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Essential Skills for Managing Projects

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Classroom Resource
One Glenlake Parkway, Suite 200
Atlanta, GA  30328
June 25-26, 2008 (Wednesday & Thursday)
8:30am - 4:30pm 


Workshop Description:

This intensive course covers the broad range of skills needed to plan and manage projects of all types and sizes. Essential Skills for Managing Projects is ideal for introducing new project managers to the discipline, or for experienced project managers looking to further expand their skill sets. Attendees benefit by learning in an interactive environment. They employ project management techniques as a team during case-study based exercises that utilize a scenario from the IT world.

This workshop is led by specially trained and certified GTG Trainers . Essential Skills for Managing Projects includes a participant workbook and a copy of the Griffin Tate Group's best selling book, the Project Management Memory Jogger ™ .

Course Goal:
This course uses tools and techniques from Total Quality Management and Six Sigma. It is PMBOK ® (Project Management Body of Knowledge) aligned, which increases team effectiveness and participation in all phases of the project management process.


What you will learn:

  • Foster team participation
  • Create a team contract
  • Create a charter
  • Define the scope of a project
  • Create a work break down structure
  • Identify team members
  • Develop a deliverables schedule
  • Create a budget
  • Assess risk and develop countermeasures to reduce risk
  • Manage change
  • Monitor project progress
  • Close out the project

Course Outline:

  • Module i - Introduction
  • Module 1 - Project Management Overview
  • Module 2 - Initiation
  • Module 3 - Planning: Project Scope
  • Module 4 - Planning; Project Risk
  • Module 5 - Planning: Team Composition
  • Module 6 - Planning: Scheduling
  • Module 7 - Planning: Staffing & Spending
  • Module 8 - Execution
  • Module 9 - Close Out
  • Module 10 - Project Forms


Who should attend:

  • Project Managers
  • Project Leaders
  • Project Team Members
  • Project Stakeholders
  • Project Sponsors




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