Project Management Fundamentals

This training is the ideal entry pointto the domain of project management. Start your project management career by gaining the necessary process-knowledge & Best Practices to advance as a professional Project Manager.

This course takes you through all important PMI® Project Management Processes and Knowledge Areas. We cover all important topics from two perspectives: Best Practice basics and their practical application.

You will develop the necessary skills through team based case studies and lots of individual exercises. You will be enabled to immediately start on your real projects and to perform professionally from the first day.

Your Benefits

• 3 days of Best Practice driven training 
• Comprehensive in-depth knowledge on project management methods and processes
• Best Practices developed in the field, collected through numerous projects at our customers
• Includes practical exercises and realistic cases
• E-learning Elements to guide you through the PMI® Processes
• Aligned to the most recent PMI® project management standard (PMBOK® Guide)
• Explore all PMI® knowledge areas and master project management as a whole

Learning the what, how, and when of performing monitoring and controlling will further help you to develop a proactive as well as a reactive attitude towards any project situations, and will help you to deliver the right progress and performance reports at the right time. We will enable you to immediately start on your real projects and to perform professionally from the first day on because you know what you need to consider, when professional project management is required. 

Course Outline

• Basic Project Management Concepts
• The Project Environment & Project Management Standards
• Project Life Cycle & Integration Management
• How to launch a Project
• Opportunity Identification
• Developing a Business Case & Project Charter
• Planning your Project Scope
• Scope Definition, Requirements, WBS, RAM and MCP
• Project Time Management
• Top-Down and Bottom-Up Planning, Techniques, and Management
• Estimation of Time, Costs, Resources, Budgeting, and Organization
• Consistent Performance Measurement
• Dealing with Project Risks
• Directing a Project
• Managing, and Controlling Project Progress
• Monitoring and Controlling
• Change, Scope, Schedule and Cost Control
• What you need to consider in Project Meetings and Reports
• Performance Measurement
• Introduction to Earned Value Management
• How to close a Project
• Administrative and Contractual Closure scenarios
• Lessons Learned