Project Structure
- Sources of Project Success and Failure
- Defining Project and Project Management
- The Project Environment
- Roles in the Project
- Project and Project Lifecycles
- The Importance of Business Value
- PM Methodologies
Project Initiation
- The Project Charter
- Stakeholder Identification
- Establishing Preliminary Scope Boundaries
- Defining Project and Business Objectives
- Viewing the Project as an Investment
- Developing Useful Estimates
- Project Flexibility
Project Planning
- Defining Scope
- Importance of the WBS
- Requirements Development
- Developing the Project Schedule
- Resource Planning
- Procurement
- Project Budget
- Setting Project Baselines
- The Communication Strategy
- Putting Quality into the Product
- Proactive Management of Threats and Opportunities
Execution and Control
- Monitoring Project Work
- Delivering Useful Status Reports
- Project Metrics and Earned Value
- Forecasting Project Outcomes
- Taking Control of Project Change
- Managing Project Baselines
- Organizational Adoption
- Testing Project Deliverables
- Controlling Cost
Successful Conclusion
- Planning and Managing Transition
- Preparing the Customer for Delivery
- Contract Closure
- Administrative Closure
- Measuring Project Success
- Lessons Learned
- Celebration
- Review of Critical Success Factors