhancements of items
improvements
Service or service capability, such as a support function
Result includes outcome, document, organizational change
A project is different from operations
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Operations is permanent or semi-permanent work that repeatedly
produces or provides the same product or service
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Ongoing execution of repetitive process following existing procedures
Project: A temporary endeavor to create a
unique product, service, or result.
Project Management Essentials
Week 1 – Slide 19
Framework, Definitions
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Why Must a Project be Managed?
How the customer
explained it
How the Project Manager
understood it
How the Analyst
designed it
How the Programmer
wrote it
How the Business
Consultant described it
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How the
project was
Project
Management
Essentials
Week
1 – Slide 20
documented
Framework, Definitions
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What Operations
installed
How the customer was
billed
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How it was supported
What the customer really
needed
PMBOK 1.3
Managing Project Constraints
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Project Management is the discipline of planning, organizing and
managing resources to bring about the successful completion of
specific project goals and objectives.
The primary challenge of project management is
to achieve all of the project goals and objectives
while balancing various project constraints
including scope, time, cost, quality, and resources.
Changing one constraint affects other constraint(s)
Constraint: A limiting factor that affects the
execution of a project or process.
Project Management Essentials
Week 1 – Slide 21
Framework, Definitions
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PMBOK 2.1.1
Project Life Cycle
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All projects, regardless of size and complexity, can be mapped to
the following life cycle structure
Starting
the
project
Organizing
and
preparing
Carrying out the work
Closing
the
project
Level of
Project
Activity
(Cost,
Staffing
level)
Project
Charter
Project
Management Plan
Accepted
Deliverables
Time
Project Management Essentials
Week 1 – Slide 22
Life Cycle, Knowledge Areas
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Archived
Project
Documents
PMBOK 3.3-4
Process Groups
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Project Initiating
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Select best project given resource limits
Business case
Project charter
Assign project manager
Project
Charter
Project Planning
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Define work requirements, quality and
quantity of work
Define resources needed
Schedule activities
Evaluate risks
Kerzner, Harold. Project Management. 10th ed. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2009 (p. 3)
Project Management Essentials
Week 1 – Slide 23
Life Cycle, Knowledge Areas
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Project
Management
Plan
PMBOK 3.5-7
Process Groups
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Project Executing
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Project Monitoring & Controlling
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Negotiate for team members
Direct and manage the work
Help team members improve
Track progress
Compare actual to predicted outcome
Analyze variances, impacts, and adjust
Project Closing
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Verify that all the work has been accomplished
Contractual, Financial, Administrative closure
Kerzner, Harold. Project Management. 10th ed. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2009 (p. 3)
Project Management Essentials
Week 1 – Slide 24
Life Cycle, Knowledge Areas
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Deliverables
Accepted
Deliverables
Approved
Change
Requests
Lessons
Learned
PMBOK 3.3
Project Boundaries
Project
Boundaries
Monitoring & Controlling
Project
Initiator/
Sponsor
Project
Inputs
Initiating
End
Users
Project
Records
Process
Assets
Closing
Project Management Essentials
Week 1 – Slide 25
Life Cycle, Knowledge Areas
Project
Deliverables
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Practice Exam Question
Which of the following represents the project manager’s
responsibility in regard to change on a project?
A.
Influence the factors that cause project change.
B.
Ensure all changes are communicated to the change control
board.
C.
Deny change whenever possible.
D.
Prioritize change below execution.
Project Management Essentials
Week 1 – Slide 26
Exam Questions
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Practice Exam Question
What is the function of the project sponsor?
A.
To help manage senior management expectations.
B.
To be the primary interface with the customer.
C.
To fund the project and formally accept the product.
D.
To help exert control over functional managers.
Project Management Essentials
Week 1 – Slide 27
Exam Questions
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Practice Exam Question
Which of the following is the best description of critical path?
A.
The activities that represent critical functionality.
B.
The activities that represent the largest portions of the work
packages.
C.
The activities that represent the highest schedule risk on the
project.
D.
The activities that represent the optimal path through the
network.
Project Management Essentials
Week 1 – Slide 28
Exam Questions
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10 weeks
36 hours
Hone your project
management knowledge
and take your career to the
next level with our Project
Management training.
START: Monday
5/6 6-9:40pm
The Schoolcraft College
Continuing Education and
Professional Development
department has partnered
with Q'vive, a local leader
in innovation strategy and
training to offer a ten-week,
intensive training program
that will prepare you to take
the Project Management
Institute PMP® or CAPM®
certification exam.