Micro-Credential in Project Management

Week 1

(6 Hrs.)

The concept of a project:

·   Understanding Project Management

·   Defining Project Success

·   The Project Manager-Line Manager Interface

·   Defining the Project Manager’s Role

·   Defining the Functional Manager’s Role

·   Defining the Functional Employee’s Role

·   Defining the Executive’s Role.

·   Working with Executives

·   The Project Manager as the Planning Agent

·   Project Champions

·   The Downside of Project Management

·   Project-Driven versus Non-Project-Driven Organizations

·   Marketing in the Project-Driven Organization

·   Classification of Projects

·   Location of the Project Manager

·   Differing Views of Project Management

·   Concurrent Engineering: A Project Management Approach

Seminar Session

Brainstorming/ Simulations

Week 2

(6 Hrs.)

Project Management Growth: 1/2

·   Concepts and Definitions

·   General Systems Management

·   Project Management: 1945-1960

·   Project Management: 1960-1985

·   Project Management: 1985-2009

·   Resistance to Change

·   Systems, Programs, and Projects: A Definition

·   Product versus Project Management: A Definition

·   Maturity and Excellence: A Definition

·   Informal Project Management: A Definition

·   The Many Faces of Success

·   The Many Faces of Failure

·   The Stage-Gate Process

·   Project Life Cycles

–          Gate Review Meetings (Project Closure)

Seminar Session

Brainstorming/ Simulations

Week 3

(6 Hrs.)

Project Management Growth: 2/2

·    Project Management Methodologies: A Definition

·   Organizational Change Management and Corporate Cultures

·   Project Management Intellectual Property

·   Organizational Structures.

·   Organizational Work Flow.

·   Traditional (Classical) Organization.

·   Developing Work Integration Positions.

·   Line-Staff Organization (Project Coordinator).

·   Pure Product (Projectized) Organization.

·   Matrix Organizational Form.

·   Modification of Matrix Structures.

·   The Strong, Weak, Balanced Matrix.

·   Center for Project Management Expertise.

·   Matrix Layering.

·   Selecting the Organizational Form.

·   Structuring the Small Company.

·   Strategic Business Unit (SBU) Project Management.

·   Transitional Management.

Seminar Session

Brainstorming/ Simulations

Week 4

(6 Hrs.)

Network Techniques:

·   Concept of project network,

·   Construction of project network,

·   Critical path method, slack and free float

·   PERT and its advantage over CPM.

·   Probability of completing a project on time.

·   Crashing a network and concept of PERT cost.

Seminar Session

Brainstorming/ Evaluation

Week 5

(6 Hrs.)

Organizing And Staffing the Project Office and Team

·   The Staffing Environment

·   Selecting the Project Manager an Executive Decision

·   Skill Requirements for Project and Program Managers

·   Special Cases in Project Manager Selection

·   Selecting the Wrong Project Manager

·   Next Generation Project Managers

·   Duties and Job Descriptions.

·   The Organizational Staffing Process

·   The Project Office

·   The Functional Team.

·   The Project Organizational Chart.

·   Special Problems.

·   Selecting the Project Management Implementation Team

·   Management Functions

·   Controlling

·   Directing

·   Project Authority

·   Interpersonal Influences

·   Barriers to Project Team Development

·   Suggestions for Handling the Newly Formed Team

·   Team Building as an Ongoing Process

·   Dysfunctions of a Team

·   Leadership in a Project Environment

·   Life-Cycle Leadership

·   Organizational Impact

·   Employee-Manager Problems

·   Management Pitfalls

·   Communications

·   Project Review Meetings

·   Project Management Bottlenecks

·   Communication Traps

·   Proverbs and Laws

·   Human Behavior Education

·   Management Policies and Procedures

Seminar Session

Brainstorming/ Simulations/ Case Study

Week 6

(6 Hrs.)

Project Evaluation and Control 1/2

·   Project Closeout and Termination.

·   Project Risk Management

·   Elements of project risk management.

·   Project Risk Management

·   Elements of project risk management.

·   Project Risk Management

·   Elements of project risk management.

·   leadership effectiveness in organizations

·   Performance Measurement.

·   Financial Compensation and Rewards

·   Critical issues with rewarding project teams

·   Effective Project Management in the Small Business Organization

·   Mega Projects

·   Morality, Ethics, and the Corporate Culture

·   Professional Responsibilities.

·   Internal Partnerships

·   External Partnerships

·   Training and Education

·   Integrated Product/Project Teams

·   Virtual Project Teams

·   Breakthrough Projects

·   Planning

·   Validating the Assumptions

Seminar Session

Brainstorming/ Simulations

Week 7

(6 Hrs.)

Project Evaluation and Control 2/2

·   General Planning

·   Life-Cycle Phases

·   Proposal Preparation

·   Kickoff Meetings

·   Understanding Participants’ Roles

·   Project Planning

·   The Statement of Work

·   Project Specifications.

·   Milestone Schedules

·   Work Breakdown Structure

·   WBS Decomposition Problems

·   Role of the Executive in Project Selection

·   Role of the Executive in Planning

·   The Planning Cycle

·   Work Planning Authorization

·   Why Do Plans Fail

·   Stopping Projects

·   Handling Project Phaseouts and Transfers

·   Detailed Schedules and Charts

·   Master Production Scheduling

·   Project Plan

·   Total Project Planning

·   The Project Charter

·   Management Control.

·   The Project Manager-Line Manager Interface

·   Fast-Tracking

·   Configuration Management

·   Enter price project Management Methodologies

·   Project Audits

Seminar Session

Brainstorming/ Simulations

Submission of Assignments/ Case Study

Week 8

Final Examination

Conclusion Session

Awarding of Certificates

Presentation by VC or Representative of VC