The collection of the most important principles of project management

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, week-long project case study.

You’ll 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.

As a course participant, you’ll receive a complimentary copy of ESI’s Project Management Tools CD for your use following class. For your convenience, a complimentary caclulator will also be provided.

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.

Participants in this course will receive ESI’s Earned Valued Formula Finder, which puts the information you need to determine cost, schedule, estimate at completion and estimate to complete values for your projects right at your fingertips.

Reminder: This practice-based course integrates the knowledge, skills and competencies that are gained in the other ESI core project management courses. Having a foundation in industry standard project management practices is a vital component to your success in this course. Typically, this can be achieved by completing at least four ESI project management courses.

Recommendation: You may find a laptop computer useful during this class.

Course Topics

1. Team Building
   1. Project assignment
      • Initial project assessment
      • Team ownership
   2. Organizational assessment: working with what you have
      • Staffing
      • Resources
      • Management support
   3. Options assessment
      • Preemptive troubleshooting
      • Historical review
2. Preproposal Analysis and Planning
   1. Analyzing the market
   2. Assessing risk
   3. Building the team and reviewing roles
   4. Developing a plan to complete the proposal
3. Proposal Kickoff 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
4. Postaward Planning
   1. Project kickoff meeting
      • Goals
      • Participants
      • Principal points
   2. Detailed project planning
5. Negotiation/Agreement
   1. Four steps of prenegotiation preparation
   2. Negotiation performance
      • Exploratory sessions
      • Joint-gain resolution
   3. Postnegotiation activity
      • Memoranda and documentation
      • Communication
6. Implementation
   1. Measuring performance
   2. Managing risk and uncertainty
   3. Reporting progress and following up
   4. Managing change and achieving project control
   5. Leveling resources
7. Closeout
   1. Team
      • Review
      • Closeout
      • Reassignment
   2. Project
      • Documentation
      • Lessons learned
   3. Organization
   4. Client
      • Sign-off
      • "Ownership"
      • Revenue enhancement

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