Course Overview
Your ability as a project manager to demonstrate best practices in project management—both on the job and through professional certification—is becoming the standard to compete in today's fast-paced and highly technical workplace. This course expands upon the basic concepts of project management you discovered in the Project Management Fundamentals course and covers in-depth the essential elements of managing a successful project. Focusing on the generally accepted practices of project management recognized by the Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI®), this course offers you a standards-based approach to successful project management across application areas and industries.

Audience
This course is designed for experienced project managers who desire to increase their project management skills and apply a standards-based approach to project management.

Prerequisites
To ensure your success, we recommend you first take the following or have equivalent knowledge:

	Project Management Fundamentals
	Microsoft Project 2003

Benefits to You
You will apply the generally accepted project management best practices recognized by the PMI® to successfully manage projects. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

	initiate a project.
	define project scope.
	develop schedule and cost performance baselines for a project.
	plan project quality, staffing, and communications.
	analyze project risks.
	define project procurement requirements.
	execute the project.
	control the project.
	close the project.

Course Outline
Lesson 1: Initiating a Project
Topic 1A: Select a Project
Topic 1B: Create a Project Charter

Lesson 2: Planning Your Work
Topic 2A: Develop an Initial Project Plan
Topic 2B: Create a Scope Statement
Topic 2C: Develop a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Lesson 3: Developing Project Schedules, Cost Estimates, and Budgets
Topic 3A: Create an Activity List
Topic 3B: Create a Project Network Diagram
Topic 3C: Acquire Activity Duration Estimates
Topic 3D: Identify the Critical Path
Topic 3E: Develop a Project Schedule
Topic 3F: Determine Resource Requirements
Topic 3G: Estimate Project Costs
Topic 3H: Establish a Cost Baseline

Lesson 4: Planning Project Quality, Staffing, and Communications
Topic 4A: Create a Quality Management Plan
Topic 4B: Document Roles, Responsibilities, and Reporting Relationships
Topic 4C: Assign Project Staff
Topic 4D: Create a Communications Management Plan

Lesson 5: Analyzing Risks and Planning Risk Response
Topic 5A: Create a Risk Management Plan
Topic 5B: Identify Project Risks and Triggers
Topic 5C: Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
Topic 5D: Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
Topic 5E: Develop a Risk Response Plan

Lesson 6: Planning Project Procurement
Topic 6A: Prepare a Statement of Work
Topic 6B: Prepare a Procurement Document

Lesson 7: Working the Plan
Topic 7A: Execute the Project Plan
Topic 7B: Implement Quality Assurance
Topic 7C: Develop the Project Team
Topic 7D: Distribute Project Information
Topic 7E: Solicit Proposals, Quotes, or Bids
Topic 7F: Select a Seller
Topic 7G: Administer a Contract

Lesson 8: Controlling the Project
Topic 8A: Manage Changes to Performance Baselines
Topic 8B: Review Deliverables and Work Results
Topic 8C: Control Project Scope Changes
Topic 8D: Control the Project Schedule
Topic 8E: Control Project Costs
Topic 8F: Control Project Quality
Topic 8G: Report Project Performance
Topic 8H: Monitor and Control Project Risk

Lesson 9: Closing the Project
Topic 9A: Obtain Formal Acceptance
Topic 9B: Close Out a Contract